Author: Julie Onofrio
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HIPAA for Massage Therapists – Just do it.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was created in 1996 to help protect the privacy of patients especially when health care professionals are using electronic billing, fax and email to send information back and forth. There is so much confusion over whether or not a massage therapist has to implement HIPAA and whether they…
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Trauma Aware Teaching Checklist
This checklist has been prepared for higher educators as a tool to reflect on their teaching and courses, regardless of modality. The six principles of trauma-informed care developed by SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) are a foundational concept in the trauma field. In this checklist, they are adapted to the field of…
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Swedish Massage Therapy
Swedish massage is a very common type of massage that you may find at various spas and massage franchises. It is the basic type of massage that is learned in massage school. Swedish Massage is composed of 4 different hand movements or strokes and use the French terms – effleurage (stroking), petrissage (kneading), frictions (…
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Massage Establishment Laws (Hawaii)
Hawaii 452-1 Definitions “Massage therapy establishment” means premises occupied and used for the purpose of practicing massage therapy or massage therapy training; provided that when any massage therapy establishment is situated in any building used for residential purposes, the massage therapy establishment premises shall be set apart and shall not be used for any other…