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What's Happening at the RMTAO Welcome to a new membership year!
We will continue to develop campaigns to educate the general public on the importance of massage therapy to their health and wellbeing. I am also looking forward to doing a number of regional townhalls next spring to have the opportunity to connect directly with members across Ontario. We will also continue to support and facilitate the development of additional massage therapy research and ensure RMTs have access to research and are able to understand and apply it These are just some of our plans for the 2021-2022 membership year. I also invite any of our members to contact me at michael@rmtao.com if you have any questions or concerns. And if you haven't renewed already - you can still renew online at RMTAO.com. Download Your Insurance Coverage Certificate If you've purchased your professional liability insurance through the RMTAO, you will need to download your insurance coverage certificate. Call for Volunteers - HCAI and WSIB Course RMTAO is currently looking for volunteer subject matter experts to help with HCAI & WSIB Course Development in collaboration with Centennial College. We currently offer a course on this topic with Centennial College, but we are looking to review and update the current course content. The subject matter experts will be consulted to create the content of the course and ensure its validity and accuracy and provide any feedback as needed during the course development/review. Volunteer subject matter experts should have experience working with HCAI and WSIB claims, and some teaching experience is preferred. Estimated timeline: Content creation to begin the week of October 12. Content to be finalized by mid December, 2021. Deadline for confirming interest: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 If you are interested, please reach out to the Education and Events Coordinator at hariti@rmtao.com The RMTAO has a variety of templates available to help you with your record keeping which you can use right away in practice! These templates include:
The RMTAO has a lot of great upcoming webinars covering a variety of relevant topics for RMTs. This includes two great webinars coming up this month! Our first October webinar is Effective Networking: Communicate to Influence the TED way which will be held on October 13 at 11:30 am.  In this webinar presented by Emilie McKay, you will learn about the importance of networking, learn to create an effective elevator pitch using TED methods, and learn to use your networking skills outside the clinic with peers, other health professionals, business owners and the public in general. In October we will also be offering A Person-Centered Approach to Evidence-Based Practice. This webinar will be presented on October 26 at 10 a.m. by Monica Noy.  This webinar will provide an overview of the differences between Person-Centred and Evidence-Based Practice and how to meld the two in an evidence-informed massage therapy setting. Participants will be introduced to the CauseHealth Project, which offers a unique view of understanding causal narratives in healthcare and provides some clinically relevant tools that can be adapted for RMT use. These are just two of the webinars offered by the RMTAO for the rest 2021. Review our upcoming webinars and register online
Effectiveness of massage therapy on fatigue and pain in patients with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis Background: Fatigue and pain are prevalent symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) and frequent complaint in MS patients, which reduce their quality of life. This study aimed to assess the effect of massage therapy on pain and fatigue in MS Patients. Method: The original and Persian databases were searched included PubMed, web of science, embase, ovid, scopus, and the Cochrane Library, SID, and Iranedex from inception to November 2020. Studies that reported the effect of massage on fatigue and pain were included. Two investigators extracted all relevant data, independently. For deriving analysis, mean difference (MD) and standardized mean difference (SMD) were used. Result: Ten studies were eligible acoording criteria. The effect of massage on fatigue showed significant improvement (−1.62; 95% CL −2.40, −0.83; p < .00001), also results of the systematic review showed a significant reduction in pain severity. Conclusion: Massage as a complementary and non-pharmacological therapy might have been associated with alleviating fatigue and pain in M.S. patients. Based on the current study, massage intervention for MS patients could have possible clinical value for palliating pain and fatigue and improving quality of life; however, this matter needs further and more significant trial studies. Salarvand, S., Heidari, M. E., Farahi, K., Teymuri, E., Almasian, M., & Bitaraf, S. (2021). Effectiveness of massage therapy on fatigue and pain in patients with multiple sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinical, 7(2), 20552173211022779. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552173211022779. 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 Angela Paton at angela@rmtao.com to learn more about starting one. Monthly Zoom meeting chat for RMTs, grads and students, you don't have to be a RMTAO member. Feel free to add topics or ask questions in the comments ahead of time. You don't have to be from the London area. You are welcome to lurk, no-one is put on the spot, video optional. We'll catch up on RMTAO and CMTO news, upcoming & past courses, brains-trust for anyone who needs support/ideas/guidance, plus anything anyone wants to raise. |
   
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I would like to welcome everyone to a new membership year. Thank you all for renewing. We really appreciate your support especially during what has been a very challenging time. An investment in the Association is one of the most tangible ways you can invest in the future of the profession.
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