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VOLUME 35, NUMBER 11
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Tai Chi: A Way to Find Your Balance
I have reviewed many aspects of health while researching topics for my self-care column in Massage Today. From the importance of sleep, to how our brains benefit from being active and now feel like I now have a more balanced approach to wellness.

Acupuncture for Substance Abuse: Maine Pilot Project
Newly passed legislation in Maine requires the state to seek authorization from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for a unique pilot project to test the viability of auricular acupuncture in the treatment of substance abuse disorders.
The Permission Process: Infant & Pediatric Massage
Providing massage therapy for children, is always linked with a "permission process."  When used together these practices help to reinforce respect for the child and begin to establish positive boundaries.
Attorneys General to Insurers: Cover Acupuncture
U.S. attorneys general representing nearly 40 states / territories have taken an important step in combating the opioid epidemic, highlighting nondrug pain management options – and increasing insurance policies toward and coverage of acupuncture and other conservative treatment options.
Shoulder Rehab: Start With the Scapula
The scapula is an incredible display of elegance and movement within the biomechanics of human motion. It's evolved for mobility and stability in the scapulo-thoracic region, giving us the ability to do things that are uniquely human, such as throwing with accuracy.
Returning to the State of Balance: Diagnostic Tools for Insomnia
The condition of insomnia is a common clinical encounter and one in which I have addressed previously. Due to receiving a large amount of positive feedback on this article, I will continue to address some deeper issues which are related to the condition of insomnia and its role in the overall health and vitality of patients and clinicians alike.
The Secret to Treating Chronic Pain With Electroacupuncture
Electroacupuncture is an amazing tool to treat chronic pain, however the lack of education in this modality makes it an under-potentiated system. I struggled for years trying to get results with electroacupuncture (EAC) by following the available literature.
A Major Role in Back Pain: The Multifidus
Back pain affects roughly 80 percent of the population at one time or another and is one of the leading causes of doctor visits. While there can be many modes of injury and causes of back pain, the anatomical structures primarily affected are typically muscles, discs or facet joints.
Three Touchpoints to Increase Profit
Owning a successful massage studio is more than simply finding the best therapists and filling as many appointments in a day as possible. If only it were that easy!
The Value of Aromatherapy: Educating Yourself for Success (Part 1)
As massage is becoming an increasingly popular career choice, massage schools are churning out new graduates through their programs every year and clinics of various styles and capacities are springing up in every city. Therefore, it's becoming ever more pertinent to create a practice that stands out among the crowd.
Health News
Obesity isn't considered a pleasant state of affairs for the overwhelming majority of people who experience it, and absolutely no one enjoys the profound negative health consequences.

The Ratio That Matters When It Comes to Chronic Disease
In recent years, patients have been told to increase consumption of omega-3 and omega-6 fats in their diet. Unlike other types of fats, the human body cannot manufacture these fats on their own and need to be consumed in the diet. In other words, they are considered "essential."

We Get Letters: The NCCAOM Called Out
The article by the NCCAOM board on "the issue of student loan debt" is utterly laughable. Debt isn't mentioned a single time in the entire article, and instead places the problem squarely at the feet of those practicing.
Does Massage Spread Cancer? An Update
As I finish this column, I have just packed the car for vacation in the woods of Maine. We pack way too much for two weeks, and while stuffing board games and bike helmets into the far reaches of the trunk, I felt some twinges in my mid-back. It hurts now, more than I'd like to admit, and I have a long car ride ahead.
Relief for Hurricane Harvey Evacuees: A Project in Austin, Texas
Working mainly with African American families displaced by Hurricane Harvey's devastation of Beaumont and Port Arthur, organizers seek to create a personal, comforting  range of services.
The Need for Replenishment: Restore Before Illness Strikes
Some call it stepping off the merry-go-round, others a personal retreat. It's the time you give yourself to let go of life structures and allow your deeper truths, the fatigue, visions, creativity, and insufficiently nourished places, to come forward to be felt and healed.
Down the Rabbit Hole: The Taboo at the Root of Sickness
The medicine we practice and use is a reflection of our consciousness. If we identify ourselves as our physical body and its thoughts and emotions we are invested into the common dream of our society.
The Phone Consult: Five Compelling Tips for Success
It's every therapist's dream — you wake up to a calendar full of clients who magically appeared on your schedule after they clicked a booking link on your website. Sure, it could happen.

Tools of the Trade: Look to the Himalayas
Mined in the Punjab region of Pakistan in the Himalayan Mountains, pure Himalayan sea salt is known for its restorative and healing properties.

Your Future in the Spa Industry Starts Now
The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) has partnered with the American College of Healthcare Sciences (ACHS) to launch the profession's first Spa Management Specialty Certificate Program.
Climate Change: An Asian Medicine Perspective
Climate change describes a pervasive and multi-component process of interactions between human activity and environmental shifts.
Perceptions of the MT During Randomized Control Trials
Research evaluating the efficacy of massage therapy has increasingly been of interest to many, including clinical practitioners and researchers. But the aims of clinical practice and research are often quite different.

Phone Etiquette Tips: Set Your Acupuncture Practice Apart
Have you ever called a business and been placed on hold only to wait for what seemed like forever, listening to a terrible recorded message the whole time?
An Algorithm for Lower Back Pain: Treating the Simple and Complicated Issues
I recently took a call from a local practitioner looking for advice on treating a patient with stubborn low back pain. In the few minutes we spoke, I went through my mental list of all the different angles for treatment to see what stone was yet unturned.
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