American Massage Therapy Association – Michigan Chapter

Our Membership is growing, and we’d like to extend a warm winter welcome to the following members who have transferred in- 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, … Read entire article »

In the final days of the lame duck session, the grandfathering issues within the state law were rectified. The issue will be further addressed at the next meeting which will be in March. Applications are not yet available. This information has been supplied by our lobbyist, Dusty Fancher, of Midwest Strategy Group. … Read entire article »

SAVE YOUR HANDS! CELEBRATES 15 YEARS 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, 2nd Edition.  The … Read entire article »