Florida AMTA
Course title: Placebo effects in massage therapy
Date: April 11 2025 9:30am - 10:30am
Course description: Understanding the mechanisms and factors influencing placebo effects is crucial for optimizing their use in pain management and improving client outcomes. By combining the benefits of manual therapy with the placebo effects, practitioners can create a supportive and empowering environment that fosters trust and collaboration between themselves and their clients. This proactive approach not only addresses immediate symptoms but also promotes long-term health and well-being.
Course title: Pain! The Other 4 Letter Word - Pain Science
Date: April 11 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Course description: This 2 hour course is designed to help therapists and the public gain a better understanding into our relationship to pain. Why do we try to avoid pain when time and time again it has been shown to be a beneficial and positive experience that is solely designed to protect us from harm. This 4 letter word has the potential to derail our daily lives but by gaining a clearer understanding of the mechanisms and behaviours around pain we can modify our experiences to incorporate pain and begin to reduce it.
Course title: Integrating evidence-based medicine and patient-centred care
Date: April 11 2025 8:30am - 9:30am
Course description: For many years, evidence-based medicine (EBM) and patient-centred care (PCC) have been in opposition to each other. The reason for this conflict could be due to their underlying philosophies, or possibly due to the profession's medical interpretation of these concepts, or even due to misconceptions. However, recent studies have shown that the best outcomes for patients are achieved when both EBM and PCC are integrated into their treatment plan instead of being isolated from each other. We will strive to bridge this gap and bring some harmony to these two seemingly opposing forces.
Course title: Is Touch Enough? Using Neuroplasticity To Treat Our Clients Through Language
Date: April 12 2025 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Course description: The more we learn about massage, pain and their interactions the more we are beginning to understand that touch alone is insufficient to help those living with chronic pain. In this 2 hour class we look into the non-touch related aspects of massage therapy and their effects on our clients.