08: Key Challenges Facing Our Field, Part 2

Til and Whitney talk about the key challenges and opportunities facing manual therapy, bodywork, and massage therapy. (Part 2 of 2) 

In this episode, 

• Increasing the accuracy of our explanations, 
• Polarization, divisiveness, and infighting within the profession, 
• Consolidation and up-scaling of the bodywork “industry,” 
• and more. 

Join two of the leading educators in manual therapy, bodywork, and massage therapy, as they delve into the most intriguing issues, questions, research, and client conditions that hands-on practitioners face. Stimulate your thinking with imaginative conversations, tips, and interviews related to the somatic arts and sciences. With Whitney Lowe and Til Luchau. 

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Resources discussed in this episode: 

• Todd Hargrove Blog Post: Three Reasons It Matters Why a Treatment Works https://www.bettermovement.org/blog/2015/three-reasons-it-matters-why-a-treatment-works 
• AcademyOfClinicalMassage.com 
• 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.)