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OVERNMENT HAS A SIGNI½CANT AND OBVIOUS ROLE IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND PUBLIC POLICIES ARE BOTH AT THE PROVINCIAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL 4HE ECONOMY HAS BECOME THE DRIVING FORCE IN MANY GOVERNMENT DECISIONS AS THE ½NANCIAL BURDEN FOR HEALTH CARE ON GOVERNMENT COFFERS APPEARS TO BE ENDLESS !ND GOVERNMENT DECISIONS AND PUBLIC POLICY ARE IMPACTING THE MASSAGE THERAPY PROFESSION 4HIS PAST YEAR WE CERTAINLY EXPERIENCED THE IMPACT OF A GOVERNMENT DECISION REGARDING THE (ARMONIZED 3ALES 4AX (34 !ND IN THE PAST WE SAW GOVERNMENT REDUCE -EDICAL 3ERVICES 0LAN -30 COVERAGE 4HERE ARE ALSO MANY SUBTLE PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS OR SOCIETAL TRENDS THAT WHEN ADDED UP WILL IMPACT OUR PROFESSION AS WELL BOTH NEGATIVELY AND POSITIVELY 'IVEN GOVERNMENT´S FOCUS ON HEALTHY LIVING AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE ONE WOULD ASSUME THAT MORE PUBLIC DOLLARS WOULD BE SPENT ON PREVENTION MEASURES (OWEVER (34 AND THE DECREASE IN -30 COVERAGE WOULD SUGGEST THAT IS NOT THE CASE 2EGARDLESS THE PUBLIC DOES UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT ITS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ROLE IN HEALTH CARE !S 2EGISTERED -ASSAGE 4HERAPISTS WE ARE IN AN EXCELLENT POSITION TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC NEED BECAUSE AS PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WE STRADDLE THE DIVIDE BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE 0EOPLE WANT ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE OPTIONS 'OVERNMENT RECOGNIZES THIS %ACH YEAR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ARE SPENT IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR HEALTH CARE INCLUDING 2-4S AND OTHER #OMPLEMENTARY AND !LTERNATIVE (EALTH #ARE #!(# PROVIDERS ! RECENT REPORT BY (EALTH #ANADA STATED ±.OW LEGISLATORS AND POLICY MAKERS ARE FACING SOME DIF½CULT QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO ASSURE THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH PRODUCTS AND PRACTICES WHILE NOT UNNECESSARILY RESTRICTING CONSUMER ACCESS ² )N A RECENT SURVEY 2-4S TOLD US THAT PATIENT EDUCATION AND KNOWLEDGE IS SIGNI½CANTLY GREATER TODAY THAN IT WAS ½VE YEARS AGO 7ITH RESOURCES SUCH AS THE )NTERNET AND NUMEROUS HEALTH MAGAZINES IT IS IMPORTANT THAT 2-4S ARE CONTINUALLY UPGRADING THEIR KNOWLEDGE BASE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY TO THEIR PATIENTS´ NEEDS 4O THAT END HERE IN " # WE ARE CONSTANTLY STRIVING TO RAISE THE BAR BE IT WITH THE )NTERNATIONAL &ASCIA #ONGRESS IN 6ANCOUVER BY SUPPORTING NEW AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH OR BY DEVELOPING A NEW MASSAGE THERAPY DEGREE PROGRAM !ND OUR WORK HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED TO QUOTE $R 4OM &INDLEY FOUNDER OF THE )NTERNATIONAL &ASCIA #ONGRESS ±" # -ASSAGE 4HERAPISTS CLEARLY STAND OUT IN THEIR PROFESSION )N THEIR CONCERN FOR PROFESSIONAL QUALITY AND STANDARDS THEY HAVE SET REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN FOR MASSAGE THERAPISTS IN ANY OTHER PROVINCE IN #ANADA AND EVEN OTHER COUNTRIES ² "UT NO MATTER HOW GOOD A JOB WE DO IN " # AS THE SAYING GOES ±YOU ARE THE COMPANY YOU KEEP ² 7ITHOUT REGULATION AND NATIONAL STANDARDS OUR REPUTATION AS HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IS AT A TIPPING POINT #URRENTLY ONLY THREE PROVINCES ARE REGULATED BUT IT IS OUR HOPE THAT OTHER LEGISLATORS WILL SEE THE NEED TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND REGULATE THE PROFESSION IN ALL PROVINCES 4HAT IS WHY WE MUST CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WHERE APPROPRIATE ANY PROVINCE INDIVIDUAL OR ORGANIZATION THAT IS STRIVING FOR EXCELLENCE IN MASSAGE THERAPY 7E ARE AT A PIVOTAL POINT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR PROFESSION 7E MUST ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO RAISE THEIR BAR WHILE CONTINUING TO RAISE OUR OWN 7E HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE EF½CACY IN THE PROFESSION TO THE WORLD AT &ASCIA ¯ ±DON´T MISS THIS EVENT ² $AMON -ARCHAND 0RESIDENT

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)T IS SAFE TO ASSUME THAT 2EGISTERED -ASSAGE 4HERAPISTS WOULD RATHER TREAT PATIENTS THAN SLOG THROUGH A MOUNTAIN OF INSURANCE PAPERWORK 9OU BECAME AN 2-4 FOR THE HANDS ON ASPECTS SO WHY DO YOU NEED TO CARE ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS 0APERWORK TENDS TO GET A BAD RAP BECAUSE IT CAN BE TIME CONSUMING AND TAKES YOU AWAY FROM THE TREATMENT SIDE OF YOUR PRACTICE (OWEVER ACCURATE AND WELL MAINTAINED RECORDS ARE RELEVANT IN EVERY PROFESSION AND WE COULD ALL USE A REMINDER OF THAT FACT FROM TIME TO TIME 2-4S ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE EXCELLENT HEALTH CARE TO THEIR PATIENTS WHILE ENSURING THAT THEY COMPLY WITH ALL FORMS OF PAPERWORK ¯ INTAKE FORMS INSURANCE FORMS PATIENT RECORDS AND TREATMENT PLANS 7HETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT A PART OF YOUR ROLE AS AN 2-4 IS TO LEAVE A GOOD PAPER TRAIL SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HELP PATIENTS AND INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL CONTINUE TO HELP YOU 2-4S ±HAVE A DUTY AS PROFESSIONAL;S= TO UPHOLD HIGH STANDARDS ² SAYS *OEL !LLEYNE %XECUTIVE $IRECTOR OF THE #ANADIAN (EALTH #ARE !NTI &RAUD !SSOCIATION ±.OT JUST HIGH STANDARDS OF CARE CLINICALLY BUT ALSO HIGH STANDARDS IN TERMS OF THEIR BUSINESS PRACTICES AND THEIR DOCUMENTATION PRACTICES ² 0ROPER DOCUMENTATION THROUGHOUT THE TREATMENT PROCESS IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE ±4HERE´S A NEED FOR PROPER DOCUMENTATION AND CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION ² SAYS !LLEYNE ±WHETHER THE NOTES ARE FOR INTAKE AND ASSESSMENT OR FOR ACTUAL TREATMENT AND CARE YOU SHOULD BE KEEPING GOOD NOTES ² )NSURANCE PATIENTS ARE THE BREAD AND BUTTER OF MANY 2-4 PRACTICES ±!BOUT TWO THIRDS OF " # ´S POPULATION HAS EXTENDED HEALTH BENE½TS DUE TO ITS HIGHLY UNIONIZED LABOUR FORCE ² SAYS )RENE +LATT 6ICE 0RESIDENT OF THE (EALTH )NSURANCE FOR #ANADIAN ,IFE AND (EALTH )NSURANCE !SSOCIATION )NC ±7HILE THE LION´S SHARE OF EXTENDED HEALTH COSTS GOES TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS ² SHE NOTES ±THE PORTION TOWARD 2-4S IS APPROXIMATELY THOUGH IT VARIES FROM PLAN TO PLAN ² !NITA 7ILSON #LINIC $IRECTOR /WNER OF THE #OAST 4HERAPEUTIC 3PORTS -ASSAGE AND THE 6ICE 0RESIDENT AND #OMMUNICATIONS #HAIR 0ERSON ON THE -4!"# "OARD ESTIMATES THAT OVER OF HER PATIENTS ARE FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES INCLUDING EXTENDED HEALTH PLANS )NSURANCE COMPANIES ±ARE AS MUCH A CLIENT AS THE PATIENT IN FRONT OF YOU ² SAYS -4!"# LAWYER 3COTT .ICHOL ±AND AS SUCH 2-4S HAVE A PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATION TO THE INSURER 4HE WAY

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YOU VALUE ANY RELATIONSHIP WITH A CLIENT IS TO TALK TO THEM AND ½ND OUT FROM THEM WHAT THEY NEED ² HE NOTES SO HE BELIEVES THAT 2-4S SHOULD MAKE SURE THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT INSURANCE COMPANIES NEED FROM THEM ±4HESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO WRITE THE CHEQUES ² .ICHOL SAYS ±THIS IS A RELATIONSHIP WE NEED TO VALUE ² )NSURERS MUST HAVE CON½DENCE THAT 2-4S ARE APPLYING THE RULES PROPERLY AND BEING PRUDENT CAREFUL AND RESPONSIBLE 4HE BIGGEST CHALLENGE BETWEEN ANY HEALTH CARE SERVICE PROVIDER AND INSURERS IS ±THE ACCURACY AND THE FORMAT OF THEIR RECORD KEEPING ² SAYS .ICHOL ±)T´S THE SAME PROBLEM THAT WE RUN INTO WITH EVERYBODY AND IT HAS LESS TO DO WITH FORMS AND MORE TO DO WITH RECORD KEEPING GENERALLY ² 0APERWORK IS ±JUST AS IMPORTANT A FUNCTION IN YOUR PROFESSION AS UNDERSTANDING TREATMENT MODALITIES AND UNDERSTANDING EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR ETHICAL CODE OF CONDUCT )T´S ALL PART AND PARCEL OF YOUR REPUTATION AS A PROFESSIONAL 9OUR DOCUMENTS REPRESENT YOU ² HE STRESSES ±(OW WELL YOU MAINTAIN YOUR CLINICAL RECORDS AND HOW WELL YOU MAINTAIN YOUR ½LES SAYS AS MUCH ABOUT YOU AS A PROFESSIONAL FRANKLY AS EVERY OTHER ASPECT OF YOUR PRACTICE ² ±)NSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE A RIGHT TO GO IN AND AUDIT THEIR RECORDS AND TO LOOK AT WHAT DID YOU DO WHEN DID YOU DO IT AND WHAT YOUR RECORDS SAY ² !LLEYNE NOTES SO IT WOULD NOT BE UNUSUAL TO HAVE INSURANCE COMPANIES REQUEST SUPPORTING #ONTINUED ON PAGE

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DOCUMENTATION FOR TREATMENT AND IT COULD BECOME MORE AND MORE COMMON AFTER RECENT REPORTS OF MISUSE OF INSURANCE PAYMENTS FOR SPA TREATMENTS ±4HERE ARE OTHER PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF RECORD KEEPING AS WELL ² SAYS .ICHOL ±)F YOU ARE CALLED TO TESTIFY IN COURT ABOUT TREATMENTS YOUR RECORDS SHOULD BE COMPLETE AND CORRECT OR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM COULD BE CALLED INTO QUESTION ON THE STAND ² 7HAT CAN HELP EASE THE PAIN OF PAPERWORK 3TANDARDIZED STREAMLINED PROCESSES AND CHECKLISTS GO A LONG WAY IN MAKING SURE RECORDS ARE COMPLETE AND ACCURATE %VERY INSURER IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT AND REQUIRES DIFFERENT INFORMATION SO HAVING A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY WHAT EACH INSURER WANTS AND NEEDS IS IMPORTANT ±)F THINGS ARE SET UP PROPERLY AND EF½CIENTLY IN THE ½RST PLACE ² SAYS 7ILSON ±) ½ND THAT DEALING WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES IS NOT THE BIG SCARY HASSLE THAT PEOPLE THINK IT IS ² )NDUSTRY WIDE BEST PRACTICES COULD ALSO GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING THIS ISSUE POINTS OUT .ICHOL ±4HE PROBLEM IS NOT UNIQUE TO MASSAGE THERAPY AT ALL ² .ICHOL STRESSES BUT HE ADMITS THAT IN THIS INDUSTRY ±THERE IS NO PARTICULAR PRACTICE OR MODEL THAT SEEMS TO BE UNIFORMLY FOLLOWED ² WHICH CAN LEAD TO SLOPPY RECORD KEEPING AND TROUBLE DOWN THE LINE #HANGE MAY ALSO COME AT THE INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL 7ILSON HOPES THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER PAPERWORK AND DOCUMENTATION IS DRILLED IN AT SCHOOL OR THROUGH WORKSHOPS FOR PRACTICING 2-4S ±) DO THINK THERE´S A NEED FOR SOME GOOD SUMMARIZER WORKSHOPS ON THIS FOR 2-4S ² SHE SAYS .ICHOL SIMILARLY HOPES FOR A MORE CONCERTED PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORT FROM THE -4!"# TO LAY OUT BEST PRACTICES IN ADMINISTRATION BASED COURSES 7OULD AN INSURANCE PAPERWORK COURSE BE BENE½CIAL TO YOU ±)T´S THE BORING STUFF AND WE JUST WANT TO TREAT ² LAUGHS 7ILSON ±BUT WITH A LITTLE MORE KNOWLEDGE EDUCATION AND TRAINING ON THE 2-4S PART IT CAN REALLY PREVENT A LOT OF FRUSTRATION DOWN THE ROAD AND

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PROVIDE A GREATER WORLD AND SCOPE OF ACCESS FOR OUR PATIENTS ² )NSURANCE PROCESSES MAY ALSO BECOME MORE STREAMLINED AS MORE AND MORE 2-4S AND INSURANCE COMPANIES MOVE TOWARD BOTH ELECTRONIC RECORD KEEPING AND ELECTRONIC INSURANCE DISBURSEMENTS -OST MASSAGE PATIENTS STILL PAY OUT OF POCKET AND ARE REIMBURSED AFTER BUT 7ILSON HOPES THAT MORE PATIENTS ON EXTENDED HEALTH PLANS WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE THEIR TREATMENTS PAID UP FRONT ±7E HAVEN´T HAD A WAY TO BILL DIRECTLY LIKE DENTISTS DO BUT WE ARE ½NDING THAT THIS IS SLOWLY CHANGING ² SHE NOTES ±BECAUSE THE -4!"# IS WORKING TO MAKE THINGS MORE EF½CIENT ² 3EVERAL INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE STARTING TO CHANGE THEIR METHODOLOGIES FOR THE BETTER 7ILSON IS HAPPY TO MENTION 'REEN 3HIELD NOW HAS DIRECT BILLING AVAILABLE ONLINE SO 2-43 CAN REGISTER ONLINE WITH CLINIC AND PRACTITIONER NUMBERS TO GET APPROVED FOR ONLINE BILLING 'REAT 7EST ,IFE RECENTLY INTRODUCED 'REAT 7EST ,IFE (EALTH 3OLUTIONS 0LUS WHICH USES A PRE LOADED 6ISA CARD FOR CLAIMS PAYMENT THAT PAYS DIRECTLY FROM A 'REAT 7EST ,IFE PATIENT ACCOUNT #LINICS DO NEED TO BE SET UP WITH A POINT OF SALE MACHINE BUT ±IT´S EASY AND IT´S A REALLY NEAT IDEA ² SAYS 7ILSON &URTHERMORE INSTANTANEOUS PAYMENT LIKE THIS ±ALLOWS US AS AN ASSOCIATION TO WORK WITH THOSE INSURERS THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH FRAUD ² SHE ADDS SINCE ONLINE BILLING IS A MORE EF½CIENT WAY OF PREVENTING DUPLICATE REIMBURSEMENTS AND OTHER TYPES OF FRAUD 7HILE THE TAKEAWAY MESSAGE IS THAT 2-4S MUST TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO BE DILIGENT WITH THEIR PAPERWORK PATIENTS ARE STILL THE TOP PRIORITY ±4REAT THE PATIENT DON´T TREAT THE PLAN ² SAYS !LLEYNE ±9OU ½RST NEED TO MAKE A CLINICAL JUDGMENT AS TO WHAT THE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT IS AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR YOUR PATIENT ² 7ILSON ECHOES THIS SENTIMENT IT IS IMPORTANT TO LET PATIENTS KNOW THAT ±WE WANT TO SCHEDULE YOUR TIME FOR WHAT WE THINK YOU NEED TO GET BETTER NOT WHAT THE INSURANCE COMPANY MIGHT THINK YOU NEED ² Ä‚

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#ATHERINE 4RAER -ARTINEZ

#OUNSELLOR AND 2-4 )NTERVIEW

BY KARI WALKER

7HEN #ATHERINE 4RAER -ARTINEZ ½RST MADE THE DECISION TO BECOME AN 2-4 SHE NEVER IMAGINED SHE WOULD LOVE IT SO MUCH %ARNING A DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY HAD PIQUED HER INTERESTED IN THE WORLD OF BODY ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SHE DECIDED KNOWLEDGE OF ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY WAS AN IMPORTANT PLATFORM TO HAVE -ASSAGE THERAPY SEEMED THE PERFECT STEPPING STONE 3HE ATTENDED THE 3UTHERLAND #HAN 3CHOOL OF -ASSAGE 4HERAPY IN /NTARIO AND GRADUATED IN /NE OF HER INSTRUCTORS THERE WAS AN 2-4 AND COUNSELLOR ±3HE OFFERED TRAINING IN WHAT SHE CALLED 0SYCHODRAMATIC "ODYWORK ² SAYS 4RAER -ARTINEZ ±A COMBINATION OF 0SYCHODRAMA AND BODYWORK GUIDED BY ACUPRESSURE MERIDIAN THEORY ² !FTER THAT INTRODUCTION TO BODY ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY #ATHERINE WAS HOOKED 3HE WENT ON TO GRADUATE SCHOOL EARNING A MASTER´S DEGREE IN #OUNSELLING 0SYCHOLOGY FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF 4ORONTO IN AND THEN ½NISHED HER CERTI½CATION IN 0SYCHODRAMA THE FOLLOWING YEAR !FTER MOVING BACK TO THE WEST COAST SHE DECIDED THE BEST ½T FOR HER UNIQUE SKILL SET WAS TO WORK WITH CANCER PATIENTS 3HORTLY THEREAFTER SHE BEGAN WORKING AT THE 6ANCOUVER #ANCER #ENTRE AND IN TRANSFERRED TO THE 6ANCOUVER )SLAND #ANCER #ENTRE IN 6ICTORIA .OW SHE PRIMARILY WORKS WITH PEOPLE COPING WITH THE SHOCK OF THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CANCER BOTH PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS SPENDING FOUR DAYS A WEEK AT THE #ANCER #ENTRE AND ONE DAY A WEEK IN HER PRIVATE PRACTICE AS AN 2-4 ±4HE BALANCE IS PERFECT FOR ME 4HE ABILITY TO MAKE MY OWN SCHEDULE AND DO MASSAGE ONE DAY A WEEK IS FABULOUS )T´S VERY GROUNDING AND PROVIDES A WELCOME RELIEF FROM THE INTENSITY OF MY WORK AT THE #ANCER #ENTRE ² #ATHERINE SAYS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING SHE HAS LEARNED FROM HER COUNSELLING BACKGROUND IS HOW CRITICAL IT IS TO ±ATTUNE² TO THE CLIENT AND SHE MAKES SURE TO IMPLEMENT THAT DURING MASSAGE TREATMENTS ±) THINK IT´S ABOUT BEING ³FULLY PRESENT´ AND NOT LETTING ONE´S SELF DRIFT INTO ;OTHER= THOUGHTS ² (ER WORK AS AN 2-4 HAS ALSO HELPED HER BECOME A BETTER COUNSELLOR BECAUSE HER MASSAGE THERAPY TRAINING HELPS HER DISCERN WHETHER A PATIENT´S PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS ARE CONCERNING ENOUGH TO NECESSITATE REFERRAL BACK TO THEIR PHYSICIAN FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION

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7ORKING BOTH JOBS CAN BE DIF½CULT AND #ATHERINE SAYS SHE HAS TO BE CAREFUL TO SET BOUNDARIES WHEN A CANCER PATIENT COMES TO HER FOR MASSAGE THERAPY ±) GIVE PATIENTS THE CHOICE TO EITHER SEE ME AT THE #ANCER #ENTRE AS A COUNSELLOR OR AS A MASSAGE THERAPIST IN THE COMMUNITY ² 7HILE SHE HAS SOME FORMER CANCER PATIENTS SHE NOW SEES AS AN 2-4 #ATHERINE WILL NOT SEE PATIENTS FOR MASSAGE THERAPY AND COUNSELLING CONCURRENTLY BECAUSE IT PRESENTS BOTH A CON¾ICT OF INTEREST AND BOUNDARY ISSUE ±4HE LEVEL OF VULNERABILITY AND EXPECTATIONS ARE VERY DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE TWO THERAPIES )T´S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE BOUNDARIES BE CLEAR SO THAT PATIENTS KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT ² !S A COUNSELLOR #ATHERINE ½NDS IT IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND NORMALIZE WHAT THE TRAUMA HAS BEEN PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH TOOLS THEY CAN USE TO WORK THROUGH IT 3INCE SHE HAS TRAINED IN 3OMATIC 4HERAPY 34 A PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO RESOLVING TRAUMA ±)T´S BASED ON CURRENT NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH WHICH INFORMS US HOW CHRONIC STRESS AND TRAUMA IMPACT THE BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM )T´S ABOUT GUIDING PATIENTS TO TRACK SENSATIONS OF DISTRESS

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OR DISCOMFORT IN THE BODY AND INVITING WAYS FOR THEM TO SHIFT THEIR ATTENTION TO GENTLY EASE OR SHIFT A ³DISTRESS RESPONSE´ TO A ³ RELAXATION RESPONSE´ 4HIS IS CALLED EMOTIONAL ³SELF REGULATION´ OF THE !UTONOMIC .ERVOUS 3YSTEM AND IT´S HIGHLY EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING ANXIETY DISTRESS AND DEPRESSION ² 4HIS IS HER PRIMARY THEORETICAL APPROACH IN ALL HER COUNSELLING SESSIONS AND THROUGH THE #ANCER #ENTRE SHE HAS RECEIVED A RESEARCH GRANT TO CONDUCT A QUALITATIVE STUDY EXPLORING HOW 34 HELPS CANCER PATIENTS DECREASE SHOCK ANXIETY AND DISTRESS -ASSAGE THERAPY CAN BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF A RECOVERY PROGRAM FOR TRAUMA SUFFERERS BUT #ATHERINE CAUTIONS 2-4S WORKING WITH PATIENTS WHO HAVE SUFFERED ANY TYPE OF TRAUMA TO REMEMBER THE LIMITATIONS SET BY OUR SCOPE OF PRACTICE

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Structural Myofascial Therapy (SMFT) with curriculum developer BetsyAnn Baron Current Schedule: Calgary, AB: Level 2 – April 1-3, 2011; Level 3 – August 26-28, 2011 Edmonton, AB: Level 1, 2, 3 ; Fall 2011– Winter 2012 (exact dates to be determined) Kelowna, BC: Level 1, 2, 3; Fall 2011– Winter 2012 (exact dates to be determined) Structural Myofascial Therapy (SMFT) is a deep, hands on therapeutic technique coupled with postural somatic awareness exercises which treat the body’s myofascial system. With slow and deliberate maneuvers, this work accesses the myofascial structure with amazing efficiency.

BetsyAnn Baron has been a massage therapist since 1991. In 2001 she began studying CORE Myofascial Therapy with George Kousaleos and soon after, through advanced studies, became a therapist specializing in CORE Structural Integration. Prior to becoming a therapist and instructor, BetsyAnn spent fifteen years with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal as a soloist. This gave her a unique, first-hand experience with the body, its movements and its injuries. BetsyAnn is highly regarded and appreciated as both a therapist and a teacher. BetsyAnn is a Board Certified Structural Integrator and member of the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI). She also a member of the Fédération Québecoise des Massothérapeutes (FQM).

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Clients can experience rejuvenation of injured tissue, increase in their range of motion, deeper and easier breathing, improvement in posture, decrease of chronic pain and so much more. Level 1: Connecting with the Fascia ■ Myofascial full body protocol including anatomy/physiology ■ Postural Somatic Awareness (PSA) – a fantastic, subjective evaluation tool for you, the therapist, as well as for your clients ■ Working within these 3 paradigms: palliative, corrective, integrative Level 2: Creating Specificity Specific area techniques for back, hips, calves, and feet ■ Advanced work: sacro-tuberous ligament, coccyx, and pelvic floor ■ Dural balancing ■ Postural Somatic Awareness (PSA) – exploring client awareness ■ Developing treatments: global to specific and back to global ■

Level 3: Delving Deeper ■ Techniques for psoas and iliacus and their fascial extension ■ Intra-oral techniques addressing TMJ problems and possible origins ■ Fascial hook-up techniques: occipital to distal, sacral to proximal ■ Advanced side-lying techniques ■ Continuing exploration of fascial lines and connections with advanced Postural Somatic Awareness (PSA) SMFT will enrich the practices of massage therapists, physiotherapists, athletic therapists, osteopaths and other hands on health care professionals. For more information, or to join our email list, please contact: Tamara Watt, email: tamara.j.watt@gmail.com or phone: 780-504-8478

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Al Banes, PhD University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Mechanical Loading & Fascial Changes —Tendon Focus

Mary Francis Barbe, PhD

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Post-conference Workshops

Michael Kjaer, MD University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Adaptations of tendinous connective tissues to exercise

Cesar Fernandez de las Penas, DO, PhD

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Rolf K. Reed, PhD University of Bergen, Norway. Fluid Dynamics

Jay P. Shah, MD National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Measuring local muscular tissue stiffness with elastography

Karen J. Sherman, PhD, MPH Group Health Research Institute, Seattle. How to Construct a Clinical Trial

Carla Stecco, MD University of Padova, Italy Fascial Anatomy Overview

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