The ABMP Podcast | Speaking With the Massage & Bodywork Profession

Ep 506 – Genital Herpes: “I Have a Client Who . . .” Pathology Conversations with Ruth Werner


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A massage therapist wonders about the communicability of herpes from lesions on the sacrum: How might this infection spread from one person to another? “I Have a Client Who . . .” host Ruth Werner takes the opportunity to talk about herpes epidemiology, communicability, and asymptomatic viral shedding. You won’t want to miss this one!

 

Resources:

 

ABMP Education Center: https://www.abmp.com/learn/courses

 

Hygiene: Critical Updates for Massage Therapists

 

Protect Your Practice: Public Health and Contagious Diseases, Part 1 and Part 2

 

 

Host Bio:        

          

Ruth Werner is a former massage therapist, a writer, and an NCBTMB-approved continuing education provider. She wrote A Massage Therapist’s Guide to Pathology, now in its seventh edition, which is used in massage schools worldwide. Werner is also a long-time Massage & Bodywork columnist, most notably of the Pathology Perspectives column. Werner is also ABMP’s partner on Pocket Pathology, a web-based app and quick reference program that puts key information for nearly 200 common pathologies at your fingertips. Werner’s books are available at www.booksofdiscovery.com. And more information about her is available at www.ruthwerner.com.   

       

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