Well done. I retired about 6 years ago. The last five years of practice I taught A&P at a small massage school in California. I tried to give the most up to date and correct information that I could.
I remember explaining that you couldn’t palate the psoas muscle. A yoga teacher/student instantly argued back. I told her that I had talked to a professor of Orthopedics at Stanford U and he told me this.
She refused to believe me or even consider the possibility. She told me I was wrong. Wow.
And yeah, so many people are so terribly sure of themselves. I try to always question myself to avoid the situation you’re describing.
I was once told (by a nurse) that I was pointing to the incorrect space for the SI. She pulled the, “I’m a nurse,” card and essentially told me I was stupid and wrong and should never question her. She was pointing at L5-S1. Sigh…
An excellent article Sharon!! I really admire the discipline you have to sticking with the truth and the evidence in your work. That is a primary focus for my work as well, but so few bother with it these days.
It's demoralizing to watch people who are willing to just put speculative work or opinion out there without disclosing it as such, and yet they have tons of followers who don't seem to care if they do the hard work of following the truth.
I also found this piece just really interesting overall—I certainly didn't know the law on this one!
Thank you! The wellness space is rife with weirdness. And while some of it is innocuous and fun/funny, some of it can be dangerous. I think it’s important to illuminate critical thinking and evidence in regard to our profession.
The laws surrounding massage therapy are a bizarre tangle depending on where in the U.S. you are so it’s not surprising that the general public wouldn’t have much insight. We often see actual MTs who have never read their local laws and regulations.
Wow—As a consumer, that's really concerning! Leaves the door open for a lot of bad actors. I appreciate that you are working to train future professionals with integrity!
Well done. I retired about 6 years ago. The last five years of practice I taught A&P at a small massage school in California. I tried to give the most up to date and correct information that I could.
I remember explaining that you couldn’t palate the psoas muscle. A yoga teacher/student instantly argued back. I told her that I had talked to a professor of Orthopedics at Stanford U and he told me this.
She refused to believe me or even consider the possibility. She told me I was wrong. Wow.
Thank you!
And yeah, so many people are so terribly sure of themselves. I try to always question myself to avoid the situation you’re describing.
I was once told (by a nurse) that I was pointing to the incorrect space for the SI. She pulled the, “I’m a nurse,” card and essentially told me I was stupid and wrong and should never question her. She was pointing at L5-S1. Sigh…
An excellent article Sharon!! I really admire the discipline you have to sticking with the truth and the evidence in your work. That is a primary focus for my work as well, but so few bother with it these days.
It's demoralizing to watch people who are willing to just put speculative work or opinion out there without disclosing it as such, and yet they have tons of followers who don't seem to care if they do the hard work of following the truth.
I also found this piece just really interesting overall—I certainly didn't know the law on this one!
Thank you! The wellness space is rife with weirdness. And while some of it is innocuous and fun/funny, some of it can be dangerous. I think it’s important to illuminate critical thinking and evidence in regard to our profession.
The laws surrounding massage therapy are a bizarre tangle depending on where in the U.S. you are so it’s not surprising that the general public wouldn’t have much insight. We often see actual MTs who have never read their local laws and regulations.
Wow—As a consumer, that's really concerning! Leaves the door open for a lot of bad actors. I appreciate that you are working to train future professionals with integrity!
Thank You! This is what so many people need to know. Why didn't they learn this in massage school?
I think there’s just not time in massage school. We had 650 hours where I am and I understand that is on the higher end required.
And honestly these are pretty basic critical thinking skills. Everyone should have learned how to do this in high school.
You are right, they should have learned them earlier.
This was awesome! Thank you for sharing!
Oh thank you!