Location: DeVos Place

Dates: Friday April 29th and Saturday April 30th

Time: 10am-5pm

If you can help out or have any questions, please contact Julie Finn AMTA-MI MERT Chapter Coordinator at: mimertamta@yahoo.com or 248-960-3180.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

Alycia Cook from AZ, Dana Dahlgren from CA, Laura deBruin from HI,Monica Farrier from CA, Kelly Farver frm MD, and Christine Gerarden from WI.

Our new Professional members are

Kelly Battaglia, Kyrras Conrad, Susan Hossinger, Tina Johnson, Kyle Lemon-Pierce, Candace Schaefer, Margaret Skaggs, Victoria Tobian, Diane Urquhart and Edward Weymouth.

As Professional members, if you would like to attend any of our board meetings, meet the board, pick up your AMTA-MI pin, and find out how to get involved with short or long term projects, we would love to meet you!! We gladly accept suggestions, too, so bring your best ideas!

New Student Members this month are:

Candice Byrne, Kendell Chilkiewicz, Jennifer Cole ,Joseph Harrison, Devon Linderman, Lyndsey Travis, Jaime Turbett, and Angela Welch-Kumar.

We hope to see all our student members attending Student Day at our AMTA Expo in April. Student Day is Saturday April 16, with special FREE education, meals and inclusion in our lunch/elections/business meeting. We’ll be happy to ‘pin’ you at Student Day, so plan now to join us!

AS THE LEADING RESOURCE ON INJURY PREVENTION FOR MANUAL THERAPISTS

 Coconut Creek, FL – December 6, 2010 –  December 5th officially marks the fifteenth anniversary of the publication of Save Your Hands! the leading guide to injury prevention and ergonomics for manual therapists.  Like many great ideas, Save Your Hands! was born from necessity in 1995 when Lauriann Greene began promoting self-care and injury prevention to the massage industry after she suffered a massage work-related injury.

 An inspired Greene wrote Save Your Hands!, which was the first text to offer comprehensive information on this subject to manual therapists.  In 2008, Greene collaborated with Richard W. Goggins, CPE, LMP, on Save Your Hands! The Complete Guide to Injury Prevention and Ergonomics for Manual Therapists, 2^nd Edition.  The second edition is updated with the latest proven-effective injury prevention techniques for massage therapists, chiropractors, physical therapists, athletic trainers, nurses and other healthcare practitioners who perform hands-on therapy.  Since 1995, Save Your Hands! has sold over 100,000 copies, and is now used as a required textbook for students in manual treatment training programs and schools worldwide.

 Co-authors Lauriann Greene and Richard W. Goggins explain: “The physically demanding work manual therapists do puts them at risk for musculoskeletal injury.  But injury is not inevitable!  In Save Your Hands!, we offer research-based strategies and tips that have been proven to prevent injury.  Manual therapists invest a great deal of time and money building their careers – our goal is to educate and train these professionals to help them protect and prolong their careers.”

 Save Your Hands! is now much more than a textbook.  The company offers online home study courses, live workshops and a new Certified Injury Prevention Instructor Program (CIPI) for therapists that wish to enhance their career and earn extra income by teaching injury prevention to other manual therapists. 

For employers of manual therapists (spas, clinics, etc.), Save Your Hands! offers ergonomics consulting and training services to lower injury risk and reduce workers’ compensation claims, absenteeism and turnover while increasing productivity and improving morale.

 More About Save Your Hands!® Continuing Education

 The Certified Injury Prevention Instructor (CIPI) Program trains massage therapists to teach the proven injury prevention and ergonomics strategies in the Save Your Hands! 2^nd Ed. book to other massage therapists.  The 52 CEU program includes three online courses and one hands-on, live workshop.  A 10 CEU online home study course is also available, with more course offerings to come.  Lauriann Greene, a certified ergonomics assessment specialist and Richard W. Goggins, CPE, LMP, have a combined 35 years of experience working with a variety of industries to prevent work-related injury.  Complimentary copies of Save Your Hands!® are available for book review editors/writers. 

 CONTACT INFORMATION

877-424-0994 (toll-free)

http://www.saveyourhands.com

info@saveyourhands.com

This information is provided by our Treasurer Christopher Yee. We have our budget report at each chapter meeting. If you have any questions or concerns please email us! It’s nice to know when someone pays attention!! Stay tuned for future updates of financial nature.

2010-2011 original projections:

income:  $75,500

expenses:  $82,400

net:  -$6,900

2010-2011 current projections:

income:  $31,032.09*

expenses:  $73,196.02

net:  -$42,163.93

*income projection decreased ~$28,000 when chapter voted to waive fees for one year.  This would adjust the current net projection to ~$14,163.93, which is $7,263.53 less net than original projection.

-income projected $13,500 in workshop registration.  For 2010 annual and fall event, we totaled $1,625, a difference of -$11,875

-expenses are projected to be ~$11,862.84 under budget.

Save Your Hands!® CIPI Program Trains Massage Therapists to Teach Self-Care and Injury Prevention

 A new program by the most trusted name in self-care and ergonomics trains massage therapists how to teach injury prevention to other manual therapists.

Save Your Hands!® announces the affordable Certified Injury Prevention Instructor (CIPI) program, designed to provide CIPI instructors the skills, curriculum, and marketing savvy to perform successful independent Save Your Hands!® workshops or to be hired as a trainer by spas, clinics, and schools.

The CIPI certification includes three online courses, including one by renowned massage marketing/business expert Cherie Sohnen-Moe on how instructors can market themselves as a CIPI. The certification process concludes with a live, hands-on weekend workshop.  The first live workshops will be held in Corona, California (at Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa) on November 13-14, 2010 and in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on February 12-13, 2011. The entire certification provides 50 CEUs.

 According to Lauriann Greene, CIPI Program Director and one of the foremost experts on injury prevention for manual therapists, “Seventy seven percent of manual therapists and bodyworkers report symptoms or injury as a result of their work. But these injuries can be prevented. There’s a great need for more capable instructors to teach effective, proven methods and tips to prevent injury. By becoming certified, qualified massage therapists and other manual therapists can help other therapists to protect and prolong their careers while creating an additional income stream and saving their own hands.”

 CIPI graduates get ongoing support with tools from the saveyourhands.com  web site, including an online directory that potential employers use to locate CIPIs, a forum to communicate with other CIPI’s, and access to Save Your Hands!® co-authors and expert instructors Lauriann Greene and Rick Goggins for questions and advice.

 Schools and spas also benefit from training a CIPI

 For schools, the program provides a way to train an instructor to incorporate effective injury prevention information into the school’s core curriculum and continuing education program.

 For spas and clinics, the CIPI program can provide an in-house injury prevention trainer to help reduce workers’ comp claims, turnover and absenteeism among treatment staff.

 Spas wanting to reduce their costs, schools interested in enhancing their curriculum and CE program, and manual therapists who value helping others and are excited about a new way to make money can find more information by contacting Save Your Hands!® at 877-424-0994 (toll-free) or syhcourses@saveyourhands.com, or by visiting http://www.saveyourhands.com/certified-injury-prevention-instructor.

 About Save Your Hands!®

 Save Your Hands!® is the most trusted name in self-care, injury prevention and ergonomics for manual therapists. For over 15 years, their textbook, courses and workshops have helped over 100,000 manual therapists and bodyworkers learn proven methods to protect their health and prolong their careers.

 The Save Your Hands!® Workshop is based on The Save Your Hands!® 2nd Edition textbook, co-authored by Lauriann Greene, CEAS and Richard W. Goggins, CPE, LMP, a certified professional ergonomist and massage therapist with over 17 years experience in occupational health and safety. Complimentary copies of Save Your Hands!® are available for book review editors/writers. 

 CONTACT INFORMATION

877-424-0994 (toll-free)

http://www.saveyourhands.com/cipi

syhcourses@saveyourhands.com

Kevin is a nationally certified Massage Therapist with 15-plus years of experience. He is also a well-known educator and administrator in the field. He is currently the National Program Director of Massage Therapy for Anthem Education Group.

Almost 2 years ago, Kevin was chosen as one of 9 people (http://www.mtbok.org/who_we_are.html) that would form a task force of massage therapy professionals to draft an initial Body of Knowledge for the Massage Therapy Profession. The task force was established by five of the major organizations that represent massage therapy: American Massage Therapy Association, Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals, the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards, the Massage Therapy Foundation, and the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork.

The 58-page document covers many aspects of the massage therapy profession: a description of the massage therapy field, a scope of practice statement, a section specifying the competencies expected of an entry-level massage therapist in terms of knowledge, skills and abilities, and a terminology section.

During Kevin’s presentation to AMTA members, he emphasized that the MTBOK is a living document that will develop and evolve over time in response to the needs of the profession.

Kevin facilitated discussions on many topics related to the MTBOK. The main issues of debate were concerning the potentially significant changes that educators might be expected to make in their massage therapy education curriculum in order to meet the standards of the initial draft of the MTBOK. Many supporters of the MTBOK spoke of how the document will lend more credibility to the profession (because so many other professions have an established body of knowledge already) and that the document may be interpreted by massage schools as a guide for standards of knowledge within the profession, and not necessarily as a set curriculum, in and of itself.

For more information about the Massage Therapy Body of Knowledge, visit www.mtbok.org. A free copy of the Massage Therapy Body of Knowledge is also available as well at this website
Chris Yee AMTA-MI Chapter Treasurer