Education, education, education. We constantly promote a better education for Massage Therapists and as those who teach continuing education courses we have a lot of responsibility to keep current with new evidence and research. And so do our associations. Our associations wield some great power in what can and is offered to their perspective memberships for continuing education. But are they all handling their responsibility well? If not, their members should demand better.   REGISTER HERE And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com  and our e ..read more

As massage therapists, we often rely on learning new modalities or rely on many of the ones we learned in college as a way to help our patients. But does it really matter which modality we use? There are so many other factors that contribute to better outcomes when people come to see us, the modality we use while the person receives treatment matters less than we've been lead to believe. Let's start to worry less about learning new ways to touch people and start focusing on what we can do to get them back to doing the activities that are important to them. This is one of the things we teach ..read more

In this episode we discuss some of the advances, changes, and recommendations that have taken place since the biopsychosocial framework was introduced 40 years ago. This is one of the many things we discuss in our upcoming courses along with therapeutic movement and rehab. These courses can be taken in person, or online so please click the link below and join us in October! REGISTER HERE And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com  and our emails:  jamie@themtdc.com hello@ericpurves.com Referenced paper:  Nicholas, Michael K.. The biopsychos ..read more

In this episode we discuss the buzzwords circling around our continuing education and how you can interpret and decide whether the course you're taking is evidence based.   And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com  and our emails:  jamie@themtdc.com hello@ericpurves.com ..read more

In this episode we discuss the updated education requirements from our college in BC. While some take this update to think they don't have to take continuing education anymore, we argue that it is our responsibility as healthcare professionals to do so.  And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com  and our emails:  jamie@themtdc.com hello@ericpurves.com ..read more

On this episode we look at the research around using IASTM in your practice. This is a popular modality but does it actually do what providers say it does? The research tells us otherwise.  Check out our upcoming live courses in October that can also be attended via zoom by clicking the link: https://themtdc.com/courses/clinical-applications-of-pain-science-manual-therapy-exercise-and-rehabilitation-principles-for-rmts/ And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com  and our emails:  jamie@themtdc.com hello@ericpurves.com ..read more

On this episode we look at why it is important to challenge our bias' and identities in massage therapy.  Check out our upcoming live courses in October that can also be attended via zoom by clicking the link: https://themtdc.com/courses/clinical-applications-of-pain-science-manual-therapy-exercise-and-rehabilitation-principles-for-rmts/ And as always, check our out websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com  ..read more

On this episode we look at the difference between "Evidence Based Practice" and "Evidence Informed Practice" and how this relates to Massage Therapists. Check out our upcoming live courses in October that can also be attended via zoom by clicking the link: https://themtdc.com/courses/clinical-applications-of-pain-science-manual-therapy-exercise-and-rehabilitation-principles-for-rmts/ And as always, check our out websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com  ..read more

This week we look at the contributions to the manual therapy professions from one of our hero's, Louis Gifford. Louis was probably one of the founding fathers of pain science and has shared his knowledge for many of us to improve as clinicians. Quite frankly his contributions are GOLD! Check out our websites: www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com Also have a look at our upcoming courses: https://themtdc.com/courses/clinical-applications-of-pain-science-manual-therapy-exercise-and-rehabilitation-principles-for-rmts ..read more