32: Art Riggs: Aging Well

32: Art Riggs: Aging Well

Art Riggs was one of the first Certified Rolfers™ to publish a book about "advanced" techniques. His textbook (Deep Tissue Massage) was adopted by massage therapy programs worldwide, and as a result, his teaching and style has influenced tens of thousands massage and manual therapists in the decades since. Art talks with Til Luchau about his work, aging, self-care, and more. 

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites!  

Resources and references discussed in this episode: 

• Art Riggs’ site: deeptissuemassagemanual.com 
• Art Riggs’ videos and DVDs on Til’s site: a-t.tv/art-riggs
• Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 
• Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com 

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(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

31: Headaches of Another Kind: Cervicogenic Heachaches

31: What are cervicogenic headaches? Are they even a thing, and if so, why are they particularly amenable to manual therapy and massage? Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe discuss these questions, and share some self-care tips for you and your clients. Download the handout with detailed episode notes, techniques and tests from http://a-t.tv/ttp-cgh/ 

Episode topics include: 

• What kinds of headaches CAN manual therapy help with? 
• What’s the controversy around cervicogenic headaches? 
• What kinds of self-care help? 

Get the handout: a-t.tv/ttp-cgh/ or get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

Resources and references discussed in this episode: 

• Toby Hall, Kathy Briffa & Diana Hopper (2008) Clinical Evaluation of Cervicogenic Headache: A Clinical Perspective, Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 16:2, 73-80, DOI: 10.1179/106698108790818422 
• Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 
• Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com 

Sponsor Offers: 

• Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com. 
• ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking. 
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About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us 
(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

30: Excuses, Excuses: Our Favorite Reasons Not To ________

30: What makes taking care of ourselves so hard? Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe dissect the difficulties, and share their favorite excuses for not putting their own care first. 

Episode topics include: 

• The five key self-care behaviors; 
• The date we’re most likely to give up on our resolutions; 
• Getting “internal bipartisanship” around your own self-care initiatives. 

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

Resources and references discussed in this episode: 

• Stress in America™ report on caregivers’ self-care 
• Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 
• Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com 

Sponsor Offers: 

• Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com. 
• ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking. 
• Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com. 

About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us 
(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

29: First Season Retrospective - Best of the Thinking Practitioner

29: Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe review highlights and take-aways from the star-studded first season of their acclaimed podcast (yea, right). 

Most-Downloaded: 

03 Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Causes, Controversies, and Considerations 

15 Robert Schleip: Talking to Fascia, Changing the Brain, 20 Years Later 

07 Scoliosis and Manual Therapy 

11 Stretching the Tissues, or the Truth? 

12 The Cytokine Storm of COVID-19 

First Season, by Episode: 

01,02 The Back Story, Pt. 1, Pt 2 

03 Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Causes, Controversies, and Considerations 

04,08 Key Challenges Facing Our Field, Pt. 1, Pt 2 

05 Documentation and Electronic Health Records (with Diana Thompson) 

06 Tendons and Tendinopathies 

07 Scoliosis and Manual Therapy 

09 What the Heck is Descending Modulation? 

10 When Does the Tissue Matter? 

11 Stretching the Tissues, or the Truth? 

12 The Cytokine Storm of COVID-19 

13 Inflammation: Hands-On 

14 Do We Keep Doing This? 

15 Robert Schleip: Talking to Fascia, Changing the Brain, 20 Years Later 

16 Benny Vaughn: Black Lives Matter. 

17 Who Charts our Path? 

18 Ann Blair Kennedy and Kemi Balogun: Project COPE 

19 What About Risk? (cohost: Ruth Werner) 

20 A Pain in the Neck: Cervical Challenges and Strategies 

21 My Aching (Upper) Back: Thoracic Spine Pain 

22 Gil Hedley: Fascia, Fuzz and Furor 

23 Do Expectations Shape Results? Mark Bishop 

24 Plantar Foot Pain Crash Course 

25 Psoas Work: Is it Safe? Is it Necessary? 

26 Zoga: Movement for Manual Therapists (with Wojtek Cackowski) 

27 The Little Man in Your Brain: The Homunculus 

28 Advanced Credentialing and Massage as Healthcare (with Cal Cates) 

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

• Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 
• Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com 

Sponsor Offers: 

• Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com. 
• ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking. 
• Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com. 

About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us 

(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)

28: Advanced Credentialing and Massage as Healthcare

28: Whitney Lowe talks with Cal Cates, executive director of Healwell. They tackle the challenging issues of how to recognize advanced training and the challenges of integrating massage into the healthcare system. 

Episode topics include: 

• Why is advanced credentialing important for us? 
• What are some of the big challenges we face when attempting to be part of the healthcare system? 
• Who is ultimately responsible for advanced credentialing? 

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites! 

Resources and references discussed in this episode: 

• Healwell: https://www.healwell.org/ 
• Whitney Lowe’s site: AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 
• Til Luchau’s site: Advanced-Trainings.com 

Sponsor Offers: 

• Books of Discovery: save 15% by entering "thinking" at checkout on booksofdiscovery.com. 
• ABMP: save $24 on new membership at abmp.com/thinking. 
• Handspring Publishing: save 20% by entering “TTP” at checkout at handspringpublishing.com. 

About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us
(The Thinking Practitioner Podcast is intended for professional practitioners of manual and movement therapies: bodywork, massage therapy, structural integration, chiropractic, myofascial and myotherapy, orthopedic, sports massage, physical therapy, osteopathy, yoga, strength and conditioning, and similar professions. It is not medical or treatment advice.)