This is an overview of the conference and the various speakers.
HELENE M. LANGEVIN Research Associate Professor Department of Neurology Univ. of Vermont. – Studies Connective Tissue and Acupuncture talked on Connective Tissue Physiology and Its Relevance to Manual Therapies. From Twitter feeds other studies he talked about.
Effectiveness of therapeutic massage for generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial.
Dan Cherkin, Senior Scientific Investigator with the Group Health Research Institute in Seattle. Is Massage Effective for Back and Neck Pain? — Applying the Research to Your Practice. This is a link to the paper he was talking about.
From tweets links to pubmed:
Effectiveness of therapeutic massage for generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial.
Unanticipated benefits of CAM therapies for back pain: an exploration of patient experiences
Randomized trial of therapeutic massage for chronic neck pain.
Panel Discussion: William Meeker, DC, MPH – Moderator The Role of Massage Therapy in Public Health: A Panel Discussion Panelists include: Cynthia Price,; Marissa Brooks, Deborah Senn and John Weeks
Great overview of WA States Every Category law by Debra Senn our former insurance commissioner and now lawyer with and how she created it. Lori Belinski, a well know local massage therapist and political advocate helped create the law and fought off 11 law suits and later 5 attempts to appeal it. It is always being challenged. In WA State we are able to become contracted providers for Major Medical Health insurance companies such as Regence Blue Shield, Aetna and all health ins. companies. Other states could really learn from us.
One of the questions for the panel was “Is Massage a Health Care Profession”. Debra Senn answered Yes! We are here in WA State because of her work, but I think the rest of the US lags far behind us and Canada is farther ahead.
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