Kaci is a LMT and wanted to share some information about a new and very important course for massage therapists. Kaci has heard all of the horror stories we are all too familiar with over the years as a therapist, and she realized that we need training on how to handle these situations, set boundaries, and defend ourselves to keep us safe on the job. She has done a lot of research and uses her knowledge and experience in her classes to give therapists the confidence to spot red flags and shut do...
Dec 20, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 53
Mikaela is not my client. But she is a client of Massage Therapy and with her consent, her therapist, whom is a friend of the podcast, sent us her story. As a young student, Mikaela had an accident that completely changed the trajectory of her life. Now, as a tattoo artist, she talked to us about the recovery process, how massage therapy helped in her rehabilitation, what living in chronic pain looks like for her today, and how she ended up in the career she’s in now. Listen to Mikaela’s incredi...
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 7Ep. 52
Sam’s back to talk about more things that maybe some of us are thinking and he has no problem saying it. This time we are talking about the access to information and if anyone should be able to have access to anything and everything. Is it dangerous? Will it foster discussion? Does everyone have the ability to decipher what is and what isn’t valuable? Are we taking away a professionals autonomy by limiting what they can and can’t learn? Listen to us discuss these questions and more with Sam! 2rm...
Dec 08, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 7Ep. 51
Our favourite tech geeks are back with yet another cool feature to solve a problem for those of us offering mobile massage. Noterro is a practice management software that we love and for good reason. These two are always coming up with new ways to make life easier for practitioners so we can focus on what we do best. On their last visit we talked about Noterro Scribe which uses AI to chart and this time they have a new feature. Noterro GO will be available soon and will allow mobile therapists t...
Nov 30, 2024•52 min•Season 7Ep. 50
Sakinah is a LMT in New York and recently did a talk for Healwell ( healwell.org ) which is an organization that teaches massage therapists to provide safe and effective care and advocates for access to that care as well as for a larger role for therapists within healthcare. Sakinah is passionate about bringing the conversation about disparities in maternal care especially when it comes to the treatment of black bodies. She shared some data and some stories with us to illustrate how healthcare...
Nov 24, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 49
Meet Mike, a RMT from BC who has been practicing and teaching for over 25 years. Mike realized early in his studies that joint mobilizations are cool, have an affect on the body, are often not well taught, and he was good at them! He became the go-to student for joint mobs and here in the present day, he teaches courses on these and other techniques, and you can watch some of his work on his YouTube Channel . Listen in as we rap bout motorcycles, risk taking behaviour, back breaking falls, teach...
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 48
Ken is a RMT from BC and a listener. He came to the CMC in 2022 and even got on stage! While visiting family in Ontario, Ken joined us on the couch to talk about his RMT journey. From living most of his life just above the poverty line and working hard jobs, to putting up his house to go live in a rough neighbourhood to go to school. Ken loved school, and although he had a little hiccup, he successfully became a RMT in 2018 and changed his life. Listen to Ken’s story and see how Massage Therapy ...
Nov 09, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 46
Kristi-Lynn became a Massage Therapist super young and straight out of high school. As an academic student, many people didn’t think she would have chosen this profession and that she would make a career change at some point. 17 years later and she’s still as in love, or even more so, than she was as a teenager. She loves education and teaching and her own series of courses in orthopedic massage is already in the works with the first class in whiplash already approved! Listen to hear Kristi-Lynn...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Season 7Ep. 45
Jaime is a Registered Kinesiologist in Toronto and a repeat guest on our couch. On her last visit she spoke about being peoples last resort when it comes to rehabilitation and this time we asked her if that is where her practice lies now. Jaime likes being the underdog and finding the clients who don’t know how to exercise, are afraid of exercise, aren’t sure what to do or where to start. She loves working with other practitioners and positioning herself to be the missing link in a patients circ...
Oct 26, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 7Ep. 44
Kerry discovered she wasn’t well about 5 years ago and with many tests and doctors, she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder called scleroderma. She is positive about her prognosis and is doing everything she can to manage symptoms including massage therapy. She asked us to use our platform to spread awareness and help people to learn more about this condition. Listen to Kerry’s story and what is and isn’t helpful to those living with scleroderma. 2rmtsandamic.com...
Oct 20, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 7Ep. 43
Allisyn is the founder of Ava Wellness and a Gold sponsor for the Canadian Massage Conference. We pulled her out of her pretty pink booth to tell us about her journey into becoming a business consultant. Her journey is unique and her own health struggles led her into this path which we could just tell was meant for by her fiery passion to help wellness professionals get the right clients and thrive in their practices. Listen to Allisyn teach us a little about creating a business that aligns with...
Oct 12, 2024•1 hr•Season 7Ep. 42
Maggy with a “y” discovered our podcast in 2019 after she had thought about leaving the profession. Our podcast reignited her flame because she realized that the Massage Therapy career could be what she wanted it to be and she could be who she wanted to be. It connected her with her business coach, Melinda Loo and the rest is history. It was a great moment to connect with her at the American Massage Therapy Association National Convention and meet a real therapist with a cool story that may just...
Oct 06, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 7Ep. 40
Caylea is a 3 time contributor to the Canadian Massage Conference and one pretty awesome human. She went straight into Massage, quickly followed by Osteopathy, and through her knowledge and love of athletics, as well as a personal need, she has become THE perinatal taping queen. Her practice is heavily focused on helping pregnant and post partum people through taping to get through their day. She has courses to help other therapists learn these skills and she will once again be teaching at the C...
Sep 29, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 7Ep. 39
Lindsay, the owner of Guelph Prenatal Massage, was a guest in 2020 and shared her very personal journey of getting into massage therapy. Just 4 years later, she’s got multiple certifications, she’s a clinic owner, she’s an educator, and she is one of the perinatal queens in the massage world. She came to hang out on our couch and share with us what has been going on her world since we last spoke and how the world of perinatal massage was the best decision for her. If you’re interested in anythin...
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 7Ep. 38
Marie is a LMT in Florida and has worked in spas, as a mobile therapist, a spa party coordinator, and has both worked as an employee and been an entrepreneur. As a business owner learning on the job, one important lesson she learned is about the importance of networking in this profession. So after covid, she held her first LMT social. Her intent was to make it accessible for therapists to come in, share stories, and meet with other therapists. After a successful first event, and maybe against h...
Sep 07, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 7Ep. 37
Vanessa is an old friend of Amanda’s and through Facebook, they have been able to keep up with each others major life events- graduations, marriages, kids, new jobs, and as of recently, a life changing cancer diagnosis. For the last 5 years, Vanessa has shared her journey on her social platforms about living with melanoma. Her posts inspired us to have a chat about a cancer that sometimes people don’t realize can affect every aspect of a persons life. Listen to Vanessa’s story and hear a very pe...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 7Ep. 36
Sam is a repeat guest and a regular contributor to our other projects. He is the founder of the Osteopathic Lyceum which means he is heavily involved in education. Being surrounded by educators, he has some things on his mind about how practitioners explain their work and the ideas they have about manual therapy. We decided to give him a mic and let us know what his thoughts are. This is the discussion that followed… 2rmtsandamic.com
Aug 25, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 7Ep. 35
Lore is a Licensed Massage Therapist in Connecticut and has been listening to the podcast since she was a massage therapy student in California. She sent us a DM and we decided to meet Lore and hear her story. With a background in social work, Lore has a unique perspective as a therapist and has found her place in being able to meet people where they are, show up authentically, and hold space for whatever is going on in a persons life. We had a great chat about Lore’s journey and about having a ...
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 34
Rebecca de Azevedo is a 4 time guest on our podcast and has always showed up with incredible advice for Massage Therapists to level up in their businesses and inspired us all to shift our mindset when it comes to things like success and money. Recently Rebecca has been making major changes in her career and personal life to shift to a path that’s more fitting and fulfilling to her. She certainly has done what she has set out to do with her coaching business and now we can’t wait to see what’s ne...
Aug 11, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 7Ep. 33
Melinda was a guest on our podcast last summer discussing her comeback to Massage Therapy and Coaching. She’s back to talk about her unique coaching program which focuses on four pillars of success- mindset, technique, self-care, and business. She’s on a mission to help Massage Therapists know their worth and to provide value to our profession. You can find Melinda at https://www.melindaloo.com as well as on massagetherapymedia.com sharing her brilliance. 2rmtsandamic.com...
Aug 01, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 7Ep. 33
John the Super-fan is BACK! Back from Copenhagen that is…John quietly trained, prepped, and signed up to be part of Team Canada at the International Massage Championship in Denmark and we get the pleasure of hearing about the trip! We first had John on the couch in 2020 and almost exactly 4 years later he’s back to talk about what’s been happening in his world for the last 4 years. We discussed the championships and a possibility of John being a co-host? 2rmtsandamic.com...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 7Ep. 32
Our friends from Noterro are back to talk about AI! Noterro users will now be able to streamline their clinical notation using advanced AI technology. How freaking cool is that?!? They have introduced an AI powered voice-to-note tool that generates fast and most importantly, accurate clinical notes. Listen to the episode to learn about the tool, how it will help your practice, how even non-tech savvy professionals can use it, and just how cool this AI is that is built right into the software. We...
Jul 11, 2024•58 min•Season 7Ep. 31
For all the Nicki fans out there, she’s back on the couch for the ninth time! She came in to catch up, chat about life, and of course to talk a little about massage therapy. We talked about music, motivation, summer vacation, travel, firing clients, HST, and anything else that popped up! Check out our latest episode of THREE Massage Therapists and a Microphone. 2rmtsandamic.com
Jul 04, 2024•2 hr 6 min•Season 7Ep. 30
Katie is co-founder of For Health’s Sake, a multidisciplinary clinic with 2 locations in Toronto. Her and her business partner, Chloe had a very organic career progression starting out as RMT friends working in clinics, to venturing out and staring their own mobile practice, to opening their first clinic, then their second, and now they’re franchising the business and a third location will be coming soon. This is a unique business and we wanted to speak to these RMTs to learn about what it takes...
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 29
Magda is a Registered Kinesiologist in Toronto and teaches exercise therapy courses for manual therapists as well as working in clinics, and with professional athletes. We had a conversation with her about why she decided to get into this career, her thoughts on fitness and rehabilitation, and of course some funny tangents about life. Check out this conversation to learn more about why you should have a kinesiologist in your back pocket and look out for Magda’s exercise courses which will be lis...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 7Ep. 28
Roxana is a Licensed Massage Therapist practicing in Virginia who emailed us about a local ordinance that quietly passed which has LMTs in certain counties feeling defeated and overwhelmed. The Massage Therapists affected by these local regulations feel they are being punished and lumped into a category they do not belong. As healthcare professionals they do not want to be categorized with certain adult industries. Roxana is doing everything she can do to raise awareness of what is happening aro...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 27
The Canadian Massage Championships took place in Laval, Quebec at the beginning of the month. We have had talks with organizers, competitors, judges, and even critics of the championships in the past and this episode we met Melanie. Melanie is an Ontario therapist who decided to compete and here in Ontario, there has been mixed feelings about the motives behind the event. Listen to Melanie’s experience as a RMT, why she decided to compete, what she took away, and how it will change her practice....
May 25, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 7Ep. 26
Trigger warning. This episode is a personal story from a Massage Therapist who has had a very traumatic experience that we all pray would never happen to us. 2rmtsandamic.com
May 17, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 7Ep. 25
Nate is a musician turned massage therapist, turned massage therapy educator. He is an upcoming presenter at the Canadian Massage Conference where he will be bringing Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques. Nate traded in touring as a musician to touring as an educator and he truly loves what he does! Mark and Nate have a lot in common. Listen to Amanda being the third wheel with this new bromance. Check out https://erikdalton.com/ for upcoming course dates in a tropical destination or in a city near ...
May 11, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 7Ep. 24
Rebekah is a soon-to-be LMT in New York who has created a community of followers primarily on TikTok through her videos following her through Massage College. She originally set out to be a Phyical Therapist but decided to take the path of Massage Therapy instead. She noticed that the perception of Massage Therapy online, in her own circle, and through the public’s eyes was not what she wanted to portray. Her TikToks educate people on what massage is, what the education and clinicals are really ...
May 04, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 7Ep. 23
