How's The Pressure?

This week we take on the First episode on Fibromyalgia. Our guests are:

 - Ruth Werner www.ruthwerner.com

- Whitney Lowe www.academyofclinicalmassage.com

- Rick Gold www.mettamindfulnessmusic.com

- Walt Fritz www.waltfritz.com

- Meredith Stephens www.bodyworksds.com

This week we take on the second episode on Plantar Fasciitis. Our guests are:

- Joe Muscolino www.learnmuscles.com link for free month of his video library is https://learnmuscles.com/?ref=34 and enter the coupon code freemonthhtp.

- Irene Lyon www.irenelyon.com

- James Earls  www.borntowalk.com

- Robyn Scherr www.livinginthebody.net

- Marjorie Brook www.marjoriebrookseminars.com

This week take on the first episode for the condition Plantar Fasciitis. Our guests are:

 - Ruth Werner www.ruthwerner.com

- Whitney Lowe www.academyofclinicalmassage.com

- Rick Gold www.mettamindfulnessmusic.com

- Walt Fritz www.waltfritz.com

- Meredith Stephens www.bodyworksds.com

This week we take on the second episode on Frozen Shoulder. Our guests are:

- Joe Muscolino www.learnmuscles.com link for free month of his video library is https://learnmuscles.com/?ref=34 and enter the coupon code freemonthhtp.

- Irene Lyon www.irenelyon.com

- James Earls  www.borntowalk.com

- Robyn Scherr www.livinginthebody.net

- Marjorie Brook www.marjoriebrookseminars.com

This week we take on the first part of Frozen shoulder. Our guests are:

- Ruth Werner www.ruthwerner.com

- Whitney Lowe www.academyofclinicalmassage.com

- Rick Gold www.mettamindfulnessmusic.com

- Walt Fritz www.waltfritz.com

- Meredith Stephens www.bodyworksds.com

This week I am bringing in Rick Gold to talk about eastern styles of massage. But before I talk about him, I want to speak to an important point:

I want to take a minute to talk about the next steps in the evolution of this podcast. I have been releasing episodes every 10 days or so for about 18 months and we are nearing in on our 60th episode. It has been a wonderful journey with lots of personal growth and education along the way, and although I look forward to continuing doing interviews with experts in the field, I am excited to announce a new format for some the future podcasts. It will be a panel of experts giving their perspective on how to work with some of the most common and challenging conditions that we face as massage therapists. Each episode will focus on a single condition, and we will get the benefit of seeing experts from all different perspectives and modalities discussing and exploring the subject. I will need a few months to conduct these interviews and get everything lined up. So this episode will be the last episode until the new year, when I will begin releasing these round table episodes. If you are familiar with my previous guests you will recognize some of the names on this panel. We will have Whitney Lowe, Joe Muscolino, Ruth Werner, Walt Fritz, and others including today’s guest, Rick Gold. I am super excited to introduce this format of podcast to you all. I hope you find it valuable and engaging!

Now on to this particular episode. I have noticed that the vast majority of my guests have had their education and practices rooted in the western modalities. I believe it is really important to have a balanced set of perspectives, so I feel really good about bringing Rick in to help this podcast engage in the conversation around eastern modalities.

I feel lucky to have Rick on for this conversation, as He has pursued advanced studies in China, Japan, and Thailand. He is one of the earliest pioneers of Thai Massage therapy in the United States, Brazil, Isreal, and Europe. He has written books on Thai massage and is considered an authority in the field. He is also one of the four founders of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, a regionally and nationally accredited college of traditional Chinese Medicine with campuses in San Diego, Chicago and New York City. Oh! And he happens to be a licensed acupuncturist and holds a Doctorate in Psychology. 

This week I am bringing in Jason Erickson to talk about modalities and why they can sometimes hold us back from being better therapists and better educators. A little bit about Jason, he is a former chronic pain patient, and his back to pain-free health inspired him to become a therapist, a trainer, and an educator. Jason has a Massage practice in Minnesota, where he also trains clients, and works with elite athletes. He is also the Master of Ceremonies for the San Diego Pain Summit and has presented at the International Massage Therapy Research Conference. I really enjoy Jason’s easy going style, and his passion to help people. We touch on a number of interesting topics in this episode, but the one that stuck out the most to me was how to approach a modality without loosing the flexibility to treat each client individually. As usual I ask my question about failure, and we learn what new habit he has recently adopted. 

This week I am bringing in Matthew Howe to talk about working with clients who have PTSD. Matthew is the president of an international education company called Touch Education. He blends his 15+ years of clinical experience with the art and science of touch. They offer several continuing education classes with an emphasis on bodywork for PTSD. You may also have heard about him from an article he wrote for Massage Message about Autonomic Flexibility. I have had a few conversations with guests around working with Trauma, but talking with Matt gave me the opportunity to focus specifically on PTSD. I really enjoyed my conversation with Matt, as his personality is very warm and welcoming. I am sure this is one of the qualities that helps him be so successful as a practitioner and as an educator.

This week I am bringing in Rajam Roose to talk about Online Marketing for massage therapists. Rajam started practicing massage back in 1999, and maintained a very successful practice for more than 15 years. She has since decided to pass along many of the tools to her success and and teach massage business owners the skills to take advantage of digital marketing and the confidence to do it successfully. While there is a lot of information and programs out there to help people take advantage of digital marketing, there was just not very much that was targeted specifically to help us bodyworkers navigate those waters. I can’t tell you how many times I have had students and colleagues tell me how they avoid online marketing and the moment it comes up in conversation they are like deer in headlights. It's my hope by bringing Rajam on to talk with me that we can start to break this subject down into more understandable pieces. Hopefully by the end of this conversation the subject my feel more accessible and perhaps even inspire a few of you to take that first step. Rajam also happens to be the founder and CEO of the San Diego Pain Summit. So I had to slip in a question about that event. I have heard about this Summit from several of my guests, and I am excited to say that I will be attending it in Feb 2019. One of my goals there is to meet and interview some of the presenters so that you as my listeners can benefit from some of the subjects we cover there.