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What's Happening at the RMTAO
RMTAO Board of Directors Nominations Close Today
If you're interested in becoming a Director on the RMTAO Board of Directors, you have until today at 5:00 p.m. to submit your nomination.
The Board of Directors identifies and monitors strategic priorities, sets policies, and determinines innovative ways to promote, expand and support the Association's vision and mission.
All Active and Life members of the RMTAO are eligible to become Directors on the RMTAO Board of Directors. If you are interested in becoming a Director, please complete the Nomination and Consent Form below.
Download the 2019 RMTAO Nomination and Consent Form
You may email the forms to info@rmtao.com or fax to 416-979-1144.
Review the complete Call for Nominations on the RMTAO website for more details.
Congratulations to our Student Case Report Winners
The RMTAO held our second annual Student Case Report contest in 2019. Students in massage therapy programs and new graduates across Ontario submitted insightful and innovative case reports. And the winners are:
First place: Minh Amanda Chu and Alexia Emslie
Effects of Massage Therapy on Concussion Related Symptoms
School: Humber College
Second place: Ashley Slaney and Madeline Hunt
Impact of Massage Therapy on Premenstrual Syndrome and Primary Dysmenorrhea
School: Humber College
The winning abstracts will be published in the summer 2020 issue of Massage Therapy Today and the full case reports will be available on the RMTAO website.
Congratulations again to our winners!
If you’re a student or teacher interested in the 2020 Student Case Report Contest, email info@rmtao.com for more information.
National Pain Awareness Week
November 3-9, 2019 is National Pain Awareness Week, created by the Canadian Pain Coalition in order to raise awareness of chronic pain conditions and remove barriers to adequate pain management.
Chronic pain is defined as any pain lasting more than 12 weeks, and it is estimated that one in five Canadians suffer from chronic pain. Massage therapy can help manage chronic pain, and help alleviate the pain of various chronic conditions.
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Career Opportunities Listing Service
RMTAO members have exclusive access to positions available and spaces available for rent through our Career Listings! There are more positions available than ever before, with diverse opportunities across Ontario.
From Ottawa to Windsor, London to northern Ontario, many cities across Ontario are looking for RMTs to fill increasing demand. To access the RMTAO members-only career listings, log into your RMTAO account, and click on Career Listings under the Careers menu.
You can also sign up for weekly notifications of new career listings by clicking on My Profile on the left side of your screen after you log in, and changing your preferences under the job notification section.
Clinical Tidbit - Upper Cervical Mobilizations
Does your patient suffer from cervicogenic headaches? Try assessing upper cervical spine side bend.
Ask the patient to side bend their head with the nose as the pivot point. Normal upper cervical side bend is 10-15 degrees.
Superior oblique runs from the occiput to the C1 transverse process and when tight may prevent the client from side bending the upper cervical spine without the nose moving sideways (movement is happening from the mid to lower cervical spine instead).
Learn more about Upper Cervical Mobilizations with Physiotherapist Aaron Rutter in Ottawa on November 10th.
Business Tip of the Week
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Keeping in Touch with Your Alumni Network
Some of the most useful contacts you have are in your alumni network. Attending the same university or graduate program gives you a shared history — and a great excuse to connect with other interesting, accomplished people. But how do you stay in touch with your peers? One easy way is to provide an annual update to your alumni magazine. Reading about what you’re up to can encourage old friends and colleagues to reach out. You could also volunteer for a role that will connect you with classmates. For example, you might serve as chair of the class reunion or launch a monthly alumni breakfast in your city. Or consider how staying connected could let you showcase your expertise. Alumni offices frequently host professional development webinars; you could volunteer to host one, sharing your knowledge with hundreds or even thousands of fellow graduates. Strategies like these will help you deepen your ties to fellow alums, and can even lead to valuable new business opportunities.
Adapted from “3 Ways to Make the Most of Your Alumni Network" by Dorie Clark
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Research Article of the Week
Psychosocial areas of worklife and chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Background: The aim of this review was to synthesize the evidence on the potential relationship between psychosocial work factors from the Areas of Worklife (AW) model (workload, job control, social support, reward, fairness, and values) and chronic low back pain (CLBP; unspecific pain in the lumbar region lasting 3 months or longer).
Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search of studies in Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and CINAHL (1987 to 2018). Three authors independently assessed eligibility and quality of studies. In this meta-analysis, we pooled studies' effect sizes using a random-effects model approach and report sample size weighted mean Odds Ratios (ORs).
Results: Data from 18 studies (N = 19,572) was included in the analyses. We found no studies investigating associations between fairness or values and CLBP. CLBP was significantly positively related to workload (OR = 1.32) and significantly negatively related to overall job control (OR = 0.81), decision authority (OR = 0.72), and two measures of social support (ORs = 0.75 to 0.78), even in prospective studies. Skill discretion and reward did not significantly relate to CLBP. Moderation analyses revealed several variables (e.g., exposure time, mean age and sex) affecting these relationships.
Conclusions: Our results support employees' workload, job control, and social support as predictors of CLBP. In this line, these work factors should be considered when developing programs to prevent chronic low back pain. Future studies should apply measures of CLBP that are more precise, and investigate the full areas of work life (AW) factors in combination.
Buruck, G., Tomascheck, A., Wendsche, J., Ochsmann, E., Dorfel, D. (Oct. 2019). Psychosocial areas of worklife and chronic low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC Musculoskelet Disord., 20(1),
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The Learning Curve - The RMTAO Education Series
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The Learning Curve - The RMTAO Education Series
The Learning Curve provides education to massage therapists in a variety of hands-on workshops and lecture-based seminars across Ontario focused on three main areas-Competency, Business, and Modality. The Continuing Education Program is designed to help massage therapists increase their knowledge base to continuously improve for both their own personal success and that of the client.
Click here for more information about the courses that are offered by the RMTAO.
Upper Cervical Mobilizations
November 10, 2019 - Ottawa
Shoulder Mobilizations
November 24, 2019 - Peterborough
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Upcoming Community Networks and Related Activities
The RMTAO has created a new feature on RMTAO.com for Community Networks. Members and non-members, once logged on, can access information about the latest upcoming network activities right on their home page! Don't see a Community Based Network near you? You can contact Laura Fixman at laura@rmtao.com to learn more about starting one!
London Community Based Network
Date: Monday, November 4, 2019
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Location: Edgar and Joe's Cafe, 255 Horton St. London
Topic: London Area RMTs Community Business Network (CBN) is launching "Mentor Mondays". The first Monday of each month will be a casual meeting for ALL RMTs, RMTAO members or not, to get together with peers, update and discuss latest CMTO and RMTAO news, talk over practice issues, keep track of HST initiatives, and share knowledge. Newer RMT? Tap into some experience! An old hand? Find some fresh perspective, get a boost and pass on your hard-won know-how.
Contact: Dani Faucher, danifaucher.rmt@gmail.com
Read more about the event
Future Dates: December 2
Peel-Halton Community Based Network
Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Location: Fiftie's Diner, 649 Fourth Line, Oakville Ontario.
Topic: Pre Holiday Season - so come get/give your inspiration, motivation and whatever else you need from your peers! A few topics we will address: the new QAP/ Strive - at this point some of us have not even opened the email so by November hopefully everyone has had a chance to get started and we can discuss, likes/dislikes...strategy. Once everyone is completed we can work together to tackle our goals through some of our meetings. CMTO has a few bits of updates we can run through as well.
Contact: Lily Meyer, hprmts@outlook.com
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Future dates: November 18
Guelph Community Based Network
Date: Monday, November 18, 2019
Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: Fionn Macool's, 494 Edinburgh Rd. S. Guelph
Topic: General Discussion
Contact: Renata Deforest, renatarmt@bell.net
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Read more about Community Based Networks
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