As new information about COVID-19 emerges, we are swimming through an accelerated climate of fight-or-flight and crisis consciousness. We are reframing this unusual time through the lens of what we call “Healing through COVID-19,” using calmness, openness, vigilance, intelligence, and dedication.
In the past couple of months, COVID-19, popularly referred to as coronavirus, has been the main focus of the news media. It’s not the first pandemic in the world, but it may be the first in our lifetime that has had such a widespread effect on our own soil, and on massage therapists.
Hello my friends. I hope you’re on hiatus, and I hope you and your family are healthy. I hope you’ve been safe at home, enjoying your loved ones, doing your taxes, getting your inboxes down to zero, and reassessing your work situation as you contemplate what comes next—all while doing your bit to flatten the curve.
See what I just did there? Can I ask readers to take a moment and consider what their internal reaction was to that headline?
On March 27, Congress completed its approval of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a $2.2 trillion deal to provide economic relief to those most affected by COVID-19, and the President signed the bill into law. Read more about how the act could affect you.
In addition to the upcoming May/June 2020 issue of Massage & Bodywork, set to arrive in massage therapists’ mailboxes later this month, ABMP produced a special digital-only COVID-19 issue of Massage & Bodywork, available now at www.massageandbodyworkdigital.com/i/1231077-covid-2020.
The CARES Act that passed Friday, March 27, provides many potential methods of assistance for our members. There are small business loans and payroll assistance loans, modifications to tax filing deadlines, and an expansion of unemployment benefits to include a longer duration, access to benefits by self-employed individuals and independent contractors, and an additional $600 per week from the federal government.
Can I or should I work? - On March 16, 2020, ABMP issued a statement strongly encouraging all massage and bodywork practitioners to suspend practice, as social distancing is not feasible in massage...
At 11:30 a.m. MT, it was announced that Congress completed its approval of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), a $2 trillion deal to provide economic relief to those most affected by COVID-19. The President has committed to signing the bill. Congress had been working feverishly for more than a week to develop the eventual 880-page bill.
In the spirit of keeping our community connected, we wanted to share some of the most prudent tips and bits of advice we’ve been hearing from you and your colleagues as we deal with the COVID-19 crisis and all its ramifications.