COVID-19

“Can I ask my clients if they have been vaccinated, or request proof of vaccination?” This is the question we’ve been receiving pretty steadily from ABMP members over the past few months.

The Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus has some new habits that demand our attention. It has a faster replication rate, a shorter incubation period, and greater viral shedding than the other variants.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued some new guidance about mask usage among vaccinated people. In short, they said take ’em off—inside and outside, 6 feet apart and closer. But you may be wondering, what does this mean about masks in my session room?

With some evolutionary descendants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus being reported in the US, Ruth Werner gives an update on these COVID-19 variants and what we can do to address them.

Read this blog for a breakdown of the ways the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 affects massage therapists and bodyworkers.

In light of continually evolving information on COVID-19, are the heightened precautions massage therapists undertook over the past year still necessary, or are some of them overkill? Pathology expert Ruth Werner gives us her thoughts.

Sakinah Irizarry, a New York-based massage therapist and advocate for educational equity and social justice, recounts her experience receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, and what it means for her, her family, and her practice.

Beginning Wednesday, February 24, the White House is instituting a 14-day period during which only businesses with fewer than 20 employees can apply for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Ruth Werner, pathology expert and author of A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology, gives us a compilation of up-to-date information on COVID-19 vaccines, including available options, the technology used in each, and other important topics.

In this blog, Allissa Haines of Massage Business Blueprint shares her thoughts on reopening her practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how putting herself in her clients' shoes helped her overcome a host of challenges in reopening safely.