Blog Posts

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Nearly 24 years ago, an article in the June/July 2001 issue of ABMP’s Massage & Bodywork magazine helped validate for Jennifer Telford that the holistic breast health work she was doing to educate women was on point. 

Telford had been teaching self-massage and self-lymphatic drainage techniques as a newly certified massage therapist when she spotted the article titled “Breast Massage: Afloat in a New Era of Thinking,” which highlighted professionals advocating for massage therapy and lymphatic drainage as an effective tool to support breast health. 

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Carol Reyes Ryan is the owner of BodyLove Spa + Wellness One Healing Touch Reiki & Massage for Women in Florida. Ryan was featured in the September/October 2024 issue of Massage & Bodywork magazine in “Faces of Bodywork.”

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Setting boundaries from the start is essential so you don’t have to backtrack and fix bad behaviors you’ve already let slide.

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The new ABMP CE course “Sacrum Essentials” is now available in the ABMP Education Center to view and earn 1.5 CE hours. 

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Esther White’s journey into the massage profession came as a gift from a church-going friend: “Pick the school and we will pay for it.”

Today, White feels her most sacred calling is to serve her clients for the entirety of their days—including their final hours. 

Please join us in celebrating Esther!

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Curated may seem like an odd word to describe a massage and bodywork career, but it perfectly captures the essence of Jessica Irelan’s massage therapy path.

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Inaccessibility is an obstacle Erica Ladenthin is determined to overcome—not only for herself but for others with disabilities. 

Although Ladenthin’s journey of battling a rare form of cancer to get back to work has been a long one, she is determined to succeed.

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Against significant odds, Margaret Finger is a success both personally and professionally. And it’s because of her struggles that she has devoted decades to helping other women heal wounds she knows personally. 

Margaret’s story exemplifies the inclusive values of ABMP's Massage Is for EveryBody campaign.

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 Learn to stretch seven areas of the body—neck, pecs, piriformis, hip flexors, low back, tibialis anterior, and wrist flexors—using contract-relax and agonist-contract stretching techniques.