The Massage Therapist Development Initiative
The Massage Therapist Development Initiative is a platform for Massage Therapists and other Manual Therapists to learn more about research and becoming a more evidence-based practitioner. This is an opportunity to not only create a positive change in our profession but also for other therapists to create better outcomes in their practice and with their patients.
Episodes
29 episodes
Episode #29 Dealing With Burnout
I think we've all seen changes in the past couple of years with the pandemic and other things going on. For the both of us, we experienced a significant amount of burnout, so we thought we'd share our stories as we're sure we aren't alo...
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Episode 29
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39:52
Episode #28 With Great Educational Power, Comes Great Educational Responsibility
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.
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Episode 28
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47:49
Episode #27 Myofascial Release And CLB, What Does The Evidence Say?
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 contri...
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Episode 27
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43:44
Episode #26 The Biopsychosocial 40 Years Later
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...
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Episode 26
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46:47
Episode #25 Making Sure Your Continuing Education is Evidence Based
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.
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51:50
Episode #24 Maintaining Professionalism When Given The Benefit Of The Doubt
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 ...
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46:08
Episode #23 Challenge Your Bias, But Still Remain Patient Centred
In this episode we discuss some papers that challenge some of the available pain models of understanding. While there are some good challenges on language, the overall message remains the same; treat the person in front of you. And...
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Episode 23
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30:29
Episode #22 Challenging Industry Norms And Incorporating Movement
In this episode we discuss some papers on therapeutic exercise for the neck as well as the low back. We also look at challenging industry norms and how others get upset by what you're saying. And as always, check out our website...
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34:52
Episode #21 Allowing Research To Challenge Our Beliefs
You ever have one of those moments where you get faced with a piece of research that challenges, something that you've been saying for a long time?We're going to talk about that today. Because I've been long saying how going for a walk i...
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Episode 21
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40:50
Episode #20 Confronting The Challenge Of Evidence Based Practice
On this episode we look at a great paper entitled: "Challenges for Evidence-Based Physical Therapy: Accessing and Interpreting High-Quality Evidence on Therapy"This was a great paper as it shows us several different challenges to ...
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53:59
Episode #19 The Epic Fails Episode
On this episode, we chat about some of the failures we've had in our careers. It's important to talk about failures because you can't succeed without failing. Also because we all make mistakes in practice but we're not alone, the more w...
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50:21
Episode #18 Manual Therapy: Exploiting The Role Of Human Touch.
On this episode we look at a great paper entitled: "Manual Therapy: Exploiting The Role Of Human Touch."This was a great paper as it shows us several different things about the benefit of touch. While there are some therapists out...
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33:57
Episode #17 Rotator Cuff Disease
On this episode we look at a research paper entitled: Manual therapy and exercise for rotator cuff disease (Review). This paper helps us understand a bit better how we can help people with possible rotator cuff issues and the best approa...
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43:46
Episode #16 Tone Police and Language
On this episode we look at Tone Police and Language and how this functions within our profession.We are of the belief that we choose how to react to someone's words and perhaps the way we react isn't always warranted. Chec...
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29:50
Episode #15 Beliefs Vs. Science
On this episode we look at "Beliefs Vs. Science" and how this functions within our profession. We are of the belief that if science refutes or proves your belief wrong, we have a responsibility as healthcare professionals to change that...
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46:54
Episode #14 Just Ranting About The Profession With Tristen Attenborough
On this episode we just basically rant about several things in our industry with our buddy from the UK Tristen Attenborough Check out our upcoming live courses in October that can also be attended via zoom by clicking the link:<...
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Episode #13 What You Need To Know About IASTM
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 Oc...
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Episode 13
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52:47
Episode #12 RMT's Learning From RMT's
On this episode we look at why it is important for RMT's to learn from RMT's and why we need more Massage Therapists stepping into the education ring. Check out our upcoming live courses in October that can also be attended via zo...
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45:40
Episode #11 Challenging Our Bias' and Identities In Massage Therapy
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:
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1:08:11
Episode #10 EPB vs EIP
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 b...
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40:55
Episode #9: The Overuse of MRI in MSK Care
This week we look at a paper discussing the overuse of MRI in MSK care. This paper really highlights the importance of how medical imaging is overused and its compounding effects as a result. Check out our websites:
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Episode 9
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39:56
Episode #8 Modality Empires & CEC's
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 cli...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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46:50
Episode #7 Trigger Points With Paul Ingraham
This week we have our second guest on the podcast the one and only Paul Ingraham. Paul Ingraham is a Vancouver science journalist and publishing entrepreneur and a former Registered Massage Therapist. He left that profession over ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:21:10
Episode #6 Helping Runners With Matt Phillips
This week we have our first guest on the podcast the one and only Matt Phillips. Matt has extensive experience helping runners with injuries, so we delve into his knowledge on how to help runners when they come into your clinic.&nb...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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53:31