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Many types of leisure time activities may lower risk of death for older adults

The findings suggest that it’s important for older adults to engage in leisure time activities that they enjoy and can sustain, because many types of these activities may lower the risk of death.


Sleepless and selfish: Lack of sleep makes us less generous

Study using fMRI and assessments of sleep-deprived show decreased desire to help others.


Music intervention helps patients with dementia connect with loved ones

People with dementia often lose their ability to communicate verbally with loved ones in later stages of the disease. But a Northwestern Medicine study, in collaboration with Institute for Therapy through the Arts (ITA), shows how that gap can be bridged with a new music intervention.
 
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RMTAO Virtual Conference

Register for the RMTAO Virtual Conference

The RMTAO conference will take place on a virtual platform on October 23! This full day of learning will focus on all the elements required to build and maintain a successful massage therapy practice. a keynote presentation, panel discussion and three concurrent sessions divided into three streams – Business Strategies, Interprofessional Collaboration and Building an Evidence-Based Practice. Registration starts at the early-bird rate of $129 for members.
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Common social media mistakes

Common social media mistakes that can damage your client list

Social media is not a magical place free from real-world consequences. What you post online could cost you your reputation, your clients, even your ability to practice. You must take the same care when speaking on social media that you do when speaking in any other public forum. Your posts have the potential to be seen and shared by a lot of people, and your business page is not anonymous. If you don’t have time to take social media seriously, you would be wise to stay away from it until you do. Clients and potential clients are going to take your words seriously, whether they are in print, in person, or online – and deleting a post may not be enough to undo the very real damage you can do to your business online. » Learn more...
 
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Architecture of Human Living Fascia

This richly illustrated book, with accompanying DVD and website, presents Dr Guimberteau’s groundbreaking work, and explains its significance for manual therapists and movement teachers, and its implications for what they do with patients and clients.

Dr Guimberteau is the first person to film living human tissue through an endoscope in an attempt to understand the organisation of living matter. He has developed his own concept of the multifibrillar structural organisation of the body, of which the microvacuole is the basic functional unit. He has also developed a concept of global dynamics and continuous matter.
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Vodder MDL level 1

October 13 - 16th
Massage Therapy Association of Manitoba (MTAM): Join Denise Drisdelle BA, RMT for this 4-day classroom course that covers the original Dr. Vodder Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) strokes and their application to each body part, including the neck, face, arms, legs, nape, back, buttocks, chest and abdomen. These techniques can be applied to many conditions, for example, a sprained ankle on day 1 of injury, skin conditions like acne, sinus congestion, digestive issues, acute injuries, MVAs and concussions.
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