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What's Happening at the RMTAO Guideline to CMTO Risk-Based Assessments Starting in March 2023, the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO) will be changing the ways they conduct practice assessments. The process of being selected for an assessment of your practice will no longer be random and will be based instead on risk factors. Welcome to the 2023 Board of Directors! At the Annual General Meeting on Sunday, January 29, we welcomed one new Director on the Board of Directors, and welcomed back two directors who were re-elected for a three-year term.
We also had the opportunity to thank returning Directors who have time remaining on their term. The 2023 Board of Directors is as follows:
We would also like to thank our departing Board Member Susan Bessonette for her hard work and dedication. CMTA Partnership with Massage Therapy Foundation The Massage Therapy Foundation (MTF) had partnered with the Canadian Massage Therapy Association (CMTA), of which the RMTAO is a member. Federal Pre-Budget Consultation There is a platform for all citizens of Canada to offer input on the Federal Budget prior to it being read in Parliament. This gives Massage Therapist's across Canada, as well as their patients, and any Canadian, the opportunity to express their desire to change the HST status as it applies to RMT services/sessions/treatments. Based on interactions with the Government more recently since the previous election, there is a possibility that our request is going to be represented in this spring's Federal Budget. If this is the case, it would be advantageous to have a larger number of people taking the Government's pre-budget Questionnaire on their website prior to the deadline of February 10, 2023. The questionnaire will take about five minutes to answer and will be available until February 10, 2023. Tomorrow is World Cancer Day, which was designed to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. People with cancer experience a variety of potentially debilitating symptoms both as a part of their treatment and as part of the disease itself. Many people with cancer experience pain, fatigue and anxiety, which can have a significant negative impact on their overall quality of life. Massage therapy is one of the options that can help people with cancer relieve many of their symptoms so they can continue to participate in the activities they love. Read more...
The effect of massage therapy on pain after surgery: A comprehensive meta-analysis Background: Findings on the usefulness of massage therapy (MT) in postoperative pain management are often inconsistent among studies. Objectives: This study's aim is to conduct a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCT) to clarify the effects of massage therapy in the treatment of postoperative pain. Methods: Three databases (PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) were searched for RCTs published from database inception through January 26, 2021. The primary outcome was pain relief. The quality of RCTs was appraised with the Cochrane Collaboration risk of bias tool. The random-effect model was used to calculate the effect sizes and standardized mean difference (SMD) with 95 % confidential intervals (CIs) as a summary effect. The heterogeneity test was conducted through I2. Subgroup and sensitivity analyses were used to explore the source of heterogeneity. Possible publication bias was assessed using visual inspection of funnel plot asymmetry. Results: The analysis included 33 RCTs and showed that MT is effective in reducing postoperative pain (SMD, -1.32; 95 % CI, -2.01 to -0.63; p = 0.0002; I2 = 98.67 %). A similar significant effect was found for both short (immediate assessment) and long terms (assessment performed 4-6 weeks after the MT). Remarkably, we found neither the duration per session nor the dose had an impact on the effect of MT and there seemed to be no difference in the effects of different MT types. In addition, MT seemed to be more effective for adults. Furthermore, MT had better analgesic effects on cesarean section and heart surgery than orthopedic surgery. Limitations: Publication bias is possible due to the inclusion of studies in English only. Additionally, the included studies were extremely heterogeneous. Double-blind research on MT is difficult to implement, and none of the included studies is double-blind. There was some heterogeneity and publication bias in the included studies. In addition, there is no uniform evaluation standard for the operation level of massage practitioners, which may lead to research implementation bias. Conclusions: MT is effective in reducing postoperative pain in both short and long terms. Liu C, Chen X, Wu S. The effect of massage therapy on pain after surgery: A comprehensive meta-analysis. Complement Ther Med. 2022 Dec;71:102892. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2022.102892. Epub 2022 Oct 26. PMID: 36309174.
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Upcoming Community Networks and Related Activities The RMTAO has created a feature on RMTAO.com for Community Networks. Members and non-members can access information about the latest upcoming network activities on our list of upcoming events! Don't see a Community-Based Network near you? You can contact Angela Paton at angela@rmtao.com to learn more about starting one. |
   
Promised new national standards for long-term care homes in Canada have now been published — part of Ottawa's attempt to avoid a repeat of the alarming death tolls in long-term care homes that marked the early phase of the pandemic.
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