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April 28CE Workshop:Techniques for

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Arizona Chapter • American Massage Therapy Association • Spring 2018

Arizona Chapter to Host Component of AMTA/NCBTMB Sports Massage Specialty

Certificate Program

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April 27–28, 2018Annual Membership Meeting andContinuing Education Workshop:

Techniques ForSports Massage Therapistspresented by John Combe

Tempe, Arizona

See pages 6–8 for more information

n partnership with some of the top sportsmassage educators, medical doctors andsports science experts in the U.S., AMTA

developed a comprehensive series of continuingeducation courses to enhance your skills, learn newtechniques and deepen your understanding of thescience of sports massage.

Whether you earn the full sports massagecertificate or take individual courses, the AMTA/NCBTMB Sports Massage Specialty CertificateProgram can help you reach your career goalswhile earning up to 30 credit hours.

About the AMTA/NCBTMB SportsMassage Certificate Program

A specialty certificate symbolizes advancededucation and training in a particular massageapproach or for working with a specific population.The AMTA/NCBTMB Sports Massage SpecialtyCertificate Program provides a solid foundationaloverview on the science of sports massage andsettings for sports massage through online classesand is enhanced by a workshop featuring tech-niques and applications. The program culminatesin the NCBTMB Sports Massage Specialty Certifi-cate exam.

How the Program WorksTo earn the AMTA/NCBTMB Sports Massage

Specialty Certificate, you must successfullycomplete all three components of the 30 credithour program:

1. Online courses2. Hands-on workshop3. Sports Massage Specialty Certificate examadministered by NCBTMB.

You can take the online courses and hands-onworkshop in any order. Once you have successfullycompleted the education component, you can sitfor the certificate exam administered by NCBTMB.

We will be hosting the hands-on workshoppresented by John Combe, on April 28. Readthe course description on pages 6–8 and registertoday!

arizona intouchArizona Chapter Board Members

AMTA Arizona In-TouchThe AMTA-AZ Arizona In-Touch

is published three times a year by theAmerican Massage Therapy Association,Arizona Chapter, a non-profit professional

massage therapy association.

Mission of AMTA Arizona ChapterThe mission of the Arizona Chapter of

the American Massage Therapy Associa-tion is to develop and advance the art,

science and practice of massage therapy ina caring, professional and ethical manner

in order to promote the health andwelfare of humanity in Arizona.

Goals of AMTA Arizona ChapterTo establish massage therapy as integral

to the maintenance of good health

To increase public awareness of massagetherapy and the profession

To promote high standards in providingmassage therapy to the public

To increase access to quality massagetherapy for all persons

To be an influential member of the healthcare community

To be a leader and a resource for issues inthe field of massage therapy including—

definitions, practice and educationstandards, legislation and regulation

To enhance the professional developmentand personal growth of members

To continue the Arizona AMTA’s growth,development, organizational effectiveness

and visibility

In pursuit of the above goals, the ArizonaChapter of the AMTA will be guided by

the values of care and competency.

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Arizona Chapter Committee Chairs

Arizona Chapter website: az.amtamassage.org

Arizona Chapter Facebook: www.facebook/AMTAArizona

AMTA National website: www.amtamassage.org

Board MemberSandra K. Anderson

3750 N. Country Club Road #57Tucson, AZ 85716

520-881-5438anderkauf@msn.com

Financial AdministratorTee Wills

3020 N. Country Club RoadTucson, AZ 85716

520-682-0411lmtwills@comcast.net

Board MemberVickie Rodden1576 E. Yorkshire Ave.Chino Valley, AZ 86323-7147928-771-0040vickielewis53@yahoo.com

SecretaryConnie Griffith1650 E. Barbarita Ave.Gilbert, AZ 85234-8124480-813-9326cagriffith@juno.com

PresidentMichelle Cordero

1456 N. Hamilton Place • Chandler, AZ 85225480-220-5629 • michellecorderolmt@gmail.com

Awards Committee ChairSandra K. Anderson

3750 N. Country Club Blvd. #57Tucson, AZ 85716

520-881-5438anderkauf@msn.com

Event Coordinator ChairLillian Hackett

Post Office Box 69807Oro Valley, AZ 85737

520-975-5837tortolitalil@aol.com

Leadership DevelopmentConnie Griffith

1650 E. Barbarita Ave.Gilbert, AZ 85234-8124

480-813-9326cagriffith@juno.com

Education Committee ChairKatelyn Faith4449 E. Fremont St.Phoenix, AZ 85042520-245-3831katelyn.amtaaz@gmail.com

Government Relations ChairGarnet Adair712 W. Limberlost Dr.Tucson, AZ 85705520-887-8819garnetadair@comcast.net

Membership Committee ChairVickie Rodden1576 E. Yorkshire Ave.Chino Valley, AZ 86323-7147928-771-0040vickielewis53@yahoo.com

in a smaller role. I am ready to take what I’ve learned andapply it to other parts of my life. I am also an active volunteerat a local animal rescue andhave agreed to help managetheir largest fund-raisingevent as the chairperson. Itruly believe my work as anAMTA-AZ volunteer hasprepared me to take on thatrole. I am happy to be able toshare my abilities withgroups I want to support.

I know our chapter coulduse some more talent on ourteam, so we would love tohave you join us if you want togive back to our profession andour association. But even ifthat doesn’t call to you, I hope you find something thatspeaks to you and support it with your skills, time and talent.Our call to serve and help people is one of the reasons manyof us started in this profession, right? Nurture that drive toincrease the good in the world, one person at a time.I’m looking forward to see all the good that we are going todo.

Lots of love and thanks to all of you!

Michelle Cordero,

AMTA Arizona Chapter President

reetings AMTA-AZ members!

As I sat down to write this letter, Irealized that it will be my last

President’s Letter, as my term as presidentwill be over in April. Wow, time flies whenyou’re having fun. It has been a lot of work,but I have enjoyed these 4 years so much. Ithink I have learned a lot about myself, havegrown professionally and personally and havedeveloped an immense appreciation forpeople all around me.

I have been volunteering with thechapter for about 14 years. In that time, Ihave attended 11 conventions and attended6 National board meetings, meeting volun-teers from all over country and getting toknow the staff that works for us at theNational office. I have been able to sit downwith people who are working and volunteer-ing for AMTA and have seen that eventhough we are all from different back-grounds, we are all working to make thisassociation the best it can be. I am sograteful to have had those experiences.

I do plan to continue working for thechapter and helping with our communica-tions, as well as being available to mentorour new president. I believe in the work wedo, so I still want to be a part of it, although

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Consumer Views and Use of Massage Therapy

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Massage Therapy for Regular Health Maintenance1

85 percent of individuals surveyed claimtheir primary reason for receiving amassage in the previous 12 months wasmedical (52 percent) or stress (23percent) related, according to the 19thannual consumer survey sponsored bythe American Massage TherapyAssociation. Medical reasons include painrelief, soreness, stiffness or spasms,injury recovery, migraines, prevention,pregnancy or pre-natal, and generalwell-being.

90 percent of individuals view massage as beingbeneficial to overall health and wellness.

91 percent of consumers surveyed believe that massagecan be effective in reducing pain; with 28 percent ofrespondents stating they have used massage therapy for painrelief.

The overall mean was 4.35 massages for those receivingmassage in past 12 months. Those whose primary reason forgetting massage was medical got a mean of 5.8 massages.

Overall mean was 13 massages for those receivingmassage in past 5 years. Those whose primary reason forgetting massage was medical got a mean of 15 massages.

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Americans’ Reasons for Getting Massages are Changing1

Instead of seeking massage therapysolely for relaxation and pamperingpurposes, individuals clearly are turningto massage therapy to assist withmedical conditions.

As few as 25 percent of individualsbelieve massage therapy is only a formof pampering.

In the previous 12 months, 17percent of massage consumers received

their last massage at a spa compared to 21 percent in 2014.

72 percent of consumers agree that massage therapyshould be considered a form of healthcare.

52 percent of people have received a massage for one ormore of the following reasons: soreness, stiffness or spasms,to relieve or manage stress, for prevention or to improvequality of life, injury recovery or rehabilitation, to keep fit orhealthy/maintain wellness, pregnancy/prenatal, or to controlheadaches or migraines. This compares to 56 percent ofrespondents in the 2014 study.

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David Lauterstein(pictured left)

and students at the Winter 2018

AMTA Chapter CE work-shop in Tucson:

“Deep Massage and ZeroBalancing: How To CombineStructure and Energy in Your

Bodywork”

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AMTA Arizona Chapter Annual Membership Meeting and CE Workshop

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John Combe, LMT, BCTMBJohn Combe is active in the sports massage community and hasworked with many Olympic athletes. He was the 2014 OregonLMT of the Year and the American Massage Therapy Association2013 National Meritorious Award recipient.

John is an AMTA Oregon Chapter past president and a pastAmerican Massage Therapy Association national board member.John ran the 2015 Boston Marathon for the Massage TherapyFoundation.

John Combe

presented by John Combe, LMT, BCTMBSaturday, April 28, 2018

Tempe, Arizona • 8.5 CE Hours

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Sports massage therapy is a fast-paced and fulfilling career path, with client opportunitiesranging from professional sports teams to weekend warrior athletes.

Research indicates massage therapy can reduce muscle tension, enhance athleticperformance, help prevent injuries and more.

Receive hands-on instruction—including a shoulder injury case study—and tips to help yousucceed in this specialty. With a focus on utilizing critical thinking in client assessment, thisworkshop will help you learn techniques, contraindications, session planning and othervaluable information to take your sports massage career to the next level.

A specialty certificate symbolizes advanced education and training in a particular massageapproach or for working with a specific population. The AMTA/NCBTMB Sports MassageSpecialty Certificate Program provides a solid foundational overview on the science ofsports massage and settings for sports massage through online classes and is enhanced by aworkshop featuring techniques and applications. The program culminates in the NCBTMBSports Massage Specialty Certificate exam.

The program provides newer massage therapy practitioners an overview of sportsmassage, while still being detailed enough to give veteran massage therapists a refresheron current science. Earn your full sports massage certificate or take individual coursesto help you reach your career goals.

Friday, April 27, 20187:00 pm – 9:00 pm AMTA Arizona Chapter Annual Membership Meeting

Saturday, April 28, 20188:00 am – 12:00 pm Workshop—“Techniques For Sports Massage Therapists”12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch (included)1:00 pm – 5:30 pm Workshop—“Techniques For Sports Massage Therapists”

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Reservation Cutoff DateNo deadline as long as rooms are available.

Registration ContactKatelyn Faith, Education Committee ChairPhone: 520-245-3831Email: katelyn.azamta@gmail.com

Continuing Education Hours8.5 CE Hours

25% non-refundable deposit included inWorkshop Registration Fee

Materials Needed For WorkshopMassage tableTable linensSmall amount of lubricantComfortable clothing

LocationDoubleTree by Hilton Phoenix-Tempe2100 S. Priest Drive • Tempe, AZ 85282

DirectionsFrom the I-10, exit Broadway Road in Tempe.Hotel is on the Southwest corner of BroadwayRoad and Priest Drive in Tempe, only half mileeast of I-10.

Room ReservationsFor 15% off room rates, visit the event pageon our website (amtamassage.org) for adiscount link.

https://secure.hilton.com/en/wa/res/choose_dates.jhtml?hotel=PHXMPDT&corporateCode=0002972307

Full Name ______________________________________________________ AMTA #___________________

Address __________________________________________ City __________________ State ____________

Zip ______________ Phone _____________________________ Email _______________________________

Workshop Fee — Members $125 Any Massage Student $125 Non-Members $170

★★★NOTE—$35 LATE FEE WILL BE CHARGED AFTER THEREGISTRATION CUT-OFF DATE, APRIL 21, 2018!!!★★★Fees listed below apply to all registrations made after April 21, 2018.

Workshop Fee (After cut-off date, April 21, 2018)—Members $160 Any Massage Student $160 Non-Members $205

Total enclosed $ _________ Make checks payable to AMTA-Arizona Chapter

Do you desire registration confirmation?— Yes No If yes— By phone By email

If you would prefer to register online, go to az.amtamassage.org

Please note the fee is for the workshop. A 25% non-refundable deposit is included in the workshopfee. There is no charge for the AMTA-AZ meeting.

Mail registration form and payment to—Tee Wills, AMTA-AZ Treasurer3020 N. Country Club • Tucson, AZ 85716 • 520-682-0411 • lmtwills@comcast.net

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Healthcare Providers Recommending Massage as a Viable Formof Treatment1

Health care providers and doctors aremore commonly viewing massagetherapy as a legitimate option to addresshealth concerns.

Of consumers who discussed massagetherapy with their doctors:

14 percent were referred to amassage therapist by their doctor

54 percent of respondents indicated that they wereencouraged by their doctor to receive a massage, down from57 percent in 2014, but up from 48 percent in 2013.

11 percent were told by their doctor that a massage mightbenefit them.

54 percent of respondents said their physician hasrecommended they get a massage, down from 59 percent lastyear.

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About the Survey Findings1 AMTA’s 19th annual consumer survey conducted by ORC International. This report presents the findings of a telephone survey conductedamong two national probability samples, which, when combined, consists of 1,017 adults, 520 men and 497 women 18 years of age andolder, living in the continental United States. 520 interviews were from the landline sample and 497 interviews from the cell phone sample.Interviewing for this Survey was completed on July 16-19, 2015.

38 percent of respondents discussedpain relief or pain management withtheir doctor

23 percent discussed injury recovery or rehabilitation withtheir doctor

11 percent discussed soreness, stiffness, and spasms withtheir doctor

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Reflections on Spring

"Every spring is the only spring—

a perpetual astonishment."

—Ellis Peters

"Spring is sooner recognizedby plants than by men."

—Chinese Proverb

"Sitting quietly, doing nothing,Spring comes, and the grass

grows by itself."—The Gospel According To Zen

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• On March 14, 2018, AMTA representa-tives met with senior staff at the National Centerfor Complementary and Integrative Health, partof the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Themeeting focused on the necessity of increasingthe amount of massage therapy research, asmassage therapyhas become moreaccepted as animportantapproach tomanaging pain.

• In late2017 and early2018, AMTAprovided detailedinformation onthe efficacy ofmassage therapyfor pain to theU.S. House ofRepresentativesWays and MeansCommittee andits Energy and Commerce Committee, as theyprepare for hearings related to the opioid crisis.

• AMTA worked directly with the WestVirginia Attorney General for a program toreduce use of opioids for pain. The state is verypositive about the incorporation of massagetherapy in a list of approaches to pain that canhelp stop the rampant use of opioids there—thehighest in the country.

Massage Therapy as an Alternative to Opioids

The state public education program includes a recommendation ofmassage therapy as a first-line approach vs. opioids. As a result, AMTA hasbeen actively discussing a similar approach with legislators in an increasingnumber of states.

• We also connected the state officials in West Virginia with researchersin Kentucky working on this same subject. We have had an ongoing rela-

tionship withresearchers at theUniversity ofKentucky foreducationalroundtables inWest Virginia andKentucky. Theyrecently publishedsome of theirresults, showingthe value andefficacy ofmassage as asubstitute foropioids2.

• In December2017, AMTA submitted recommendations to the Agency for HealthcareResearch and Quality (an agency of the U.S. Department of Health andHuman Services) for inclusion of research on massage therapy for chronicpain, to be included in their analysis and recommendations for non-pharma-cologic approaches.

• In October 2017, AMTA was an exhibitor at the Appalachian OpioidConference and met with state officials from multiple states about how tointegrate massage therapy into non-pharmacologic approaches to pain as acounter to the national opioid epidemic.

Helping Government Address Opioid Use

rescription opioids carry serious riskof addiction, abuse, and overdose, inaddition to a number of side effects,

even when taken as directed. According to theCenters for Disease Control1, deaths fromprescription opioids—drugs like oxycodone,

hydrocodone, and methadone—have more than quadrupled since 1999.For that reason, a number of health organizations and governmental

agencies are seriously looking at alternative ways to manage pain.The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) continues to beactively engaged with several organizations and agencies regarding massagetherapy for pain and specifically as an alternative to opioids.

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You Are Invited to the AMTA 2018National Convention

August 9–11, 2018 in Washington, DC

Registration is now open. Visit www.amtamassage.orgfor further details and to register.

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Candidate Application and Resume

Full Name ______________________________________________ AMTA Membership #_________________

Address ___________________________________________________________________________________

City _____________________________ County ______________ State ____________ Zip ______________

Phone (h) __________________ Email (h) _____________________________ Fax (h) ___________________

Number of years practicing massage ________________ Number of years with AMTA ____________________

Massage school attended (name) ________________________________________________________________

Massage school attended (address) ______________________________________________________________

Hours to complete certification ___________________ Date of graduation _____________________________

Other related education ______________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Current massage license? __________ Location _________________ NCTMB? _________________________

Place of employment _________________________________________________________________________

Address of employment _______________________________________________________________________

Phone (w) _________________ Email (w) _____________________________ Fax (w) ___________________

List AMTA chapter and/or national offices held and/or committee work (include dates)—

List any relevant community or professional experience—

I’m interested in applying for the following positions:

President Secretary Board Member

Chapter Positions

Open for Election:

Two Year Terms—

President

Secretary

Board Member

electionopenforoffices

One of the agenda items for the April 27, 2018 AMTA-AZ

Chapter Annual Membership Meeting will be to elect

the positions of President, Secretary, and Board Member.

All are two year terms.

Those interested in serving the Arizona Chapter need to submit

a resume to AMTA-AZ, c/o Yovonka Rivera, Nominating

Committee Chair, Hcr 65 Box 373, Tumacacori, AZ 85640.

Resumes must be received by April 5, 2018.

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What do you perceive as your relevant strengths and qualifications for the position you seek?

What do you hope to gain and to contribute by being in this position?

What is your understanding about the AMTA-AZ’s Strategic Plan and your role as an officer to implement this plan?

Are you aware of and informed about the job description and the number of hours required to perform the duties of theposition you seek?

Are you able to commit the appropriate time for the entire term of the office you seek?

Your signature below indicates that, if you are elected to office, you will carry out your duties with integrity and that youare committed to serve for the entire term of the position held.

Signature________________________________________ Date ___________________

Chapter Officers and Delegates serve a term of 2 years and are elected by the general membership.

Questions? Contact Yovonka Rivera at yovankalmt@gmail.com

Mail completed Candidate Application and Resume to—

AMTA-AZc/o Yovonka Rivera • Hcr 65 Box 373 • Tumacacori, AZ 85640

Resumes must be received by April 5, 2018

Thank you for your interest and for your willingness to serve your chapter!

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David Lauterstein and students at the Winter 2018 AMTAChapter CE workshop: “Deep Massage and Zero Balancing:How To Combine Structure and Energy in Your Bodywork”