Check out this Facebook Live we did with Robert from his place in Spain. Robert is not a Massage Therapist, but got his feet wet in the industry utilizing his background in sales and eventually acquiring a failing Day Spa, turned it into a profitable business, sold it, and moved to Spain. He currently runs a marketing and advertising business, which includes Boost My Spa which provides marketing services and phone services for Massage Therapists. Listen in as we rap about the business of Massage...
Apr 14, 2019•41 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Hers is a quick introduction to a new series coming your way - Conversations with Clients. Check out this intro to hear what it's all about!! ConEdInstitute.com 2massagetherapists.com
Apr 12, 2019•4 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Check out this Facebook Live we did with Maureen, a Massage Therapist from St. Louis, Missouri. Maureen's life and career took a major twist from her University education - PhD in Biology and Biomedical Sciences with an emphasis in Immunology. Listen in as she talks about her journey from working in Biotechnology sales to Massage Therapy, which started with her exposure to Yoga and Thai Massage. Maureen underwent a massive paradigm shift from hardcore science to Emotional Freedom Techniques, Ene...
Apr 08, 2019•43 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Another week, another road trip. We trekked an hour and a half outside of our city to meet Brian Fulton, RMT, and author of the book The Placebo Effect Improving Clinical Outcomes in your Practice . Listen in to hear Brian talk about all of the aspects of the placebo effect and how it plays a role in manual therapy and the biopsychosocial model of pain. ConEdInstitute.com 2massagetherapists.com...
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 28
We are showing some love to another RMT turned podcaster - Krista is a RMT in Ottawa who is launching her podcast The Radical RMT on April 4th. We did a quick and dirty Facebook live with Krista who gives us the inside scoop about The Radical RMT which will take you outside of a massage practice to meet authors, world explorers, performers, artists, business owners and more. ConEdInstitute.com 2massagetherapists.com...
Apr 03, 2019•11 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Something new we are throwin in the mix thanks to Nicki, a Registered Massage Therapist in Toronto, Ont who reached out to us to say that she was diggin on our podcast and that we kept her entertained while she was travelling through South East Asia. And with that, our series of Hangin with our Listeners was born. Listen in a Nicki raps about her life before massage therapy, her career and building her practice, her love for travel, and her passion for music...she's one hip chick!! ConEdInstitut...
Apr 01, 2019•1 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 25
We travelled across the city to hang out with Rob Haddow, RMT. Rob took a concurrent Massage Therapy and Sport Injury program which he found super interesting and made him excited for a career in rehab. Listen as he speaks about his career path, why he has decided to go against the grain of traditional massage therapy and massage therapy stereotypes, and how his own struggles with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome have played a role in his approach to therapy which is highly evidenced based and focuses on ...
Mar 28, 2019•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Check out this episode of The Unprofessional Hour with our guest Curtis, who also looks and sounds a hell of a lot like Danny McBride. Listen in as we talk about surviving the "naked man", Curtis will only give you 5 chances, man grooming, and so much more....Nothing here should be taken seriously...don't judge us, just enjoy!!
Mar 25, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 23
We did a Facebook live with Darryl Turner aka DJ, a Facebook advertising specialist and a client acquisition specialist. Darryl helps Massage Therapists find their ideal clients online. Listen in as DJ gives us some his backstory of how he went from living in the southern United States to Switzerland, how to effectively use Facebook advertising to boost your business, tips on using Instagram and Instagram stories to engage your followers and find new potential clients, and the importance of bran...
Mar 22, 2019•58 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Check out this sit down we had Lee Kalpin, Registered Massage Therapist in Ontario and former Peer Assessor. Lee has been practicing Massage Therapy since 1984. She has been involved in Massage Therapy education since 1993 and was a Peer Assessor from 1997-2017. Listen in as she gives us some insight to the Peer Assessment process and its evolution, some of the history of the profession and the regulatory body, and some tips on preparing for your assessment. ConEdInstitute.com 2massagetherapists...
Mar 19, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 21
We had a sit down with Brydget, an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner who is also studying to become a Registered Massage Therapist. Unlike many students training to become massage therapists, due to her previous education and her current employment, Brydget offers a unique perspective on her RMT training. Listen in as she give us her back story, talks about the struggle of taking off her professional hat while in RMT school, and the parallels of Osteopathic Manual Therapy, Massage Therapy, and Chi...
Mar 16, 2019•39 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Check out this episode of Under The Sheets. We had a sit down with Ross in his home office in London, Ontario. Ross is a Classical Musician, a Registered Massage Therapist, and a self proclaimed nerd. Listen in as Ross talks about his journey into Massage Therapy, death, the need to take care of others, the quest to learn as much as his brain will allow, unique living situations, unforeseen life discoveries and the process of adaptation. We get down do the real, the raw, the pure naked moments o...
Mar 09, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Do you suffer from tinnitus? Have patients or clients who suffer from this condition? We had a sit down with Shelly-Anne Li, a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto and the Chief Operating Officer at Sound Options Tinnitus Treatments. Sound Options provides affordable tinnitus treatments that have been clinically tested to help people manage their tinnitus. They provide a customized tinnitus treatment for your unique hearing and tinnitus profile. Listen in as Shelly-Anne talks about perceiv...
Mar 06, 2019•45 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Check out this sit down we had with Lidiya Yermakova. Lidiya is a Lawyer at Koziebrocki Law Firm in downtown Toronto. Lidiya has extensive experience assisting professionals at regulatory proceedings, including complaints, investigations, and discipline matters. Lidiya’s practice includes professional regulation, health law and general litigation. She also assists professionals with employment law aspects of their practice. She has represented professionals before complaints and discipline commi...
Mar 02, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 17
We did another Facebook Live with a friend from the US! Vicki S Winston is a LMT and the massage department director for Spa Visage in Knoxville, Tennessee. Listen in as Vicki raps about the misconceptions and bad reputation that often comes with working in a spa and how she is working hard to build a team of like minded therapists and hopes to inspire spa owners and directors to change the culture in a spa to keep therapists happy and motivated...be proud of what you do, work hard, and give the...
Feb 27, 2019•46 min•Season 2Ep. 16
We had Scott Grisewood RMT and owner of Shockwave Therapy Centre in our space talking about some of the technology available to Healthcare Professionals to better understand their treatment interventions and how they are benefiting their patients by obtaining objective measured outcomes. For well over two decades Scott has worked with Olympic, professional and amateur athletes providing therapeutic modalities aimed at optimizing performance and managing and preventing injury. Listen as he talks ...
Feb 22, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 15
We had a sit down with Chris, a Registered Massage Therapist in Toronto. Chris is all about making connections. Chris has a background in dance and at 22, he quit his banking job in Toronto and moved to LA to improve his craft. Chris lived like a true starving artist, blew through his savings and found himself back home 6 months later. Feeling a bit lost and deflated, he happened to run into a former guest of ours who introduced him to the world of Massage Therapy. Listen in as Chris walks us th...
Feb 19, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Reunited with a former student now colleague, "Emma" stops by to sport a headset and mic and rap about her career. Listen is as she talks about her life before becoming a RMT, her passion for baking, her experience with building a practice to over 900 active clients, old men bending over, blonde moments, and prostate massage requests... ConEdInstitute.com 2massagetherapists.com
Feb 16, 2019•45 min•Season 2Ep. 13
We did a Facebook live with Walt Fritz talking about Myofascial Release and his educational workshop. Walt has been a physical therapist since 1985 and has been practicing MFR since 1992. He has taught MFR workshops to PTs, OTs, and MTs since 2006, with his work being taught in comprehensive Upper Body and Lower Body workshops. In 2013 he introduced The Foundations in Myofascial Release Seminar for Neck, Voice, and Swallowing Disorders, directed toward the unique patient population of the speech...
Feb 12, 2019•48 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Gotta love The Unprofessional Hour...so let's take a break from some of the more serious topics and just talk sh*t. Check out this episode as we rap with another Massage Therapists about some for the crazy stuff that happens to us. Listen in and hear about things like pink sparkly thongs, wet spots, experiencing massage in another country...don't judge us, just enjoy!!
Feb 08, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 11
We did a Facebook live with Robert Gardner, a Massage Therapist and Educator from Austin, Texas. Listen in as Robert gives us his back story of his start in the industry which began with an automobile accident on his way home from a concert. He has since become a leader in the Thai Massage community and social media monster providing nothing but value on all his social media platforms and he continues to challenge the norms of traditional massage practicies. Be sure to check out his website robe...
Feb 01, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Check out this episode where we recorded a live segment from our in-class course Marketing Your Healthcare Business: Branding Your Practice Online course in Toronto. If you are struggling to create a brand, if you are not familiar with brand experience...this episode is for you!! ConEdInstitute.com 2massagetherapists.com
Jan 29, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Check out this sit down we had with Angelito Inocencio, Registered Massage Therapist. Angelito is the perfect example of if you want something bad enough, go make it happen!! Listen in as we rap on his journey into massage therapy, from the Philippines to Dubai and to the place he now calls home, Canada. He has gone around the globe on a quest to get here and practice in a profession that he has nothing but pure passion for, further demonstrated by his ongoing quest to learn more and grow his sk...
Jan 26, 2019•54 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Check out this phone conversation we had with Sara Newberry, LMT from St. Louis Missouri. She has trained with some of the leading instructors in barefoot massage and teaches along side them creating and innovating the massage therapy community. Sara also offers business mentoring and coaching to other LMT’s. You can find more information about her barefoot massage training classes at https://mwmassagetraining.com/ and her treatment at https://soleshinemassage.com/ 2massagetherapists.com ConEdIn...
Jan 23, 2019•49 min•Season 2Ep. 7
We did a Facebook live with roughly 6000 kilometres (or 4000 miles) between us. Listen as we talk to Brooke Trotter who is just a regular guy that acquired a traumatic brain injury in 2007 after being hit as a pedestrian one night in Manchester. He speaks about the accident, his stay in hospital, his recovery, his integration back into society, and all of the things he is doing today to give others insight into how much a brain injury changes a person. You can find his blog Or follow him on Face...
Jan 20, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Want the inside scoop on some of the practices that happen on the inside of your Massage Therapy Educational Institution. Check out this sit down we had with "Nancy" who worked at a Private Career College. We rap about some of the stuff that takes place inside of the admissions department at you school- the stuff students don't hear about and the stuff that staff end up learning...the hard way. 2massagetherapists.com ConEdInstitute.com
Jan 16, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Starting off the new year with this Monday Night Round Table with Registered Massage Therapists and musician Omar Lunan. This podcast took a bit of a twist from its original intention. Listen in as we get honest about the profession- the regulatory body, education, professional misconduct and allegations, MT Facebook groups, and more... 2massagetherapists.com ConEdInstitute.com
Jan 12, 2019•2 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 4
You asked...we delivered. Numerous Massage Therapists asked us to record and episode in response to some of the changes that Green Shield Canada has proposed in regards to their Massage Therapy coverage in what appears to be an anti-RMT smear campaign. 2massagetherapists.com ConEdInstitute.com
Jan 08, 2019•49 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Check out this sit down we had with Lia Bettencourt, RMT, Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, and owner of Betterncourt Wellness in Mississauga Ontario, Canada. Listen in as we rap about the quest for constant challenges in the pursuit of personal and professional growth. 2massagetherapists.com ConEdInstitute.com
Jan 06, 2019•42 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Happy New Year and welcome to Season 2!! We decided to kick it off with another episode of The Unprofessional Hour. "Natasha" hangs out in our office and throws on a headset and raps about some of the extremely strange things that she has encountered in her many years as a Registered Massage Therapist. Nothing here should be taken seriously...don't judge us, just enjoy!!
Jan 03, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 1
