1. You may get fat!!
There will be a stretch where you will work 8 hours a day. Your body will adapt and you will start eating like you work 8 hours. But then will come a stretch where you will work 2 hours and will still eat like you work 8 hours.
2. Without structure - You may fall apart
After two years and 2400 hours of rigid structure, you will suddenly be in this state of flux where every day will be dramatically different - With every unbooked hour or every cancellation you will find yourself struggling to fill time in a schedule you don't necessarily control.
You will resort to binge eating or wandering aimlessly through the shopping mall, waiting for/with patien(t)ce.... You could study or market but something about the angry feeling you have that someone cancelled at the last moment will prevent you.
3. Everybody will protect their turf
If you work with a physio - they will tell you - we do joint mobs, not you
If you work with a kin - they will tell you - we give exercise, not you
If you work with a chiro - they will tell you - we adjust for posture, not you
Monday, December 27, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Pain
Michelle Doyle
One definition of pain is... "an unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease or emotional disorder". A reader states, "Just because pain isn't felt, doesn't mean it isn't there." Based on this definition, doesn't pain have to be felt, to exist? Can pain exist apart from the nervous system? What's actually happening physiologically? Anyone want to sound off?
Yesterday at 12:45pm · Like · Comment
2 people like this.
Gerlinde Bowen Pain, in itself is hard to define. What causes it and why do we feel it? It may be a lack of nerve patterns having their normal feed of flow from the current that keeps us otherwise in balance. No current, no impulses, dead nerve ending. Pain.
Yesterday at 1:02pm · Like · 1 person
Dianna Linden On the one hand your invocation brought up that ole contemplation if a tree falls in the woods and no being is there to hear is there a sound?...interdependence.
I read that reader's original comment and thought about a process of dissociation that can, perhaps should, occur for people in chronic pain as a method of shifting awareness away from feeling it. Just because it's there doesn't mean you have to attend to it.
Erickson and his students, including the NLP guys used dissociation in hypnosis as a coping strategy for folks in pain. Does bring up some interesting contemplations as to whether the mind is entirely situated in the brain and nervous system or are those possibly the hardware mechanisms of something more vast in the software dept.
I've used dissociation effectively in the past to escape from the pain of having IUDs installed and removed, but couldn't find a way to do it effectively when I went thru 2 1/2 years of pretty horrific dental work. Reason being, I was slurping my awareness up into my head when the IUD stuff was happening, but when the dental stuff was happening, I couldn't find a way out of the head. I didn't know where to go to escape those sounds, invasive procedures in my mouth.
One young resident told me to bring in my ipod, some good music, we'd discuss at the beginning anything we might need to decide, then I could go off into the music for the rest of the time. That worked. Choose the right music.
;>)
Yesterday at 1:04pm · Like
Stefan Chmelik The opposite of disassociation is Mindfulness: observing a pain with equanimity also renders it non problematic.
Yesterday at 1:44pm · Like · 1 person
Dianna Linden Interesting proposal Stefan, but I'm not sure I'd agree that mindfulness is the opposite of hypnotic dissociation, certainly different.
I think there are many methods of meditation and they create different effects, but they might be more complimentary than opposite, in intention and effect. I'm quite interested in meditation and have studied/practiced several forms of it as well as studied/experienced a bit of Ericksonian hypnosis.
I will readily admit that my ability to drop into meditative absorption is not as advanced or stabilized as many of the teachers I've sat with. If I were adept enough at stabilizing equanimity in mindfulness then I would have been able to stay outside the meditation room at Tassajara Zen Center in that swarm of mosquitoes eating me and meditated peacefully right through it. I'd gotten a bit lost and arrived slightly late to a locked door at the zendo itself, so thought I'd try sitting just outside and following along with the goup from the porch bench. I only lasted several minutes before I was so distracted by the high pitched zinging sounds swarming round my head and itching bites that I decided to go to the baths and continue my efforts there. My powers of observation and equipoise were smaller than that swarm's amplitude.
I'm not sure how much physical pain you've actually experienced in life and successfully used equanimity to render non problematic, but our skill levels vary and in some cases, like a couple of births I attended and assisted with, dissociation was a much more effective mindfulness method than attempting to support making space for those intense bursts of pain using equanimity and awareness.
Listening without labeling meditation as I've been instructed in it (Vietnamese zen lineage) is very useful to quiet the judgmental mind, more effective in my experience than a visual focus. Vipassana directs the mind inward, looking for that fictitious self we all believe so definitively in, in a completely different way than some yogic methods of breathing direct us inward thru the colors of the chakras, quite like those Taoist methods described in "The Secret of the Golden Flower" by Wilhelm. The effects are different too, but are they opposite?
Not so sure bout that. I do know tho that, speaking for myself, there are limits to the quantity of mosquitoes surrounding me I can rest in equanimity with as there are with magnitudes of pain. In those cases, I find it useful to have other tools to use while I'm working on getting better at stabilizing equipoise. In my experience, it ain't always as easy as you make it sound.
Yesterday at 2:30pm · Like
Carley Fardell Can you wise folks recommend to me (a new DC) a type of hypnosis that works best for chronic pain patients? I would like to investigate the benefits of hypnois but am having a difficult time knowing where to go. Perhaps you know of a good therapist in the South Bay! Thanks in advance and thank you so very much for your though provoking posts :)
Yesterday at 3:00pm · Like
Dianna Linden Which bay would that be south of? Here in Santa Monica, that would be Redondo or Hermosa Beach.
;>)
Yesterday at 3:28pm · Like
Michelle Doyle I believe Carley is in the San Jose area...
Yesterday at 3:42pm · Like
Dianna Linden Ummmm, not knowing anyone off hand in that area, will inquire. Erickson taught at Stanford and Bandler and Grinder studied with him there, if my memory serves, and with Virginia Satir. I'll ask around.
One of the best places to learn and pr...
See More
Yesterday at 4:00pm · Like
Fred Nehring Carley, I worked with Dr. Lee Overholser for 2yrs. He was my mentor. He taught me alot about hynosis and bodywork. He is in San Diego, CA but might be able to provide you with a resourse in San Jose http://www.hypnosispower.com/aboutdroverholser.php
Yesterday at 5:02pm · Like
Karen Nielsen If pain exists apart from a nervous system, then we have to feel guilty about what we do to all the little yeasts when we make bread and whatnot. I vote you need at least a rudimentary central nervous system to qualify to feel pain - like if not a brain then at least a ganglion.
Yesterday at 5:45pm · Like
Stefan Chmelik Dianna, I was suggesting that it is simple, not that it is easy.
Yesterday at 6:06pm · Like
Gerlinde Bowen Since I am a practicing Reflexologist,this does not mean that I am immune to bodyly conjectures like everyone else is. What amazes me is the nerve pattern correolation, as it is. I have these sciatic bouts, every so often they creep up. Got out of my car today, bam there it was, that pain, pretty good one too. Immediatly found the corresponding point on my hand, held it steady as I was walking to where i was going. Two minutes later. Presto, pain was gone for good.
Yesterday at 7:19pm · Like
Jason Erickson Reminds me of an article in Best Life - a men's magazine. It had an article on how emotion and neurophysiology impact pain sensitivity. The core message is that pain sensitivity was largely a result of emotional reaction to the pain sensation. Patients with brain damage effecting emotional response could feel pain, but it didn't bother them.
This also helps explain why I and many of my martial arts friends have reduced pain sensitivity. We feel it, but it generally doesn't bother us like it used to. It doesn't arouse the same emotional reaction unless we understand it represents damage more significant than we might normally experience in practice.
21 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Gerlinde Bowen Unless, there is the pain response that is sudden. For instance if you were to break or sprain your foot. We are all so delicate when it comes down to it.
13 hours ago · Like
Michelle Doyle Hey, what's happen to my wall to post on...is evreyone missing their wall...can comment but no wall to post on??
9 hours ago · Like
Joanne Greenfield Ah man! Where's my name? I can't believe you quoted me without quoting 'me'.
8 hours ago · Like
Phil Greenfield Pain has one function. To get our attention!
8 hours ago · Like
Phil Greenfield @Jason. Nice post. My teacher encourages us during standing on stake exercises to clearly delineate between 'structural pain' ("ouch") and 'emotional pain' ("I hate this posture don't you know I have far more important things to be doing right now in fact I hate you I don't know why ever signed up for this class!"). When the emotional component (desire for things to be other than they actually are in the moment) is acknowledged consciously, the mind returns to attending to the structural stability of the body, and the 'ouch' definitely lessens. More attention, more sensitivity, more finesse, better structure, more deep relaxation into bone as a support, less muscular tension, less pain.
I muse that in many chronic pain situations, this distancing of the mind from the present moment is a major factor in both worsening and prolonging the situation. Acceptance (perversely) seems to be a major step in initiating the recovery process. Bringing the attention of the mind deeply toward the sensations of the body structural is akin to a well-tacked sail, where the structure of the sail and the energy of the wind are relating well, propelling the boat along its path in an optimal way.
7 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Karen Nielsen Now at the top under "share" you have to hit the "status" icon to get the little posting box.
7 hours ago · Like
Michelle Doyle Thanks, Karen...gee, FB keeps changing without any warning. I suppose we will have to all switch to the 'new profile' page eventually...
7 hours ago · Like
Michelle Doyle Yeah, Joanne, I thought you would want me to keep your identitiy private out of respect...but, I guess not.
So, just to let everyone know this post is a continiuation of the Dec. 7th post...wanted to make it a separate post to explore pain i...
See More
7 hours ago · Like
Jerry Hesch Michelle,
I do believe that pain does not have to be conscious in order to impact the individual. I have much better pain control, yet prolonged sitting such as when on travel impacts my nervous system such that sleep is impaired. Some medications and supplements take out the emotional aspect, the suffering aspect, yet there is still a dysaesthesia that is perhaps unpleasant or simply non-normative. I am too tired to wax poetic but i think that concepts like Korr's facilitated segment support this. wish i could articulate more clearly...
best
j
One definition of pain is... "an unpleasant sensation occurring in varying degrees of severity as a consequence of injury, disease or emotional disorder". A reader states, "Just because pain isn't felt, doesn't mean it isn't there." Based on this definition, doesn't pain have to be felt, to exist? Can pain exist apart from the nervous system? What's actually happening physiologically? Anyone want to sound off?
Yesterday at 12:45pm · Like · Comment
2 people like this.
Gerlinde Bowen Pain, in itself is hard to define. What causes it and why do we feel it? It may be a lack of nerve patterns having their normal feed of flow from the current that keeps us otherwise in balance. No current, no impulses, dead nerve ending. Pain.
Yesterday at 1:02pm · Like · 1 person
Dianna Linden On the one hand your invocation brought up that ole contemplation if a tree falls in the woods and no being is there to hear is there a sound?...interdependence.
I read that reader's original comment and thought about a process of dissociation that can, perhaps should, occur for people in chronic pain as a method of shifting awareness away from feeling it. Just because it's there doesn't mean you have to attend to it.
Erickson and his students, including the NLP guys used dissociation in hypnosis as a coping strategy for folks in pain. Does bring up some interesting contemplations as to whether the mind is entirely situated in the brain and nervous system or are those possibly the hardware mechanisms of something more vast in the software dept.
I've used dissociation effectively in the past to escape from the pain of having IUDs installed and removed, but couldn't find a way to do it effectively when I went thru 2 1/2 years of pretty horrific dental work. Reason being, I was slurping my awareness up into my head when the IUD stuff was happening, but when the dental stuff was happening, I couldn't find a way out of the head. I didn't know where to go to escape those sounds, invasive procedures in my mouth.
One young resident told me to bring in my ipod, some good music, we'd discuss at the beginning anything we might need to decide, then I could go off into the music for the rest of the time. That worked. Choose the right music.
;>)
Yesterday at 1:04pm · Like
Stefan Chmelik The opposite of disassociation is Mindfulness: observing a pain with equanimity also renders it non problematic.
Yesterday at 1:44pm · Like · 1 person
Dianna Linden Interesting proposal Stefan, but I'm not sure I'd agree that mindfulness is the opposite of hypnotic dissociation, certainly different.
I think there are many methods of meditation and they create different effects, but they might be more complimentary than opposite, in intention and effect. I'm quite interested in meditation and have studied/practiced several forms of it as well as studied/experienced a bit of Ericksonian hypnosis.
I will readily admit that my ability to drop into meditative absorption is not as advanced or stabilized as many of the teachers I've sat with. If I were adept enough at stabilizing equanimity in mindfulness then I would have been able to stay outside the meditation room at Tassajara Zen Center in that swarm of mosquitoes eating me and meditated peacefully right through it. I'd gotten a bit lost and arrived slightly late to a locked door at the zendo itself, so thought I'd try sitting just outside and following along with the goup from the porch bench. I only lasted several minutes before I was so distracted by the high pitched zinging sounds swarming round my head and itching bites that I decided to go to the baths and continue my efforts there. My powers of observation and equipoise were smaller than that swarm's amplitude.
I'm not sure how much physical pain you've actually experienced in life and successfully used equanimity to render non problematic, but our skill levels vary and in some cases, like a couple of births I attended and assisted with, dissociation was a much more effective mindfulness method than attempting to support making space for those intense bursts of pain using equanimity and awareness.
Listening without labeling meditation as I've been instructed in it (Vietnamese zen lineage) is very useful to quiet the judgmental mind, more effective in my experience than a visual focus. Vipassana directs the mind inward, looking for that fictitious self we all believe so definitively in, in a completely different way than some yogic methods of breathing direct us inward thru the colors of the chakras, quite like those Taoist methods described in "The Secret of the Golden Flower" by Wilhelm. The effects are different too, but are they opposite?
Not so sure bout that. I do know tho that, speaking for myself, there are limits to the quantity of mosquitoes surrounding me I can rest in equanimity with as there are with magnitudes of pain. In those cases, I find it useful to have other tools to use while I'm working on getting better at stabilizing equipoise. In my experience, it ain't always as easy as you make it sound.
Yesterday at 2:30pm · Like
Carley Fardell Can you wise folks recommend to me (a new DC) a type of hypnosis that works best for chronic pain patients? I would like to investigate the benefits of hypnois but am having a difficult time knowing where to go. Perhaps you know of a good therapist in the South Bay! Thanks in advance and thank you so very much for your though provoking posts :)
Yesterday at 3:00pm · Like
Dianna Linden Which bay would that be south of? Here in Santa Monica, that would be Redondo or Hermosa Beach.
;>)
Yesterday at 3:28pm · Like
Michelle Doyle I believe Carley is in the San Jose area...
Yesterday at 3:42pm · Like
Dianna Linden Ummmm, not knowing anyone off hand in that area, will inquire. Erickson taught at Stanford and Bandler and Grinder studied with him there, if my memory serves, and with Virginia Satir. I'll ask around.
One of the best places to learn and pr...
See More
Yesterday at 4:00pm · Like
Fred Nehring Carley, I worked with Dr. Lee Overholser for 2yrs. He was my mentor. He taught me alot about hynosis and bodywork. He is in San Diego, CA but might be able to provide you with a resourse in San Jose http://www.hypnosispower.com/aboutdroverholser.php
Yesterday at 5:02pm · Like
Karen Nielsen If pain exists apart from a nervous system, then we have to feel guilty about what we do to all the little yeasts when we make bread and whatnot. I vote you need at least a rudimentary central nervous system to qualify to feel pain - like if not a brain then at least a ganglion.
Yesterday at 5:45pm · Like
Stefan Chmelik Dianna, I was suggesting that it is simple, not that it is easy.
Yesterday at 6:06pm · Like
Gerlinde Bowen Since I am a practicing Reflexologist,this does not mean that I am immune to bodyly conjectures like everyone else is. What amazes me is the nerve pattern correolation, as it is. I have these sciatic bouts, every so often they creep up. Got out of my car today, bam there it was, that pain, pretty good one too. Immediatly found the corresponding point on my hand, held it steady as I was walking to where i was going. Two minutes later. Presto, pain was gone for good.
Yesterday at 7:19pm · Like
Jason Erickson Reminds me of an article in Best Life - a men's magazine. It had an article on how emotion and neurophysiology impact pain sensitivity. The core message is that pain sensitivity was largely a result of emotional reaction to the pain sensation. Patients with brain damage effecting emotional response could feel pain, but it didn't bother them.
This also helps explain why I and many of my martial arts friends have reduced pain sensitivity. We feel it, but it generally doesn't bother us like it used to. It doesn't arouse the same emotional reaction unless we understand it represents damage more significant than we might normally experience in practice.
21 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Gerlinde Bowen Unless, there is the pain response that is sudden. For instance if you were to break or sprain your foot. We are all so delicate when it comes down to it.
13 hours ago · Like
Michelle Doyle Hey, what's happen to my wall to post on...is evreyone missing their wall...can comment but no wall to post on??
9 hours ago · Like
Joanne Greenfield Ah man! Where's my name? I can't believe you quoted me without quoting 'me'.
8 hours ago · Like
Phil Greenfield Pain has one function. To get our attention!
8 hours ago · Like
Phil Greenfield @Jason. Nice post. My teacher encourages us during standing on stake exercises to clearly delineate between 'structural pain' ("ouch") and 'emotional pain' ("I hate this posture don't you know I have far more important things to be doing right now in fact I hate you I don't know why ever signed up for this class!"). When the emotional component (desire for things to be other than they actually are in the moment) is acknowledged consciously, the mind returns to attending to the structural stability of the body, and the 'ouch' definitely lessens. More attention, more sensitivity, more finesse, better structure, more deep relaxation into bone as a support, less muscular tension, less pain.
I muse that in many chronic pain situations, this distancing of the mind from the present moment is a major factor in both worsening and prolonging the situation. Acceptance (perversely) seems to be a major step in initiating the recovery process. Bringing the attention of the mind deeply toward the sensations of the body structural is akin to a well-tacked sail, where the structure of the sail and the energy of the wind are relating well, propelling the boat along its path in an optimal way.
7 hours ago · Like · 2 people
Karen Nielsen Now at the top under "share" you have to hit the "status" icon to get the little posting box.
7 hours ago · Like
Michelle Doyle Thanks, Karen...gee, FB keeps changing without any warning. I suppose we will have to all switch to the 'new profile' page eventually...
7 hours ago · Like
Michelle Doyle Yeah, Joanne, I thought you would want me to keep your identitiy private out of respect...but, I guess not.
So, just to let everyone know this post is a continiuation of the Dec. 7th post...wanted to make it a separate post to explore pain i...
See More
7 hours ago · Like
Jerry Hesch Michelle,
I do believe that pain does not have to be conscious in order to impact the individual. I have much better pain control, yet prolonged sitting such as when on travel impacts my nervous system such that sleep is impaired. Some medications and supplements take out the emotional aspect, the suffering aspect, yet there is still a dysaesthesia that is perhaps unpleasant or simply non-normative. I am too tired to wax poetic but i think that concepts like Korr's facilitated segment support this. wish i could articulate more clearly...
best
j
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Total profit after two months as an RMT
After two months as a registered massage therapist -
Total profit $6.66 -
It's all uphill from here!!
Total profit $6.66 -
It's all uphill from here!!
Monday, August 2, 2010
Best massage EVER!!
I recently volunteered as a massage therapist on a Fundraising bicycle ride from Toronto to Montreal. We gave 15 minute treatments to 300 riders every lunch and dinner for 6 days.
As the days went on the riders reported an interesting phenomenon. At the end of the massage a large majority would proclaim that "This is the best massage that 1 have ever received" To the extent that they would request business cards and even have their photos taken with their therapists.
Notwithstanding the fact that there were some top class therapists, I have concluded two co-relating factors that may have elicited this response.
1. The riders were incredibly warmed up after riding for a full day.
2. The riders were incredibly exhausted - resulting in a much easier 'letting go'.
And so, in 15 mins we were able to achieve results not possible in the standard 60 mins treatment!
As the days went on the riders reported an interesting phenomenon. At the end of the massage a large majority would proclaim that "This is the best massage that 1 have ever received" To the extent that they would request business cards and even have their photos taken with their therapists.
Notwithstanding the fact that there were some top class therapists, I have concluded two co-relating factors that may have elicited this response.
1. The riders were incredibly warmed up after riding for a full day.
2. The riders were incredibly exhausted - resulting in a much easier 'letting go'.
And so, in 15 mins we were able to achieve results not possible in the standard 60 mins treatment!
How much is your pro bono worth?
I have a skill that can be monetized. This is not generally a good exercise because it takes away from the overall intention of volunteering. But there is a question I need answered at the bottom.
This is the money terms behind the People with AIDS (PWA) Bike Rally I just volunteered with.
We rode from Toronto to Montreal over 6 days massaging the bike riders every day at lunch and dinner. Each massage was 15 minutes in length.
Day 1: 8 Treatments
Day 2: 12 Treatments
Day 3: 6 Treatments
Day 4: 12 Treatments
Day 5: 12 Treatments
Day 6: 6 Treatments
Total Treatments of 15 mins x Average cost of treatment
56 x $20 = $1120 Pro Bono
Can PWA issue a tax receipt for this?
* All expenses were paid on this trip
* The work was extremely meaningful and satisfactory -Highly recommended volunteer op
* Some therapists may have gained clients out of this.
This is the money terms behind the People with AIDS (PWA) Bike Rally I just volunteered with.
We rode from Toronto to Montreal over 6 days massaging the bike riders every day at lunch and dinner. Each massage was 15 minutes in length.
Day 1: 8 Treatments
Day 2: 12 Treatments
Day 3: 6 Treatments
Day 4: 12 Treatments
Day 5: 12 Treatments
Day 6: 6 Treatments
Total Treatments of 15 mins x Average cost of treatment
56 x $20 = $1120 Pro Bono
Can PWA issue a tax receipt for this?
* All expenses were paid on this trip
* The work was extremely meaningful and satisfactory -Highly recommended volunteer op
* Some therapists may have gained clients out of this.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Supplies Shopping Price Comparison
Kybb Family Therapy Whole Body Healing Ikea
Sheets 11.85 11.99 9.5 13.99
Towels 2.65 2.75 2.6 2
Pillow Cases 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Blanket 30 30 30 30
Face Cradles Covers 3.5 4 4.5
Lotion I gal 58 60 59
Biofreeze 32 oz 43.85 40 40
CONCLUSION: All the Toronto and area massage supply stores have a similar pricing scheme.
Sheets 11.85 11.99 9.5 13.99
Towels 2.65 2.75 2.6 2
Pillow Cases 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Blanket 30 30 30 30
Face Cradles Covers 3.5 4 4.5
Lotion I gal 58 60 59
Biofreeze 32 oz 43.85 40 40
CONCLUSION: All the Toronto and area massage supply stores have a similar pricing scheme.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Is this where Ian got his material for business class
http://www.massagenerd.com/business_of_massage_.html
Monday, July 12, 2010
Another ho-hum possibility
Dear RMT,
Are you tired of Contracts/monthly rents. Are you looking for something
that benefits you?
Roots to Health now rents rooms out to practitioners who need a place to
practice. You pay as you go.
1/2 hour room rate is $28
1 hour room rate is $32
We have 2 locations, one in Rosedale (Downtown Toronto) & one in Richmond
Hill
This rate includes your sheets. and use of the facility. All other "tools
of the trade", insurance, towels etc.. are your responsibility.
Are you tired of Contracts/monthly rents. Are you looking for something
that benefits you?
Roots to Health now rents rooms out to practitioners who need a place to
practice. You pay as you go.
1/2 hour room rate is $28
1 hour room rate is $32
We have 2 locations, one in Rosedale (Downtown Toronto) & one in Richmond
Hill
This rate includes your sheets. and use of the facility. All other "tools
of the trade", insurance, towels etc.. are your responsibility.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Places to look for RMT jobs.
1. RMTAO.com - 5/5 Great listing service - will even email you weekly with new listings
2. Craigslist - 3/5 Hit and miss but some real treasures
3 Sutherland-Chan School Alumni Career Support - 2/5 Some goodies but some old ones
(email me for password)
4. Massage.ca - 2/5 Sometimes good but very few listings
Do you have other places to share??
2. Craigslist - 3/5 Hit and miss but some real treasures
3 Sutherland-Chan School Alumni Career Support - 2/5 Some goodies but some old ones
(email me for password)
4. Massage.ca - 2/5 Sometimes good but very few listings
Do you have other places to share??
Job in Vail, Colarado
This was a job posting sent to Sutherland Chan School to recruit RMT's.
Attention RMTs, Work in a Vail Colorado Ski Resort Spa and make up to $15,000 US in 5 Months this Winter (November 24th – April 15th )
Spa Struck, (www.spastruck.com) is looking for Therapists to join some of our returning Canadian therapists to work in Vail Colorado, one of the most recognized ski resorts in the USA. We have a Luxury Spa located in The Charter at Beaver Creek (www.thecharter.com), offering massage therapy, body treatments in our hydrotherapy rooms, professional facials and nail services. We train our Massage Therapists on how to do Spa Body Treatments and Hot Stone Massage in addition to the modalities that you have already learned in school.
We are looking for people who are Timely, Professional, Drug-Free and are Willing to Learn. In return, we will offer you a chance to Further Your Education, a Fun Place to Work and Great Pay. For the 2007/2008 season they Averaged $657-$919, for the 2008/2009 season they Averaged $633-$790. Over this past winter season 16 weeks (December 6th, 2009 – March 27th, 2010) our Therapists made between $9,961 - $15,220 US, This is before taxes are taken out but does not include their Cash Tips., (that works out to $622 - $954 per week plus cash tips). The reason for the big variation is that some people come to work and some come to ski and party, as you can see even if you come to ski and party, you still make a pretty good living!
There is housing available when you move to Vail, rent is normally about $650 - $700 per month for your own room, sharing a townhouse or condo with another person. We will have a hotel room in The Charter for you to stay in at $40 per night while you look for housing.
This is the 12th year that we are offering this program in Canada, and we have therapists that have come year after year for over 6 years. We normally come to Canada and personally do the interviews to hire 18 massage therapists, however with the downturn in the US economy, this year we have 3 returning therapists and are going to hire a few new therapists to come from Canada. Scott Kilbourne, the spa director, is a member of the National Sports Massage Team, has held positions with National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, International Spa Professional Association and the American Massage Therapy Association.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Scott (970) 926-8889 or scott@spastruck.com, he will arrange to have Erin Rank a Canadian RMT & graduate of Darcy Lane, that worked for Spa Struck for 5 years and now has her own private practice in Blue Mountain, Ontario to arrange a personal interview with you. You must currently have a valid Canadian passport to apply for this position. You do not have to pass your boards, but you must receive a diploma from your school. If you are selected to come, you will need to send a $500 deposit to Spa Struck, this will be your money and will be returned to you upon your completion of work in April, the visa’s cost almost $7,000 and we want to make sure that you are committed to coming and that you don’t leave because you are home sick during the season. We have taken a deposit for the last 10 years and have always returned it to people with their final paycheck, (Check with your school if you have any questions about our credibility as we have hired therapists from your school in the past)
This is a wonderful opportunity to make some money while working in a beautiful ski resort and taking a few runs (our hotel sits right next to the ski mountain). It is an experience that you will have with you for a life time to tell friends and family as well as being able to put on a resume that you worked at a Spa in Vail Colorado. I look forward to talking to you about what it is like to be here, Scott
Attention RMTs, Work in a Vail Colorado Ski Resort Spa and make up to $15,000 US in 5 Months this Winter (November 24th – April 15th )
Spa Struck, (www.spastruck.com) is looking for Therapists to join some of our returning Canadian therapists to work in Vail Colorado, one of the most recognized ski resorts in the USA. We have a Luxury Spa located in The Charter at Beaver Creek (www.thecharter.com), offering massage therapy, body treatments in our hydrotherapy rooms, professional facials and nail services. We train our Massage Therapists on how to do Spa Body Treatments and Hot Stone Massage in addition to the modalities that you have already learned in school.
We are looking for people who are Timely, Professional, Drug-Free and are Willing to Learn. In return, we will offer you a chance to Further Your Education, a Fun Place to Work and Great Pay. For the 2007/2008 season they Averaged $657-$919, for the 2008/2009 season they Averaged $633-$790. Over this past winter season 16 weeks (December 6th, 2009 – March 27th, 2010) our Therapists made between $9,961 - $15,220 US, This is before taxes are taken out but does not include their Cash Tips., (that works out to $622 - $954 per week plus cash tips). The reason for the big variation is that some people come to work and some come to ski and party, as you can see even if you come to ski and party, you still make a pretty good living!
There is housing available when you move to Vail, rent is normally about $650 - $700 per month for your own room, sharing a townhouse or condo with another person. We will have a hotel room in The Charter for you to stay in at $40 per night while you look for housing.
This is the 12th year that we are offering this program in Canada, and we have therapists that have come year after year for over 6 years. We normally come to Canada and personally do the interviews to hire 18 massage therapists, however with the downturn in the US economy, this year we have 3 returning therapists and are going to hire a few new therapists to come from Canada. Scott Kilbourne, the spa director, is a member of the National Sports Massage Team, has held positions with National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork, International Spa Professional Association and the American Massage Therapy Association.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Scott (970) 926-8889 or scott@spastruck.com, he will arrange to have Erin Rank a Canadian RMT & graduate of Darcy Lane, that worked for Spa Struck for 5 years and now has her own private practice in Blue Mountain, Ontario to arrange a personal interview with you. You must currently have a valid Canadian passport to apply for this position. You do not have to pass your boards, but you must receive a diploma from your school. If you are selected to come, you will need to send a $500 deposit to Spa Struck, this will be your money and will be returned to you upon your completion of work in April, the visa’s cost almost $7,000 and we want to make sure that you are committed to coming and that you don’t leave because you are home sick during the season. We have taken a deposit for the last 10 years and have always returned it to people with their final paycheck, (Check with your school if you have any questions about our credibility as we have hired therapists from your school in the past)
This is a wonderful opportunity to make some money while working in a beautiful ski resort and taking a few runs (our hotel sits right next to the ski mountain). It is an experience that you will have with you for a life time to tell friends and family as well as being able to put on a resume that you worked at a Spa in Vail Colorado. I look forward to talking to you about what it is like to be here, Scott
Thursday, July 8, 2010
My first Massage Contract Negotiation
Of Course there are the obvious points to address.
1. Non-Competition
2. Access to files
3. Split percentages
These are all covered finely by the RMTAO in this document
https://secure.rmtao.com/default.asp?id=1781
Then, there are few of the softer things:
55% is not a good rate even if you just have to show up (everything provided)
But there are always some other things to negotiate
1. A higher rate if you bring your own clients in.
2. A shorter notice time to quit.
3. Coverage for CEUS, Insurance, College fees etc
4. Percentage of sales of products/gift certificates etc.
5. Performance reviews for split increases
6. Picking your own shift times
More to come as I gain more experience.
Can you add to this?
1. Non-Competition
2. Access to files
3. Split percentages
These are all covered finely by the RMTAO in this document
https://secure.rmtao.com/default.asp?id=1781
Then, there are few of the softer things:
55% is not a good rate even if you just have to show up (everything provided)
But there are always some other things to negotiate
1. A higher rate if you bring your own clients in.
2. A shorter notice time to quit.
3. Coverage for CEUS, Insurance, College fees etc
4. Percentage of sales of products/gift certificates etc.
5. Performance reviews for split increases
6. Picking your own shift times
More to come as I gain more experience.
Can you add to this?
Friday, June 18, 2010
Valediction speech
My name is 'Dr. Faz'. And I would appreciate a standing ovation after everything I say... It really is an honour to be part of this graduating class of 2010.
To start, these 7 contestants are here to take part in our effleurage olympics. To see who can effleurage their way to the back of the room first.
Grads: Let me present to you: your friends, families, teachers, staff, and Michael Bard (couldn't really find a category for him). We would not be here today without you. Thank you from all of us.
Every generation is set the task of correcting and improving the mistakes and efforts of the one past(1). The state of Massage Therapy that has been handed to us by our predecessors is an interesting one... You can still go to India and get a first rate massage on the beach for $2. Or you can go to the Hazelton Spa in Yorkville and get one for $200.
The difference is this:
The tradition we've been handed through the efforts of countless hard working and intelligent therapists is one steeped in SCIENCE AND RESEARCH – We are health professionals who can tell you exactly what we are doing and what effect its going to have. No snake oil sold here! But even more we are being handed a profession at a great time – Our teacher Ian Kamm has convinced us that we all can make 6 figures -- just with doing assessment. and Debra Curties has found a link between massage and every possible condition afflicting humanity -- making sure that our demand always stays high.
And where would we be without our amazing teachers. (Even though sometimes they forget that they were training us to be massage therapists not molecular biologists, or Aikido black belts - Good to do battle with you too, Peter).
Thank you.
Not all is rosy though. Its going to be a rough year for massage therapy – The govt is introducing the HST on July 1st. But, thanks to a certain company called British Petroleum, massage therapists world wide will get a free supply of oil for our entire careers. You can pick up you oil supply at Know your Body Best at a cost of $5. Come-on!!! (Holly still needs to get paid)
I wrote the MCQ (multiple choice questions) board exams last week...and passed!!......... Strange thing... all the questions had the same 5 option for responses. These were the options.
A: It depends
B: All of the above, none of the above, A and C but not A and D, B and C but also A and B
C: Come on you guys – you should already know this by now – we covered it in MSK last year!
D: The fascia of the greater hallux relates to the cephalad structures through the lesser omentum via the visceral tensegrity complex
and my fav:
E: Come on you guyz- ANYTHING GOES - It's sports Mx
And I did the OSCE's (pracital) board exams yesterday and did all right.... **** EDITED FROM SPEECH**** Funny thing happened at the tekniks station though. Y'all know how I massage.... Like usual, I finished my mx with my trademark pat on the clients bum and I thought it was all good, but I looked at the examiner and he was livid. All I saw was a big F on the marking sheet. I said.... whaaaat!!! Is this cuz I am Colombian.. Thats how we roll back home.. Si, we don't have this.... 'boundaries' you know.****
Although, If I may offer a tip that worked for most of us who have passed the boards so far... Just think: I'm from Sutherland Chan – They know we are the best. We are the Harvard of the NORTH.. (well... at least North of Bloor for sure)
And now a moment of indulgence:
The f'n Omohyoid – We'll take you to our grave
Good Sarah and Bad Sarah – Lots of love for both of you
Josh- The anatomy encyclopedia - excellent
Brain Farr - What rule didn't you break -
Holly Franklin – uhhhh... I lost my eraser in gr. 4.... in Pakistan – can you find it please
Brit – In a recent study– your hugs beat out your chocolates by a 1 point differential – But hang on, There may be some discrepancy because it wasn't a double blind.
Reilly Foster – Thanks for making him..... part of our graduating class ,Tara
How the last 2 years have changed us
Some of us have stopped smoking and Some our still trying.
Some of us have found the love of our lives and Some of us have left our baggages behind
But all of us are standing a little taller today . Maybe because we are graduating today but more likely from having our bodies pummelled day after day until we were afraid to slouch down in case the posture police was on the prowl.
A virus can lay dormant in your body so long that you forget that you were ever infected. Then something happens that weakens your immune system and the virus seizes its opportunity (2) – for 2 years, we survived intense school, exams, stress, I yawned in class once (maybe twice) but the information we learned in this time will stay with us for decades to come – And more importantly when society's apprehensions and hard headed-ness is weakened, Massage Therapy will seize it's opportunity and become an even more established staple of a health-filled life.
Until then, the onus is upon us to keep learning (Y'all know where the library is!!) and keep caring and keep educating.
We did it guyz....Good luck.... Call me!!
(1) Michael Enright - CBC
(2) This American Life - WBEZ Chicago
To start, these 7 contestants are here to take part in our effleurage olympics. To see who can effleurage their way to the back of the room first.
Grads: Let me present to you: your friends, families, teachers, staff, and Michael Bard (couldn't really find a category for him). We would not be here today without you. Thank you from all of us.
Every generation is set the task of correcting and improving the mistakes and efforts of the one past(1). The state of Massage Therapy that has been handed to us by our predecessors is an interesting one... You can still go to India and get a first rate massage on the beach for $2. Or you can go to the Hazelton Spa in Yorkville and get one for $200.
The difference is this:
The tradition we've been handed through the efforts of countless hard working and intelligent therapists is one steeped in SCIENCE AND RESEARCH – We are health professionals who can tell you exactly what we are doing and what effect its going to have. No snake oil sold here! But even more we are being handed a profession at a great time – Our teacher Ian Kamm has convinced us that we all can make 6 figures -- just with doing assessment. and Debra Curties has found a link between massage and every possible condition afflicting humanity -- making sure that our demand always stays high.
And where would we be without our amazing teachers. (Even though sometimes they forget that they were training us to be massage therapists not molecular biologists, or Aikido black belts - Good to do battle with you too, Peter).
Thank you.
Not all is rosy though. Its going to be a rough year for massage therapy – The govt is introducing the HST on July 1st. But, thanks to a certain company called British Petroleum, massage therapists world wide will get a free supply of oil for our entire careers. You can pick up you oil supply at Know your Body Best at a cost of $5. Come-on!!! (Holly still needs to get paid)
I wrote the MCQ (multiple choice questions) board exams last week...and passed!!......... Strange thing... all the questions had the same 5 option for responses. These were the options.
A: It depends
B: All of the above, none of the above, A and C but not A and D, B and C but also A and B
C: Come on you guys – you should already know this by now – we covered it in MSK last year!
D: The fascia of the greater hallux relates to the cephalad structures through the lesser omentum via the visceral tensegrity complex
and my fav:
E: Come on you guyz- ANYTHING GOES - It's sports Mx
And I did the OSCE's (pracital) board exams yesterday and did all right.... **** EDITED FROM SPEECH**** Funny thing happened at the tekniks station though. Y'all know how I massage.... Like usual, I finished my mx with my trademark pat on the clients bum and I thought it was all good, but I looked at the examiner and he was livid. All I saw was a big F on the marking sheet. I said.... whaaaat!!! Is this cuz I am Colombian.. Thats how we roll back home.. Si, we don't have this.... 'boundaries' you know.****
Although, If I may offer a tip that worked for most of us who have passed the boards so far... Just think: I'm from Sutherland Chan – They know we are the best. We are the Harvard of the NORTH.. (well... at least North of Bloor for sure)
And now a moment of indulgence:
The f'n Omohyoid – We'll take you to our grave
Good Sarah and Bad Sarah – Lots of love for both of you
Josh- The anatomy encyclopedia - excellent
Brain Farr - What rule didn't you break -
Holly Franklin – uhhhh... I lost my eraser in gr. 4.... in Pakistan – can you find it please
Brit – In a recent study– your hugs beat out your chocolates by a 1 point differential – But hang on, There may be some discrepancy because it wasn't a double blind.
Reilly Foster – Thanks for making him..... part of our graduating class ,Tara
How the last 2 years have changed us
Some of us have stopped smoking and Some our still trying.
Some of us have found the love of our lives and Some of us have left our baggages behind
But all of us are standing a little taller today . Maybe because we are graduating today but more likely from having our bodies pummelled day after day until we were afraid to slouch down in case the posture police was on the prowl.
A virus can lay dormant in your body so long that you forget that you were ever infected. Then something happens that weakens your immune system and the virus seizes its opportunity (2) – for 2 years, we survived intense school, exams, stress, I yawned in class once (maybe twice) but the information we learned in this time will stay with us for decades to come – And more importantly when society's apprehensions and hard headed-ness is weakened, Massage Therapy will seize it's opportunity and become an even more established staple of a health-filled life.
Until then, the onus is upon us to keep learning (Y'all know where the library is!!) and keep caring and keep educating.
We did it guyz....Good luck.... Call me!!
(1) Michael Enright - CBC
(2) This American Life - WBEZ Chicago
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Play with yourself!!
What Keleman and other sensitive therapists of the soma demonstrate and educate is principally and at base just this: awareness in the kinesthetic sense.
How is your ancient and Wise body talking to you, and what does it Say?
The cacophonous drumbeat of the computers, TVs, cars and petty obligations drowns out those 4 million year old signals from below.
All of of us in this profession are engaged in one way or another, in bringing people back to awareness of the body, and awareness that has been number out of us by parents who don't want us to play with ourselves or who "know what's good for us"; by schools who cram us into one size fits all desks and offer only repetitive and competitive phys ed programs;
And, finally, by the corporate world, which would prefer you did not pause to feel but instead work, work, work--either blue collar or white -- so you Can spend, spend spend until you drop into the healrh care mess.
Tom Myers
How is your ancient and Wise body talking to you, and what does it Say?
The cacophonous drumbeat of the computers, TVs, cars and petty obligations drowns out those 4 million year old signals from below.
All of of us in this profession are engaged in one way or another, in bringing people back to awareness of the body, and awareness that has been number out of us by parents who don't want us to play with ourselves or who "know what's good for us"; by schools who cram us into one size fits all desks and offer only repetitive and competitive phys ed programs;
And, finally, by the corporate world, which would prefer you did not pause to feel but instead work, work, work--either blue collar or white -- so you Can spend, spend spend until you drop into the healrh care mess.
Tom Myers
Friday, March 26, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
House MD - show on Wilson`s Disease
Sweet show on copper deficiency induced Wilson`s Disease.
Season 6 Episode 11.
Perfect for nutrition class Final Exam
Season 6 Episode 11.
Perfect for nutrition class Final Exam
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Best Results of Massage
We Asked: What is the best result of massage therapy that you've witnessed?
http://www.massagemag.com/Magazine/2004/issue111/readerExp111.php
Here is what you told us...
I worked on a man who was a metro transit driver and a police officer. He had frozen shoulder* and was in an immense amount of pain. He was a big, tough-looking man and he took quite a bit of pressure as I worked his shoulders, upper back, chest and neck for a full hour and a half. He got off the table moaning and groaning. I returned and he was skipping around the room, waving his arm above his head, tears in his eyes, calling for his wife. He hadn't had range of motion like that in years!
Kathy Gruver
Santa Barbara, California
One of the most dramatic experiences I had was with a stroke patient. He no longer recognized his wife. I was hired to massage him 15 minutes a day, seven days a week. The first week, he never recognized me. By the third week, he began to roll up his sleeves when I walked in, and by the sixth week, he said, "Where's my massage?" I started humming songs from Nat King Cole; he jumped in during "Paper Moon" and "Unforgettable," and the nurses would gather around shocked as we serenaded each other. His wife started playing old tunes from their years together, and his long-term memory very slowly started to return. When he was first checked into the hospital, the surgeon who put in the shunt said that he probably had another six months to live. I recently got a letter from his family saying that he had passed on - and how they felt that our sessions were an important factor in his six-month prognosis turning into six-and-a-half years of borrowed time.
Lois Barth
New York, New York
A friend of mine had several neck surgeries as the result of an accident and could not turn his head anymore - meaning no driving or most other things we take for granted. It took me three years to persuade him that massage could help him. After only eight sessions he had full range of motion restored.
Laura Allen
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
One client was in her 60s. When she was 45 she'd had an accident that involved both a concussion and a dislocated shoulder. Since that time she had suffered from chronic pain, headaches and insomnia. She enjoyed the Swedish work that I did, but I thought she would be a good candidate for craniosacral therapy. Her craniosacral rhythm was rather slow, but had increased by the time I finished. When she returned for her next session, she was elated. The headache from which she had been suffering for three months had gone away within an hour of leaving my office. She had slept well and deeply that night, and for several nights thereafter. Her pain level was down, her energy was up and she was feeling like a miracle had occurred.
Selina A. Rifkin
Trumbull, Connecticut
http://www.massagemag.com/Magazine/2004/issue111/readerExp111.php
Here is what you told us...
I worked on a man who was a metro transit driver and a police officer. He had frozen shoulder* and was in an immense amount of pain. He was a big, tough-looking man and he took quite a bit of pressure as I worked his shoulders, upper back, chest and neck for a full hour and a half. He got off the table moaning and groaning. I returned and he was skipping around the room, waving his arm above his head, tears in his eyes, calling for his wife. He hadn't had range of motion like that in years!
Kathy Gruver
Santa Barbara, California
One of the most dramatic experiences I had was with a stroke patient. He no longer recognized his wife. I was hired to massage him 15 minutes a day, seven days a week. The first week, he never recognized me. By the third week, he began to roll up his sleeves when I walked in, and by the sixth week, he said, "Where's my massage?" I started humming songs from Nat King Cole; he jumped in during "Paper Moon" and "Unforgettable," and the nurses would gather around shocked as we serenaded each other. His wife started playing old tunes from their years together, and his long-term memory very slowly started to return. When he was first checked into the hospital, the surgeon who put in the shunt said that he probably had another six months to live. I recently got a letter from his family saying that he had passed on - and how they felt that our sessions were an important factor in his six-month prognosis turning into six-and-a-half years of borrowed time.
Lois Barth
New York, New York
A friend of mine had several neck surgeries as the result of an accident and could not turn his head anymore - meaning no driving or most other things we take for granted. It took me three years to persuade him that massage could help him. After only eight sessions he had full range of motion restored.
Laura Allen
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
One client was in her 60s. When she was 45 she'd had an accident that involved both a concussion and a dislocated shoulder. Since that time she had suffered from chronic pain, headaches and insomnia. She enjoyed the Swedish work that I did, but I thought she would be a good candidate for craniosacral therapy. Her craniosacral rhythm was rather slow, but had increased by the time I finished. When she returned for her next session, she was elated. The headache from which she had been suffering for three months had gone away within an hour of leaving my office. She had slept well and deeply that night, and for several nights thereafter. Her pain level was down, her energy was up and she was feeling like a miracle had occurred.
Selina A. Rifkin
Trumbull, Connecticut
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