NCTMB CODE OF ETHICS FOR MASSAGE THERAPISTS

MASSAGE THERAPY

ETHICS CEU'S:

 

NCBTMB Ethics Course

with Tanya Downey  Saturday, July 10, 2010

10am – 5pm

Standards of Practice Including Professional Management and Roles and Boundaries with Standard V.

A day for strengthening awareness of interpersonal communications dynamics for professional bodyworkers.  Class will be an opportunity to refresh boundary roles and definitions as defined by NCBTMB Standards of Practice.  Utilizing creative role playing, discussion, and therapeutic artistic expression, the class will be a fun and interesting way to look at national board requirements for body workers.

Code of Ethics

revised October of 2008

NCBTMB certificants and applicants for certification shall act in a manner that justifies public trust and confidence, enhances the reputation of the profession, and safeguards the interest of individual clients. Certificants and applicants for certification will:

1. Have a sincere commitment to provide the highest quality of care to those who seek their professional services.
2. Represent their qualifications honestly, including education and professional affiliations, and provide only those services that they are qualified to perform.
3. Accurately inform clients, other health care practitioners, and the public of the scope and limitations of their discipline.
4. Acknowledge the limitations of and contraindications for massage and bodywork and refer clients to appropriate health professionals.
5. Provide treatment only where there is reasonable expectation that it will be advantageous to the client.
6. Consistently maintain and improve professional knowledge and competence, striving for professional excellence through regular assessment of personal and professional strengths and weaknesses and through continued education training.
7. Conduct their business and professional activities with honesty and integrity, and respect the inherent worth of all persons.
8. Refuse to unjustly discriminate against clients and/or health professionals.  
9. Safeguard the confidentiality of all client information, unless disclosure is requested by the client in writing, is medically necessary, is required by law,  or necessary for the protection of the public.
10. Respect the client's right to treatment with informed and voluntary consent. The certified practitioner will obtain and record the informed consent of the client, or client's advocate, before providing treatment. This consent may be written or verbal.
11. Respect the client's right to refuse, modify or terminate treatment regardless of prior consent given.
12. Provide draping and treatment in a way that ensures the safety, comfort and privacy of the client.
13. Exercise the right to refuse to treat any person or part of the body for just and reasonable cause.
14. Refrain, under all circumstances, from initiating or engaging in any sexual conduct, sexual activities, or sexualizing behavior involving a client, even if the client attempts to sexualize the relationship unless a pre-existing relationship exists between an applicant or a practitioner and the client prior to the applicant or practitioner applying to be certified by NCBTMB.
15. Avoid any interest, activity or influence which might be in conflict with the practitioner's obligation to act in the best interests of the client or the profession.
16. Respect the client's boundaries with regard to privacy, disclosure, exposure, emotional expression, beliefs and the client's reasonable expectations of professional behavior.  Practitioners will respect the client's autonomy.
17. Refuse any gifts or benefits that are intended to influence a referral, decision or treatment, or that are purely for personal gain and not for the good of the client.
18. Follow the NCBTMB Standards of Practice, this Code of Ethics, and all policies, procedures, guidelines, regulations, codes, and requirements promulgated by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork.

DNA

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. Nearly every cell in a person’s body has the same DNA. Most DNA is located in the cell nucleus (where it is called nuclear DNA), but a small amount of DNA can also be found in the mitochondria. 

The information in DNA is stored as a code made up of four chemical bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T). Human DNA consists of about 3 billion bases, and more than 99 percent of those bases are the same in all people. The order, or sequence, of these bases determines the information available for building and maintaining an organism, similar to the way in which letters of the alphabet appear in a certain order to form words and sentences.

DNA bases pair up with each other, A with T and C with G, to form units called base pairs. Each base is also attached to a sugar molecule and a phosphate molecule. Together, a base, sugar, and phosphate are called a nucleotide. Nucleotides are arranged in two long strands that form a spiral called a double helix. The structure of the double helix is somewhat like a ladder, with the base pairs forming the ladder’s rungs and the sugar and phosphate molecules forming the vertical sidepieces of the ladder.

An important property of DNA is that it can replicate, or make copies of itself. Each strand of DNA in the double helix can serve as a pattern for duplicating the sequence of bases. This is critical when cells divide because each new cell needs to have an exact copy of the DNA present in the old cell.

MASSAGE THERAPY RESEARCH

 The Massage Therapy Foundation:

One of the primary purposes of the Foundation is to fund solid research studies investigating the many beneficial applications of massage therapy. Foundation research grants are awarded to individuals or teams conducting studies that promise to advance our understanding of specific therapeutic applications of massage, public perceptions of and attitudes toward massage therapy, and the role of massage therapy in health care delivery.

RESEARCH - EDUCATION - COMMUNITY SERVICE

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WELCOME! Flagstaff Massage School Teachers

Massage School Instructors

     Heather Bostian, LMT, MFA, RYT, CHT

Heather is a graduate from the World School of Massage and Advanced Healing Arts in San Francisco, CA.  She blends this with two mastery degrees in theater arts (S.F. State and American Conservatory Theatre) along with over 30 years in private practice as the owner of Holistic Bodywork Design.

Heather brings in the wisdom of years participating in sweats and Native American medicinal herbal remedies, certification in hypnotherapy, substance abuse counseling and martial arts energy work into the gifts of her special brand of bodywork.  Her goals in therapy are easing emotional traumas and pain to resolve towards building joyful purposeful and healthy lifestyle transition.  Heather also teaches Ananda Hatha Yoga.

Jill Camirand, BA, LMT

Jill received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of New Hampshire in Communications.  Her love for culture keeps her traveling, as she has been to Belize to study the Maya, and last year visited the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador.  Her love for exploration got her on a train to Northern Arizona where she discovered her love for trail running and cycling.  She competes in the local Summer Series races as well as larger regional marathons.  She has been a massage therapist since 2006 working in her own practice as well as for a Chiropractor.  Her specialty in sports massage has given her the opportunity to work with Carmichael Training Systems as well as professional and Olympic athletes training at high altitudes.

John is a graduate of the Arizona School of Integrative Studies. John also has a digital recording studio where he does voice-overs, narrating commercials and videos. Prior to going into business for himself, John spent twenty years with the Sedona Fire District (SFD). As a part of that career, he wrote a textbook, taught in the fire service and was responsible for the district's public education efforts. John retired in 1999 as the Assistant Fire Chief. John's connection to healing and helping goes back farther than his involvement with Emergency Medical Services through SFD, however. His father was an osteopathic surgeon and his mother's motto was "Whom can we help today?". Massage has become a natural path for John, who continues to practice the beliefs instilled in him by his parents.

Tanya Downey, CMT, B.S.

Tanya is a graduate of ASIS, where she teaches Swedish Massage and Herbal Hydrotherapy classes. She is an herbalist, a lover of animals and children, music, dance, and diversity. A long-time facilitator of dance, martial arts, and movement therapies, she brings a strongly kinesthetic approach to her engagement with the learning process. As a bodywork practitioner, she incorporates therapeutic herbal remedies with deep tissue and connective tissue therapy, craniosacral therapy, and energy work. In the classroom, she brings poetry and movement to integrate a deeper awareness of our selves, our environment and community, with an unconditionally loving approach to relations with all life. It is by far her favorite job.

Kelly Grey, LMT

Kelly (Kirati) has been teaching and studying Yoga and Ayurveda for over 15 years. She is a Master Teacher of Wise Earth Ayurveda, carefully trained by Sri Swamini Mayatitananda. She is an advanced teacher in Sivananda Vedanta, a Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapist and a Reiki Master. She is a certified Ayurvedic Massage practitioner through Dr. Negundi in Kerala, India and just recently finished her massage training at the Arizona School of Integrative Studies. Kirati's main focus is in Wise Earth Ayurveda, with its grassroots origin in Sadhana. These profound teachings focus on our relationship to nature and to the cultivation of inner awareness and harmonious lifestyle practices.

    Wendy Hines B.S., LMT

    Wendy draws upon all of her life experience to offer mindful,      aware and open-hearted bodywork sessions to support clients in their journey of life.  After graduating with a B.S. in Exercise Science from Northern Arizona University in 1997 Wendy continued her education in health studies at Arizona School of Integrative Studies graduating in 1997.   Wendy integrates her years of study in bodywork, exercise training, rehabilitation, postural education, yoga, nutrition, and well-being to assist clients in finding optimal health and balance in their life. Through 12 years of practicing bodywork, Wendy has found the art in her work, offering specialized sessions through the balance of technique and the arts of listening, touch and intuition to meet each clients needs.  Currently, Wendy’s focus is in structural integration, postural and core strength reeducation, perinatal care, cranio sacral and yoga therapy.  She enjoys spending her time with her husband, daughter and dogs, exploring the outdoors, the world and life. She also enjoys music, dance, reading, yoga, hiking, skiing, mountain biking, rock climbing, backpacking and finding a connection to the natural world and wildlife whenever possible.

Aileen Judson, LMT, BA

Aileen unknowingly started her career in healthcare as a young child when her mother would pay her a quarter to scrunch her neck.  She went on to earn a BA in Human Relations/Social Services and worked as a Medical Social Worker for several years.  Her love for the body, its structure and function, drew her back to massage.   Her fascination with the mind, body and spirit has not only driven her as a practitioner and instructor, but is the guiding force in her own life.   Aileen has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 1995, a Meditation Teacher since 1999, a Yoga Instructor since 2004, and has taught massage since 2005.  Her work reflects her love of the human form, the spirit that resides within and the heart which is the driving force of our lives.  She specializes in mind/body therapeutics, energetics, restoration of function, relaxation, pain management, and teaching self care.  Aileen’s goal in working with others is to help them live their lives with more truth, peace and balance and strives to create the same for her self.

Sybil Larney, B.A.,M.A www.zenshiatsu.biz

Sybil's 15 years of study in the Ancient Chinese Five Element Theory facilitates communication and understanding of the bridge between Western and Eastern thought on energy work and self healing. Her experience as both student and teacher coupled with her keen sensitivity and perception supports her skills in sharing the philosophy and techniques of Shiatsu with others. Sybil has studied with Sensei Waturo Ohashi, founder of the Ohashi Institute, and Diane Connelly, author of "The Law of the Five Elements" and Matthew Sweigart author of "Touching Chi". Sybil is a graduate of the Ohashi Institute. Sybil's rich variety of life experience in Education, Fine Arts, Reiki, Jin Shin Jytsu and meditation enhances her work on the creative level. She believes understanding the concept that "the giver is the first receiver" is a corner stone to effective bodywork. Her Shiatsu classes are taught on a futon on the floor and increase the giver's strength and personal movement, opening and stretching all the pathways (meridians) of energy. The receiver experiences a rejuvenating sense of balance and a restorative experience thus supporting self-healing. Using the Five Element Theory as a guide to self awareness and personal growth is of glorious benefit when working with another human being. Originally from Evanston IL, she now lives in Sedona AZ with her husband.

     Macy Mouritsen, LMT

Macy graduated from ASIS in the summer of 2006.  She currently practices massage at Mountain Waves Healing Arts in Flagstaff and enjoys the endless possibilities available to the open-minded body-worker and all humans who possess peaceful intent.  Macy has studied Cranio-Sacral Therapy and is committed to a belief in the inherent healing capabilities present within all people.  When not plugging away at her Liberal Arts degree at Northern Arizona University, you can find her walking her dog, loving her family, cooking up a storm, or knitting a new masterpiece.

Olga is a Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Massage Therapist in a family practice office. She integrates massage modalities in a nurturing and supportive manner and has introduced Infant Massage through the local hospital services. Olga brings over twenty years of clinical medical practice and application, as well as an enthusiasm and honor for the process of relating the structure and function of the human body to the practice of massage. She is currently facilitating the Pregnancy, Infant and Elder experiences at ASIS. She is an instructor through Infant Massage USA. www.infantmassageusa.org

Robert Perry, DC, MUA-C

Originally from Oregon, Dr. Perry, a board certified chiropractic physician, has been in clinical practice in Northern Arizona for the past 16 years. Robert received his doctorate from Palmer College of Chiropractic - West.  he has earned his Manipulation Under Anesthesia Certification.  He lived in Hawaii for over 15 years, we attended the University of Hawaii.  In addition to his practice, Dr Perry teaches Anatomy & Physiology and Chiropractic Assistant.  He is a musician, and an artist, who is published in medical text books.  He currently plays drums and percussion at the church he attends.

      Suzanne DeSutter, LMT

Suzanne has bee a massage therapist for over 28 years, practicing in a variety of settings including an inpatient hospital, MD's offices, Sedona resorts & spas, and in private practice.  Her current area of interest is Cranial Sacral used with NeuroMuscular Therapy and Polarity Therapy. She has trained in both the Paul Saint John Method and with Judith Walker Delaney.

Suellen Trumbour-Cheney RN, MPS, RPP, RPE

Suellen is a registered polarity practitioner, and a holistic nurse counselor in private practice for over 27 years.  She founded Polarity Wellness, East/West in 1991.  As a certified polarity educator (APTA & Masterworks Internationally), she delights in passing on her learning and experience to new students, and explorers.  Suellen earned her BS from Cornell University in Ithaca NY, and her MPS from Loyola University in Chicago Illinois.

Aaron Wilson, BA, LMT

Aaron left his home in the southern Appalachian Mountains to follow his path in the healing arts profession at ASIS. Studying yoga in ashrams, living in eco villages learning about plant medicine and permacultuer for the past 6 years; Aaron embodies the essence of experiential learning! Aaron believes he can best facilitate his passion to help support people in their path to wellbeing, through education, compassion, and awareness. It is his great honor and joy to shine his light in the classroom teaching Swedish Massage and serve as an administrator of the new Flagstaff school.  Aaron has his own private massage practice, in Flagstaff, where he drawls upon many massage modalities, integrating them to fit the individual client needs.

 

"Getting things done is not always what is most important. There is value in allowing others to learn, even if the task is not accomplished as quickly, or efficiently."
-- R.D. Clyde

Chicago Massage Therapy Law being Changed! Beware!

What this means is that massage establishments would be omitted from the current ordinance to operate in areas typically used by small businesses and retail establishments along major thoroughfares that are meant to serve the community. It would move massage establishments into areas that are meant to be used by heavy-use commercial and industrial-type businesses such as outdoor storage areas and automobile lots.
The move is being vehemently opposed by the American Massage Therapy Association (Illinois Chapter). However, we sincerely believe that the motion sponsored by Ed Suarez (31st Ward) was a response to an issue of illicit activity in his ward and those of his fellow city council members rather than an attempt to thwart a legitimate, licensed profession that is recognized by the State of Illinois and the National League of Cities, of which Chicago is a member in good standing.
It stands to have a gross negative impact on the employers of licensed massage therapists, the schools that prepare them for their careers and continuing education providers.
While this particular action by the Chicago Committee on Zoning appears ominous, and task of opposing it onerous, your AMTA Illinois Chapter urges you to join us in the positive opportunities that exist in educating our elected leadership about the viability of licensed massage therapy in the healthcare industry and as an honorable and highly respected field and career.
As part of our strategy, we encourage all massage therapists, students, employers, schools and continuing education providers to participate in a grass-roots campaign by taking the following actions:
Do not take the motion personally. Alderman Suarez is a highly respected councilman who has set for many positive initiatives for the holistic good of the city and we do not wish to embarrass him. We are confident that, moving forward, he will become a friend to our profession and one of our greatest allies. Please treat him, his colleagues and fellow council members, and staff with the utmost respect.
Do become familiar with the Chicago Zoning Code Summary: www.amlegal.com.
Please write to your Alderman about how this measure will impact you or your place of employment. You should also consider visiting your officials' local district or ward offices. For the City of Chicago, visit www.chicityclerk.com.
Explore whether your personal or professional colleagues have connections to your ward or the issues that impact you or your profession.
Foster the relationship by inviting them to your place of business, special massage therapy events such as your grand opening, community events where massage therapists volunteer their services, or massage therapist "Meet-Ups".
Offer to be a resource for the alderman.
Leave your business cards. You may even want to leave one of the many valuable fact sheets about the benefits of massage therapy that can be found at www.amtamassage.org
Follow up with a thank you note for the time.
Keep them on your mailing list and forward them information about your business, profession and community events that you are participating in.
Please share this information with others who may not have access to this information such as non-members, family, friends, clients and patients. Let your AMTA-IL Chapter Government Relations Committee know about your successes and progress. We love hearing about Illinois LMT's becoming engaged and empowered. It's all about your license, your profession, your livelihood! Contact me at tracy@amta-il.org.

Tracy Smodilla, LMT
Chair, Government Relations Committee
American Massage Therapy Association - Illinois Chapter
 
American Massage Therapy Association-IL Chapter
email: info@amta-il.org
phone: 847.885.0674

Mom's Hip Size Predicts Her Daughter's Risk

When my colleagues and I recently revisited a 70-year-old study of pregnant women in Finland, we discovered something shocking: The size and shape of a mother’s pelvis can predict whether her daughter might someday develop breast cancer.
Despite decades of research and breakthroughs, the origins of breast and ovarian cancers remain a mystery for 90 percent of women—a huge obstacle to treating these diseases. Imagine if we could predict whether a baby would grow up to develop breast cancer the moment she was born. Now imagine if we could make this prediction before she had even been conceived.

by Kent L. Thornburg, PhD

Why Continuing Education

Continuing Ed

Continuing education plays a critical role in NCBTMB’s recertification program. In fact, nationally certified practitioners recertify every four years, and those who select the CE option are required to earn credits from an NCBTMB Approved Provider. This ensures that certificants receive quality instruction of the highest standards.

The International Standards of SpaExcellence

SpaQuality LLC has released the fifth edition of its quality system management standards for spas, The International Standards of SpaExcellenceSM2010. The Standards have been reorganized and expanded and more guidance and examples have been provided. The Standards, now over 200 pages, are offered in both print and pdf file format.
Julie Register
Managing Director, Operations
SpaQuality LLC
302-426-0274

HellerWork

Hellerwork Structural Integration is a powerful system of somatic education and structural bodywork, based on the inseparability of body, mind, and spirit. Following Ida Rolf's lineage of Structural Integration bodywork, Joseph Heller incorporated movement education/awareness and body-centered human development processes creating Hellerwork.

Deep tissue bodywork combined with movement education and dialogue of the mind/body connection guides you to new options, both physically and emotionally. Hellerwork S.I. encourages you to make the connection between movement and body alignment. Hellerwork restores your body's natural balance from the inside out.

For structural Integration at ASIS:

World Massage Festival

WHAT'S NEW AT THE FESTIVAL AS THEY CELEBRATE THIER FIFTH ANNIVERSARY?
The Six-Pack is Back!  Get FIVE friends to register for the Festival as your friends and YOU get your workshop registration FREE!  (Your $300 workshop registration fee will be refunded at Festival check-in).  Make sure that you have registered first, then have your friends put YOUR name on their registration form as the friend who recommended that they attend the Festival!
You can print out the poster  to help show your friends some of the activities that will be at the Festival this year.
In addition, you will get 3,000 points for each person who registers as your friend.....Points can earn you a FREE 2011 Festival package, including workshop registration, meals & lodging!!  See details
Announcing the First Annual Charlotte Hooten Memorial Scholarship to be awarded during the Hall of Fame Ceremonies.  For details.
You can see the complete schedule of events and classes by clicking on the days of the calendar on the front page,  and we have a surprise for everyone on Saturday night!
The Festival offers registration for up to 24 NCBTMB-approved CE hours of workshops, 4 nights lodging AND 4 full days of meals -- ALL FOR ONLY $492.  Pay 1/2 when you register and the second 1/2 one month later!
The beautiful campus of Berea College in Berea, Kentucky (just 40 minutes south of Lexington on I-75) is the location for the next World Massage Festival & Massage Therapy Hall of Fame, June 17-21, 2010.
REGISTER NOW

FOR ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS AND CEU'S