Educational Webinars and Courses

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Increase your knowledge and improve your practice. Massage Therapy Foundation webinars help keep you up to date on the latest in massage therapy research.

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Massage Therapy Foundation Webinars

Discover how advancements in pain research can enhance your understanding and improve your practice for the benefit of your clients! MTF President Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT, engages in conversation with educators Whitney Lowe, LMT (Academy of Clinical Massage) and Douglas Nelson, LMT, BCTMB (Precision Neuromuscular Therapy Seminars). Take the quiz at the end to earn 1 free CE!

 

BONUS: Learn more about this topic by watching or listening to our Research Perch podcast episode, “Pain and Validation,” with Whitney Lowe and Doug Nelson. Check it out here.

 

Join MTF President Adrienne Asta and IJTMB Executive Editor, Amanda Baskwill for an engaging and informative webinar, “Reviewing and Submitting to a Journal.” This webinar is designed to equip researchers, students, practitioners, and aspiring authors with the knowledge and practical skills necessary to navigate the complex process of publishing in a research journal.

 

Learn more about MTF’s Case Report Contests! Hosted by MTF President Adrienne F. Asta, Robin Miccio, Susan Salvo, and Ruth Werner, this webinar reviews guidelines and expectations. Practitioners, students, and educators who are thinking about submitting this year or future years will learn more about the contest and process.

 

Deep thanks to Precision Neuromuscular Therapy (PNMT)  for their generous sponsorship of this webinar.

 

Learn more about research data gleaned during Phase One of the Massage Therapy Foundation Ergonomics Project and ways in which it may benefit your practice! Join MTF President Adrienne F. Asta, BA, LMT, and MTF Trustee Portia Resnick, PhD, ACT, BCTMB, LMT, and Susan Salvo, EdD, BCTMB, LMT, to discuss the 2022 MTF Ergonomics Project: Phase One Report, and how you can apply the principles of ergonomics in your massage therapy practice. Viewers are encouraged to read the white paper prior to viewing the webinar. Earn 1 free CE by taking the quiz at the end of the presentation.

 

Learn more about Hospital-Based Massage! Join hosts MTF President, Robin Anderson, MEd, LMT and Robin Miccio, MS, LMT, Integrative Health Program Manager at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and additional guests from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Ohio, and Blessings Hospital, Illinois, as they discuss the integration of massage therapy services in a healthcare setting.

Deep thanks to Handspring Publishing for their generous sponsorship of this webinar.

MTF/NCBTMB Research Webinar Series

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The Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF)  and the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) are excited to offer a free Research Webinar Series. Join us to learn more about the definition of research, its impact on the profession, and what resources are available to help you better engage. Earn 1 free CE by taking the quiz at the end of each webinar.

Webinars in this series include:

  • Part I: Why Research?
  • Part II: What is Research?
  • Part III: How to Find Quality Resources
  • Part IV: Case Reports
  • Part V: Massage Therapy for Pain Management
  • Part VI: Massage for Recovery: Lymphatic Massage
  • Part VII: Sports Massage

MTF/NCBTMB Research Webinar Part VII: Sports Massage

Join MTF President, Robin Anderson, NCBTMB President, Dolly Wallace, and Dr. Portia Resnick to learn more about current research on Sports Massage and how it can benefit your clients. Complete a short quiz after watching to earn one free CE.

 

Deep thanks to Handspring Publishing for their generous sponsorship of this webinar.

 

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MTF/NCBTMB Research Webinar Part VI: Massage for Recovery: Lymphatic Massage

Join MTF President, Robin Anderson, and NCBTMB President, Dolly Wallace, to learn about current research on lymphatic massage for surgical recovery and how massage can help a client prepare and recover from surgical procedures, including plastic surgery with special guests Kathleen Lisson, CMT, CLT and Dr. Jeffrey Horowitz, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon.

MTF/NCBTMB Research Webinar Part V: Massage Therapy for Pain Management

Learn about current research on the biological, psychological and social aspects of pain. Explore how to define, measure and address client pain, and how to ask the right questions to best treat your clients.

 

Deep thanks to Handspring Publishing for their generous sponsorship of this webinar.

 

MTF/NCBTMB Research Webinar Part IV: Case Reports

Ruth Werner, BCTMB, an NCBTMB-Approved Continuing Education Provider and author, shares about the role case reports play in research, their impact on the profession, and resources for students and professionals.

 

MTF/NCBTMB Research Webinar Part III: How to Find Quality Resources“

Douglas Nelson, LMT, BCTMB, and Donna Sarvello, LMT, BCTMB, MBA discuss how to locate and evaluate research resources with researcher and educator JoEllen Sefton, PhD, ATC, CMT.

 

MTF/NCBTMB Research Webinar Part II: What is Research?

Robin Miccio, MS, LMT, CPMT, CEIM, and NCBTMB and MTF define research, its impact on the profession, and resources for engagement.

 

MTF/NCBTMB Research Webinar Part I: Why Research?

Explore why research is essential to the practice of massage therapy and discusses the importance of publishing massage research in peer-reviewed journals where it can be shared with health care professionals from other disciplines.

MTF/AMTA Free Courses

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The Massage Therapy Foundation’s International Massage Therapy Research Conferences bring together an engaged community of thought leaders, educators, therapists, and allied health practitioners to discuss massage therapy research. The following sessions were originally presented in 2019. These online courses are available to members and non-members for free and provide AMTA approved CE credits. Click on subject matter to learn more.

Additional AMTA Courses (free to members and non-members):

 

MTF/AFMTE Webinar: Resources for Educators

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The Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF) and the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education (AFMTE) present; AFMTE President Michele Renee, DC, MAc, and Immediate Past President Stan Dawson, DC, LMBT, join MTF President-Elect Robin B. Anderson, MEd, LMT, BCTMB, CEAS, and Vice-President Brent Jackson, M.Ed., BS, LMT. Familiarize yourself with the array of educational tools available to help you teach students to incorporate research into their everyday work with clients.