What We Might Learn From Sex (with Betty Martin)

What can we as bodyworkers can learn about intimacy, ethics, consent, touch, and boundaries, from people working on the other side of the no-sex "firewall" that (very appropriately) separates our profession from erotic and sex work? Betty Martin is a leading author, thinker, and trainer in the field of consent and touch; listen in as she and Til think it through. 

Check out the video or get the full transcript of their conversation on Til or Whitney's sites: 

• Til Luchau’s Advanced-Trainings.com 
• Whitney Lowe’s Academy of Clinical Massage

Resources:

• Waking Up The Hands (YouTube)
• Betty Martin’s site
• Book: The Art of Receiving and Giving
• Trainings: School of Consent

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About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us: info@thethinkingpractitioner.com

(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.)

Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos, Fascia, and Pain (with Tina Wang)

Does stiff fascia hurt because it's stiff? Why then is there pain with the softer-tissue patterns of hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos syndromes? Dr. Tina Wang's fascinating research (as well as her own story) helps shed some light on this paradox. Check out the video of her Thinking Practitioner conversation on Til or Whitney's sites: 

• Til Luchau’s Advanced-Trainings.com 
• Whitney Lowe’s Academy of Clinical Massage

Resources:

• Dr Wang's clinical practice https://tupelopointe.com/
• Dr Wang's neurofascialinflammation seminars including hEDS course: https://www.thebraincelledu.com/seminars

• Wang, Tina J., and Antonio Stecco. “Fascial Thickness and Stiffness in Hypermobile Ehlers‐Danlos Syndrome.” American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics 187, no. 4 (December 2021): 446–52. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.c.31948.
• Wang, Tina, Roya Vahdatinia, Sarah Humbert, and Antonio Stecco. “Myofascial Injection Using Fascial Layer-Specific Hydromanipulation Technique (FLuSH) and the Delineation of Multifactorial Myofascial Pain.” Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) 56, no. 12 (December 20, 2020): 717. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56120717.

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About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us: info@thethinkingpractitioner.com

(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.)

More Carrots, or More Sticks? The Continuing Education Conundrum

Most everyone agrees that the current system of continuing professional education (CE or CPD) for massage and manual therapy has problems. Should CE requirements simply be abolished? Or is even more regulation needed? Whitney and Til think these things through and come up with individual and system-wide options. Check out the video of their conversation on Til or Whitney's sites: 

• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses
• Til Luchau’s courses at Advanced-Trainings.com 

Resources:

• Julie Onofrio’s post “The Continuing CE Conundrum in the Massage Profession” 
• Whitney Lowe’s “The Future of Advanced Massage Credentialing” 

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About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us: info@thethinkingpractitioner.com

(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.)

The Future of the Profession (with Sandy Fritz)

Whitney has a conversation with Sandy Fritz on her vision of the current and future state of the profession. 

• How the current economic situation has impacted the massage profession
• Innovative changes with the ICMT
• The migration of massage employment to a "job"
• Challenges with massage employees
• How to work full time
• Ergonomic challenges in our field

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites:

• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses
• Til Luchau’s courses at Advanced-Trainings.com 

Resources:

• International Consortium of Manual Therapies: https://www.icmtconference.org/
• Health Enrichment Center: https://www.healthenrichment.com/

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About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us: info@thethinkingpractitioner.com

(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.)

Fascia Research Congress Highlights (with Whitney Lowe & Til Luchau)

Til & Whitney share their takeaways, impressions, and highlights from the recent 6th International Fascia Research Congress in Montreal. Topics include:

• New research correlating tissue qualities with depression
• Biomechanics of thoracolumbar fascia
• Counterintuitive findings about Ehlers-Danlos
• Fascia and elastic recoil
• Should we massage tumors?

Get the full transcript at Til or Whitney's sites:

• Whitney Lowe’s online Clinical & Orthopedic Massage Courses
• Til Luchau’s courses at Advanced-Trainings.com 

Resources:

• Robert Schleip's recent article in Massage & Bodywork magazine: The Fascial Network; Our Richest Sensory Organ
• The Fascia Research Congress info page for speaker info, recordings and 2025 dates: https://fasciaresearchsociety.org. 

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About Whitney Lowe  |  About Til Luchau  |  Email Us: info@thethinkingpractitioner.com

(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.)