Massage Therapy Journal Winter 2024

FEATURES 64 HOW MENTORING CAN

SUPPORT PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH Mentoring has been valued for centuries across a broad variety of professions, and massage therapy is no different. By Jeffrey Montoya

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Massage Therapy Journal® | Official Publication of the American Massage Therapy Association® Winter 2024 Vol. 63 No. 4 ISSN: 0895-0814 USPS 0010-218 Cover credit: Pixel-Shot / Shutterstock.com / Photo illustration by SPARK Publications Michelle Vallet Senior Publications Manager AMTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS (effective March 1, 2024) Kimberly Kane Santos President Christine Bailor-Goodlander Immediate Past President Cindy E. Farrar President Elect

Jaime Bernardo, Jr. Director Heber J. Blackner Director Donald Goodale Director Rick Greely Director Robert C. Jantsch Director

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Jane Horton Johnson Director Cheryl L. Siniakin, Ph.D. Director Lee Stang Director LaDonna Ward Director

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Savor the Joyful Moments

EDITORIAL REVIEW OPERATIONAL COMMITTEE Jacqueline Herbach, LMSW, LMT President, Momentum Massage, Jane Neumann, BS, LMT, NCTMB Private Practice

Fitness, & Mind New York City Steve Jurch, MA, ATC, LMT Director of Allied Health Training at the Community College of Baltimore County

AMTA Illinois Chapter Communication Chair

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SHAREABLE RESEARCH Massage for People with Dementia

Jessica Libero, LMT, NCTMB Connecticut and New York Licensed Reiki Practitioner Martha Brown Menard, Ph.D., CMT

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ADVOCACY Massage Therapy and Research for Veterans

Publication Management SPARK Publications sparkpublications.com

Project Manager: Jaclyn Yepsen Creative Director: Larry Preslar

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SOOTHE Self-Care for People in Strenuous Professions: Prioritizing Mental and Physical Well-being

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TOOLS OF THE TRADE Spindle-Stim Techniques: Wake Up Inhibited and Weakened Muscles By Erik Dalton

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