Til Luchau talks with Cal Cates about "massage therapy's sex problem:" how the profession's "touchiness" about the intimacy-sensuality-sexuality continuum, however well-founded, might not be serving either our clients, nor ourselves. 

Watch the video of their conversation and get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites: 

• Whitney Lowe: Academy of Clinical Massage

Resources:

Cal Cates’ Strange Bedfellows blog post 

Interdisciplinary Podcast

Healthcare & Intimacy Virtual Symposium on September 24, 2022 

The Healwell Online Community

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(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Famed fascial researcher Helene Langevin MD talks with Til and Whitney about what we know (and _don't_ know) about the role of tissue stiffness in pain; the effects of stretching on cell function and inflammation; contextual effects and placebos; and much more.

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites: 

• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses

Resources:

• Fascia Mobility, Proprioception, and Myofascial Pain (Langevin 2021)

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(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Whitney and Til have an in-depth conversation with Jules Mitchell (author of Yoga Biomechanics: Stretching Redefined) about topics like tissue change, flexibility, hyper-mobility as they relate to yoga and manual therapy. 

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites: 

• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses

Resources:

• Jules Mitchell’s book: Yoga Biomechanics: Stretching Redefined.

• Save 20% when you enter TTP at checkout at Handspring Publishing. 

• Episode 11 of The Thinking Practitioner

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(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

Legendary back pain researcher Stuart McGill (author of Back Mechanic and others) talks with Whitney and Til about spinal pain, fascia, biomechanics and other topics including:

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites: 

• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses

Resources:

Stuart McGill’s site:

• Backfitpro.com

Books by Stuart McGill:

• Back Mechanic ISBN: 978-097350182

Stu recommends:

• Bernie Clark: Your Spine, Your Yoga: Developing stability and mobility for your spine ISBN: 978-0968766552

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• The 6th International Fascia Research Congress in Montreal, Sep 10-14, 2022 at https://fasciaresearchsociety.org. 

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Til and Whitney compare notes about their tests and techniques for recognizing, understanding, and working with sciatica, sciatic pain, and similar conditions.

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• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses

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Til talks with Jan Sultan (one of the first Rolfers trained by Ida Rolf to teach her work), about his life and work; about aging well; and about his take-aways from his ongoing COVID recovery process.

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• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses

Resources mentioned  

• Til's 'Cytokine Storm' article

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Til gets personal as he discusses bodywork with people living with cancer, with Janet Penny and Rebecca Sturgeon, the authors of “Oncology Massage: An Integrative Approach to Cancer Care.” They’re joined by Til’s wife Loretta Carridan Luchau, a bodyworker and therapist who has been living with cancer for many years. 

Watch the video (NEW!) and get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites: 

• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses

Resources mentioned  

• Oncology Massage: An integrative approach to cancer care at Handspring (enter TTP at checkout for your listeners' discount)

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Women account for about 85 percent of Massage Therapists in the US. However, there isn't always a corresponding representation of women as CE providers, conference headliners, or in other roles of visible leadership.

Whitney and Til explore this phenomenon in discussions with three women leaders, as a way to acknowledge just a few of the many women who have made significant contributions and impacts on our field, and who continue to provide outstanding leadership and guidance for the future.

• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses

Resources mentioned  

• CG Funk is Senior Vice-President of Culture and Industry Relations with the Massage Heights franchise. 

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(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

It’s no exaggeration to say that in its ten years of existence, Handspring Publishing has had a profound impact on the bodywork and movement therapy fields. Til and Whitney talk with two of Handspring's founders about some very big recent news, and about their unique vision of a place where both long-established authors (such as Robert Schleip, Leon Chaitow, and more), as well as promising newer voices, could all share their knowledge and advance our field.

• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses

Resources mentioned  

• Til Luchau: Advanced Myofascial Techniques volumes 1 and 2

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People change their minds--sometimes, radically. Learning, improving, refining, all involve changing how we saw things before. But is there a cost? And what makes changing our views such a challenge? Whitney and Til compare notes about how their perspectives have taken a 180° from how they used to think, and, about how that's played out.

• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses

Resources mentioned  

Todd Hargrove: Three Reasons It Matters Why A Treatment Works (blog)

Andreo Spina: The Easily Fooled Nervous System (YouTube)

Til Luchau: The Sympathetic Sacrum: A Rose by Another Name? (article)

Freakonomics: How to Change Your Mind (podcast)

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About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us: [email protected]

(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)