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What's Happening at the RMTAO Ontario Announces Stay-at-Home Order The Ontario government has issued a province-wide Stay-at-Home order until at least Thursday, May 6th, 2021. The Ontario government is requiring everyone to remain at home except for essential purposes, such as going to the grocery store or pharmacy, accessing health care services (including getting vaccinated), for exercise close to home and with the people you live with, or for work that cannot be done remotely. Advocacy Update - Coalition Strategic Priorities As many members are aware, the RMTAO works with a number of groups of other associations that have similar interests to the RMTAO. I have been very active in supporting and working with these collectives. One of the most active groups in advocating with the insurance industry is the Coalition of Health Professions in Auto Insurance (the Coalition). Recently the Coalition set our strategic priorities for our advocacy for the coming year. They are listed below. This was my fist opportunity to be involved in this strategic discussion and I was pleased to be able to ensure that all of the priorities would be relevant to our members. It is also indicative of the common issues all our associations have in dealing with insurance companies and the value of working together with a collective voice. The list is not in order of priority or comrprehensive of all priorities. Inadequacy of fees
RMTAO Virtual Conference Preview  The RMTAO is holding our first ever Virtual Education Conference on June 13 and 14, focusing on rehabilitation and self-care from a biospsychosocial perspective. The confeence will feature two great keynote presenters - Dr. Emma Seppälä who will be speaking about The Science of Emotion, Well-Being, and Social Connection, and Dr. Rumeet Billan who will be speaking about Resilience - Psychological Capital: Today’s Competitive Advantage. We have also released the schedule so you can determine what sessions you'd like to sign up for before you register! If you're not sure what session you'd like to take, all of the sessions will be recorded and made available to the attendees, in case you just can't make up your mind! If you register for the full two-day conference, you will have access to the recordings of all of the breakout sessions, and if you register for only one day you will have access to the recordings from that day. Registration will be open soon so stay tuned! Read more about the Virtual Conference The RMTAO is pleased to announce a new webinar - For the Love of Movement: How and When to Prescribe Exercises to your Clients, which will be presented on May 26, 2021 by Dylan Crake, RMT. The goal of this webinar is for RMTs, new and for those needing a refresher with exercise prescription, to become more comfortable and confident in prescribing exercises to their clients, so that their clients become pain-free in their daily lives. If you can't make it to watch the webinar live, all people registered for the webinar will get a recording of the webinar to watch at on their own time. Space is limited, so register online now You can claim your association membership as well as your professional liability insurance fees as a deduction on your taxes. In order to do this, you will need to download your reciepts. When you log in to the RMTAO webiste and click on My Account on the left side of your screen you can access every receipt for every purchase you have made with the RMTAO. If you purchased your professional liability insurance through the Trisura Portal, you can download that receipt by logging into the Trisura Portal.
Resistance exercise, disability, and pain catastrophizing in obese adults with back pain Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of two different resistance exercise protocols on self-reported disability, fear avoidance beliefs, pain catastrophizing, and back pain symptoms in obese, older adults with low back pain (LBP). Methods: Obese adults (n = 49, 60-85 yr) with chronic LBP were randomized into a total body resistance exercise intervention (TOTRX), lumbar extensor exercise intervention (LEXT), or a control group (CON). Main outcomes included perceived disability (Oswestry Disability Index, Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire). Psychosocial measures included the Fear Avoidance Beliefs survey, Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, and Pain Catastrophizing Scale. LBP severity was measured during three functional tasks: walking, stair climbing, and chair rise using an 11-point numerical pain rating scale. Results: The TOTRX group had greater reductions in self-reported disability scores due to back pain (Oswestry Disability Index, Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire) compared with those in the LEXT (P < 0.05). The Pain Catastrophizing Scale scores decreased in the TOTRX group compared with that in the CON group by month 4 (64.3% vs 4.8%, P < 0.05). Pain severity during chair rise activity and walking was decreased in both the LEXT and TOTRX groups relative to the CON group. Conclusions: Greater reductions in perceived disability due to LBP can be achieved with TOTRX compared with those achieved with LEXT. Pain catastrophizing and pain severity decreased most with TOTRX. The positive change in psychological outlook may assist obese, older adults with chronic back pain in reconsidering the harmfulness of the pain and facilitate regular participation in other exercise programs. The Learning Curve - The RMTAO Education Series 
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 Laura Fixman at laura@rmtao.com to learn more about starting one! |
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