Alex, the founder of Neurofit , describes this virtual reality tool as the Fitbit for your brain. After his father suffered a stroke, Alex realized there were limitations with brain injury rehabilitation and knew there had to be a better way. The entrepreneurial spark became a fire and Neurofit VR was born. The mission is to allow patients to receive personalized rehabilitation and allow the healthcare providers to help more people even with limited time. Listen to Alex tell us his story, how Ne...
Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Montana is a LMT in New York who has experience working in both New York and Florida. She has recently become a listener of ours and wanted to have a chat about the differences she encountered both with how the spas were run and the clients she met working in these two states. She was also interested in breaking down the differences between being registered and being licensed. It’s always fun to chat with our listeners down south and hear their stories and Montana delivered! She told us some cra...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Check out this sit down we had with a Massage Therapist after she caught our eye with a Facebook post that sparked some interesting conversation about issue that she was having with the Governing Body, and apparently she's not the only one... ConEdInstitute.com 2rmtsandamic.com
Mar 23, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Brad is an exercise physiologist, educator, soon to be Registered Massage Therapist, and one of the people you have likely encountered if you have ever taken courses with Rock Tape. Brad explains to us the philosophy behind this company which despite its name is not just a tape company. Rock Tape has created a company culture surrounding movement and their mission statement really says it’s all- they want people to move more and move better. The three of us talk about evidence, fascia, the nervo...
Mar 17, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Alana had a career as a nurse, was married for 10 years and has 4 children. After her divorce, she decided to make a career shift to have more flexibility to allow for time for her kids and their sports. She is now part of the weird world of Massage Therapy. Since becoming a RMT, Alana has been told what RMTs can and cannot do, such as make money, open multidisciplinary clinics, or be taken seriously working with athletes if you’re a cute blonde (insert eye roll here). Alana is from a small town...
Mar 11, 2021•1 hr 43 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Quite a few people joined the discussion about how the world views Massage Therapy after our discussion on a previous episode with guest Daniel, a Myotherapist in Australia. Massage Therapists are often viewed as the relaxation people, the muscle kneaders, the ones who you go see to relax your muscles, decrease stress, and part of a “self-care” routine. While we do have those skills, many therapists want the world to know that we are also soft tissue experts. We are the people you see to prevent...
Mar 07, 2021•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Jenn is a former director that sat on the board with the RMTAO until recently so she’s still feeling some withdrawal symptoms. While holding her position on the board, Jenn would often get questions that were outside of her role from RMTs which made her realize that there exists some confusion in our industry about who is responsible for what, how decisions are made within the association, and why there needs to be confidentiality in some circumstances. Jenn is passionate about the Massage profe...
Mar 01, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Cleopatra connected with us via LinkedIn because she specializes in supplemental insurance and works with manual therapists like us to be sure we have the policies we need to protect ourselves and our livelihoods. After hearing her presentation, we invited her to talk about insurance on the podcast to break down what some of the options are, why they are important, who could benefit from the products, and how making a claim when you need it can be easy and extremely beneficial to your life. Cleo...
Feb 24, 2021•59 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Are you up to date with current research regarding pain? Do you understand the science of pain? Do you know how the current science of pain is relevant to your practice as a RMT? We had a conversation with Eric Purves who is one of the awesome presenters at our upcoming B3 conference supporting Food Banks Canada. He is a RMT in BC, and teaches courses on chronic pain management. His graduate studies also focused on the application of research evidence into healthcare practice. This episode offer...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Sarah has been a Registered Massage Therapist for 22 years and has had a Paediatric focus for 10 years. She is also an educator who has taught at two different Massage Colleges. A few years ago, Sarah began working with a friend who runs a gymnastics program for children with neurodevelopmental differences. She became a coach herself and uses her knowledge and skill as a RMT to observe how the children move and what exercises will benefit their bodies. She runs paediatric Massage Therapy worksho...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Marie is a Registered Massage therapist who has been practicing her entire career here in Ontario where she obtained her Massage Therapy diploma. After living and working here for years, Marie decided to move back home to British Columbia. We originally invited Marie to speak about the process of going from one regulated province to another and about her decision to move during the pandemic. It got so much more interesting! Marie has lived abroad, studied abroad, travelled alone, and had many ad...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Maddie and Amanda are brand spanking new RMTs who have only been in practice for about a year and a half. They love improving their practice and have taken a number of courses with ConEd Institute which is how we came to know these two. They have a “meet cute” story about meeting in massage school and falling for each other and an even more adorable proposal story! Listen to this newly engaged couple talk about how they decided to get into massage, their love story, and of course all of the craz...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 56 min•Season 4Ep. 9
We had a zoom call with Daniel, a Myotherapist in Australia. He listens to our podcast and just wanted to talk shop with us about what it’s like practicing in Australia. He feels that what he does is close to what we do here in Canada as Massage Therapists. He wanted to talk about education, the public’s perspective about what we do, what his practice has evolved to in his short career, and where he feels we need to move in our industry. We had a ton of fun talking with Daniel and love having co...
Jan 30, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Some of you may know Karen for her witty and wonderful Massage Therapy cartoons. We have seen them online, and in the Friday File from the RMTAO, and we wanted to speak to the woman behind the animations. Karen had a full and successful career in animation which allowed her to work on some of our most favourite cartoons from our childhood...talk about nostalgia! She eventually realized that the industry wasn’t what she wanted for the rest of her life and decided to try her hands at a new career....
Jan 25, 2021•48 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Sandy is a Registered Massage Therapist in Vaughan who had reached out to us because he wanted to share his assessments and treatment approach with us. He thought he was coming in to give one of us a demo treatment so we could experience what he does but instead we have him a mic so he could share with you all. Sandy is no stranger to pain having injuries himself, and has found a way of providing manual therapy to his clients that gives him satisfaction and he is getting excellent clinical outco...
Jan 20, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 6
We had a repeat guest, Emily, who is one of the owners of Muse Massage Spa; a licensed body rub parlour with locations in Toronto and Vaughan. We initially spoke with Emily back in 2018 when we did a series on body rub parlours to educate the public about what is and isn’t legal and why RMT’s get asked for “Happy Endings”! This time around, we reached out to Emily to see how her industry has been affected by COVID-19 and lockdowns. We talked about the rules they had when given the green light to...
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Ronan Levy, one of the founders of Field Trip Health, and Dr. Michael Verbora, the Medical Director for Canada at Field Trip Health, joined us via zoom to educate us and our listeners on evidence based, legal, psychedelic therapies that have been proven effective when used to treat anxiety, depression, and PTSD. These two both have a background working with medicinal cannabis and have now started using a combination of ketamine and psychotherapy to help their patients. Dr. Mike is a trained fami...
Jan 12, 2021•54 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Christina messaged us a year ago with an idea to record an episode about Massage Therapy and hydrotherapy for babies with the intent to debunk some baby spa myths. Well, being a Mom and Entrepreneur aka Mompreneur, took precedence and a year later we finally had our conversation! We got to hear about Christina’s journey into Massage Therapy, and how her practice has continually evolved through her eagerness to learn and expand her knowledge and technical skills. Christina is the owner of Alterna...
Jan 09, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Check out this 2nd episode of season 4. We had Liz hang out on our couch after receiving a Massage Therapy treatment. She was a bit reluctant to strap on a headset and sit behind a mic, she's a bit shy, but deep down shes really a superhero. Liz does something special for work, something she calls "just being nice to people" but really it's so much more....she does social work in a homeless shelter for men with substance abuse issues. Listen in as we rap about how she got started in the this lin...
Jan 05, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Welcome to Season 4!!! We kick it off with Rachel who is a LMT in New York and has an incredible story about turning a 5 year plan into a 6 month journey to becoming a business owner. Though 2020 was tough for most of us, Rachel took every WTF moment, made decisions, found solutions, and managed to have success and prosperity during a very challenging time. Rachel is the definition of entrepreneur and is now working to help other Massage Therapists who want to level up their businesses. Aside fr...
Jan 01, 2021•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 1
ConEd Institute , 2 Massage Therapists and a Microphone , and Conor Collins of the Concast , have teamed up to organize a 2 day virtual conference with an all-star line up of industry giants! The best part of this new project...all of the proceeds will be donated to Food Banks of Canada! During such trying times, we all wanted to do some good both within our industry, and for our communities in general. We are super excited to let you all in on how we are planning to help you develop your brain,...
Dec 30, 2020•50 min•Season 3Ep. 91
Rebecca is a RMT in Alberta, Canada who loves to learn and constantly give herself new goals and challenges. Rebecca worked as a bus and LRV operator in Calgary which she ended up loving but needed to go back to school and learn more. She decided on Massage Therapy and loves this career as well! But alas, she needs more. Her next goal is to move to British Columbia which is a regulated province, She decided to go to Newfoundland and write her exams to get licensed there, and ultimately to BC. Th...
Dec 26, 2020•58 min•Season 3Ep. 90
Eric is a LMT in Idaho, and also a business coach for Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers. He and Mark had decided that we would record an episode about having an exit strategy or retirement plan from this industry. That was the original plan but as often happens, we took many turns and discussed Eric’s Massage Therapy journey, his family, making home movies with his 10 siblings, going to Massage school in Texas, how his career has evolved, and what soft skills he feels are important for Massage ...
Dec 20, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Season 3Ep. 89
Sophie was binging some of our episodes while in her second quarantine for possible COVID-19 exposure and since she had lots of time on her hands, we asked her if she would like to rap with us over the phone...about anything! We took it back to our lockdown days and recorded late night after the kids were asleep from our bedroom while sipping on blue drinks. Sophie has a similar background to us and started out as a personal trainer. Like many trainers we have spoken to, she wanted more and want...
Dec 14, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 88
Mike aka Mikey Alphabet has many titles and wears many hats. He is an Athletic Therapist, a Massage Therapist, a Sport Fellow Member with CSMTA, and a certified Matrix Repatterning Practitioner. We met Mike when he signed up for some one on one training at ConEd Institute and just found him to be an interesting guy. Mike has travelled the world working with athletes and is currently doing clinical work here in Toronto. Mike loves learning and improving his manual skills for his patients. Listen ...
Dec 07, 2020•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 87
Yvonne is a young athlete that takes her health and wellness seriously and doesn’t mess around when it comes to therapy! She has a team of therapists ranging from chiropractors to Massage Therapists to Athletic Therapists and Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners. The reason she’s so serious about therapy is that she understands what it takes to keep an athletic body functioning optimally and has her Mom to help her in creating her dream team! This is part of the reason it was so heartbreak...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr 18 min•Season 3Ep. 86
Matt and Sam are both RMTs in Toronto who co-teach a course in Therapeutic Relationships at one of the most well known Massage Therapy colleges in Ontario. They invited us to be involved in the course and sit on a panel to have open and honest discussions with their students about the real life stuff involved in the Massage Therapy profession. We absolutely love this idea and think this part of Massage training is so important that we wanted to get more information about what they are doing with...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 85
Kristofer is a Massage Therapist in Toronto who takes an evidence informed approach in his practice which focuses a lot on treating athletes. In his 6 years of practice, he has made an effort to ensure that any connections made, whether at a clinic job, networking event or conference, or even online, that he leaves an impression. He is passionate about his career and wants to leave an impression on the Massage Therapy profession which is why he got into education and is now running to be on the ...
Nov 19, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 84
Sabrina (not the witch) and Tatyana aka Kid Rock have taken some ConEd courses with us and are listeners who enjoy the Unprofessional Hour the most! That means we had to invite them in for a late night recording to tell some of their most outrageous Massage Therapy stories. This episode is full of giggles, as once again Mark was trapped in a room with a bunch of ladies (poor guy). Tatyana and Sabrina met in school and reminisce about how they came to be bffs, and each have stories about how they...
Nov 15, 2020•2 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 83
Roxanne is a RMT and owner of a successful clinic, Bliss Wellness, in Orillia, Ontario. Roxanne and her two daughters were involved in a head on collision in July that has had a massive impact on Roxanne’s life. We were so thrilled that she was willing to have us at her clinic to hear her story- one that she has decided is not going to BE her story. Roxanne truly practices what she preaches and because of her extraordinary physical and mental health at the time of her accident, she is rocking he...
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 82
