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- Official Publication of the
American Massage Therapy Association®
Summer 2002 • Vol. 41, No. 2
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| Michael L. Schwanz |
Editor |
| Michelle L. Wolf |
Associate Editor |
Contributor Editors
Ben E. Benjamin
Patricia J. Benjamin
Theodore Berland
Trudy Brown
Brian Coughlan
Clare La Plante
Lisa Mertz
Jean Pascual
Dianne Polseno
Bernie Siegel
Cherie Sohnen-Moe
| Douglas Kelly |
Design Director |
| Whitney Larson |
Art Director |
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| Elizabeth M. Lucas |
Executive Director |
| Jerry Hossli |
Manager, Media
Sales & Service |
| Christina Rompon |
Media Sales &
Service |
MASSAGE THERAPY JOURNAL
is published quarterly by the American Massage Therapy Association
(address below). Periodicals postage paid at Evanston, Illinois,
and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address
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MASSAGE THERAPY JOURNAL, 500 Davis Street, 9th Floor, Ste. 100, Evanston, Illinois
60201-4444.
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Query via 847.864.0123, Ext. 153 or via E-mail
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Writer Guidelines are available upon request. Unsolicited submissions
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does not necessarily reflect the opinions or beliefs of AMTA and/or the
staff of MTJ.
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Copyright © 2002 American
Massage Therapy Association.
DESIGN: Imagination
Publishing, Chicago, Illinois
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Ben Benjamin's Corner |
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A proper balancing of
macronutrients can provide the fine-tuned maintenance of blood
glucose required for optimal health.
By Joy Bicknell; Edited by Ben E. Benjamin
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| 130 |
Ethically Speaking |
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Medical endorsement of
massage therapy has finally come. Are we prepared to meet the
ethical and legal challenges that follow in its shadow?
By Dianne Polseno
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Personal Computing |
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Online or off, what you
are becomes how you appear.
By Reid Goldsborough
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A Look Back |
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Shampooing seems to
have been a vigorous bodywork that involved compression, kneading,
percussion, and joint cracking.
By Patricia J. Benjamin |
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Book Reviews |
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Myofascial
meridians, guided imagery, lymphedema, massage therapy and
medications, and touch are discussed in this issue.
Compiled by Lisa Mertz
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Love, Massage & Medicine |
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Use your body, and
accept things will occur, but they don't have to control your
thoughts and create disorder in your life.
By Bernie Siegel
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Letter
From the Editor |
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| 16 |
Letters to the
Editor |
| 23 |
AMTA President's Editorial |
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Kaleidoscope |
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New Products |
| 158 |
CD Corner |
| 162 |
Directory of
COMTA Schools |
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| 164 |
Classifieds |
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| 168 |
Calendar of Events |
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| 169 |
Advertiser
Directory |
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ON THE
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Photo by: Jim Linna |
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