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2022 CONFERENCE
17th Massage & Myotherapy Australia National Conference
The 2022 Massage & Myotherapy Australia National Conference website has been updated to include presenter promo videos and the Conference schedule. To visit the National Conference website click here. Registrations for the 17th Massage & Myotherapy Australia National Conference are open.
Registration numbers will be extremely limited this year due to venue density quotients, so be sure to register early to secure your spot. Massage & Myotherapy Australia members can claim 40 CPE points for attending Conference.
To register for the 2022 Conference – click here.
Respect Massage by ABMP
Massage & Myotherapy Australia partners at Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP) have released Respect Massage – a complete resource to protect massage therapists and bodyworkers from sexual solicitors. Respect Massage was originally created by Massage Therapist Joyce Gauthier to empower massage therapists to make it clear they do not mix sex and massage, and educate the massage therapy community to spot, deter, and escape from clients soliciting sex.
We invite all therapists to read the articles, watch the videos, download the free marketing materials and client resources, take the continuing education course, and join together in community.
Find out more on the Respect Massage website click here.
IMPORTANT MEMBER SURVEY
The Australian National Natural Therapies Workforce Survey
This survey is a collaboration of Australian professional associations. Its aim is to produce an accurate snapshot of the natural therapies workforce in Australia. It will update our knowledge of who we are, how we practise, and critical issues affecting our practices. It will be used to advance the interests of our professions, including in the upcoming Federal election.
Download information about the survey here Participant Information Sheet.
The survey takes about 30-45 minutes to complete. At the end of the survey, a link will be available for you to collect 5 CPE points for completing the survey and to provide your details if you’d like to receive a copy of the results when the study is completed. To complete the survey click here.
Massage Therapy and Domestic Violence Research Study
Dr Sarah Fogarty, a researcher at Western Sydney University (and a massage therapist), Professor Phillipa Hay and Professor Kathleen Baird are conducting the following research project: Understanding massage therapist’s knowledge to recognise, respond and refer to domestic and family violence in clinical practice. (WSU APPROVAL NUMBER H14636).
Massage & Myotherapy Australia members have been invited to participate in the online survey, which is designed to learn more about massage therapists knowledge to recognise, respond and refer to domestic and family violence in clinical practice.
The survey will take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete. You can change your mind at any time and stop completing the survey without consequence. The research data gathered from this survey is anonymous so data will only be published in a form that does not identify members. The survey will be available for three months so you will have three months to consider participation.
To participate in the survey, please click here.
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
Update for independent contractors
Two recent High Court Rulings, have highlighted the importance of reviewing employment contracts. Whether intentionally, or unintentionally, it’s against the law for a business to incorrectly treat their employees as contractors or vice versa. It’s important that employers and contractors understand and familiarise themselves with the distinction. The two High Court rulings have emphasised the importance of the written contract.
For more information, please click here.
FIRE SAFETY
Spontaneous Combustion or Spontaneous Chemical Causation or Self-Heating?
Marcus Barnett is a Station Officer and has been a firefighter for 30+ years and a Fire Investigator in the South East Region based on the Gold Coast for the last 15 years. During Marcus’ time, he has attended and investigated several structural fires at massage clinics and laundry services that launder for massage clinics. The cause of these fires has often been attributed to spontaneous combustion of cotton massage towels contaminated with massage oils.
For more information on how this happens and how to prevent this from happening, please click here.
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Easter Closure
The During the Easter holiday period, the Massage & Myotherapy Australia office will be closed on Friday 15 April 2022 and will reopen as normal on Tuesday 19 April 2022. We wish everyone a very happy and safe Easter!
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Winning at Wellness by Beyond Blue
Early last month, the Association worked with Beyond Blue to present a webinar exploring wellness while operating a small business. The Association is making this webinar available to all members for free. This webinar aims to educate small business owners on what wellbeing and mental health is. It also provides tips, tools, strategies, and advice for how small business owners can protect themselves against the stresses and challenges that often go hand in hand with running a small business, in addition to looking out for warning signs in others.
Members are eligible to claim 5 CPE points upon successful completion.
For more information, or to register, please login to the Association website and click here.
Workshops are back!
Workshops are back at Massage & Myotherapy Australia! Have you reviewed the 2022 Calendar of events? The Association is working with the venues to create a COVID-19 Safe environment, the Association and attendees are required to abide by the venues COVID Safe Plan, and should follow venue staff, Association event facilitator and presenter instructions. To review the list of upcoming workshops in your state, please click here.
COVID-19 LATEST UPDATES
To review the Association's COVID-19 Resource Centre, please click here
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