Massage & Bodywork magazine promotes professionalism among practitioners and stimulates healthy dialogue about the field, while remaining mindful of the breadth of bodywork backgrounds, beliefs, and modalities. In this issue, dive deep into fat tissue anatomy and its importance in the therapeutic work you do every day, learn how to take a movement-oriented approach to the sacroiliac joint, and discover why “paying attention” during your sessions is more important than you might think. Also in this issue: review modes of transmission for pathogens, explore working with the client’s forearms and ankles, manage soft-tissue disorders associated with valgus and varus alignments, understand the peritoneum and its role with core, and learn about medication patches and their implications in massage therapy.
The July-August 2024 issue of Massage & Bodywork magazine features contributions from various authors including Laura Allen, Cal Cates, Rachelle Clauson, Erik Dalton, Allison Denney, Allissa Haines, Laura Puryear, Whitney Lowe, Kate Mackinnon, Douglas Nelson, Heath and Nicole Reed, Nicole Trombley, Ana Varona, Ruth Werner, and Cindy Williams.
In this issue, dive deep into fat tissue anatomy and its importance in the therapeutic work you do every day, learn how to take a movement-oriented approach to the sacroiliac joint, and discover why “paying attention” during your sessions is more important than you might think. Also in this issue: review modes of transmission for pathogens, explore working with the client’s forearms and ankles, manage soft-tissue disorders associated with valgus and varus alignments, understand the peritoneum and its role with core, and learn about medication patches and their implications in massage therapy.
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