Knowledge Translation to Clinical Practice 

Join us for this online conference which features an exclusive series of one-hour webinars from five evidence-based educators from across Canada and the UK. Created specifically for massage and MSK therapists, each session is designed to be easily integrated into your practice, offering practical and relevant applications that will increase your knowledge and clinical skills. 

This was a hugely successful event in 2024 and we are excited to be doing this again! If you cannot attend live, do not worry, it is recorded and all who register will get access to the recording.

Features the following topics:

In My Experience, The World is More or Less Flat

Cognitive psychology has a lot to tell us about perception, memory, judgement, thinking, and decision-making. More importantly, research into these processes highlight predictable and reliable errors in these systems. This talk includes fun and striking demonstrations that reveal these errors while showing how these affect research, therapists, and clients alike because we’re all just human. Understanding and recognising these errors in the context of the clinical encounter, should nudge us all towards an open-minded humility.

Rewiring Safety: Massage for Nervous System Regulation

The state of your nervous system determines everything about your experience of the world. Constant stress decreases our movement quality and cognition, and can influence pain. As MSK therapists, we are always engaging the nervous system in our treatments. This hour-long webinar teaches you simple skills to creatively engage with your patients for profound results. You’ll understand how your patient’s nervous systems may be keeping them stuck in the patterns you see over and over. You’ll learn how to change that pattern in your sessions and how to help your patients continue to shift their stress patterns as homecare. The techniques in this session will allow you to confidently work with your patient’s stress levels and stay in scope.

A Closer Look at Dual Relationships in Research and Practice

Engaging in dual relationships with our clients is generally discouraged in massage therapy because these relationships are believed to hinder clinician objectivity and pose a risk of harm. The common suggestion for dealing with them is to avoid them altogether. Yet, there are many situations where dual relationships will naturally occur, such as in small, rural, culturally distinct, and tight-knit communities. Unfortunately, for those of us working in these spaces, sparse supportive and practical ethical guidance exists for managing them. In this presentation, we will look at how dual relationships are discussed in massage therapy and other areas of health care, and I will speak to my own experience around working in dual relationships in a rural community. This presentation is meant to be informative rather than prescriptive. Participants will leave with a better understanding of where and why dual relationships occur, a greater awareness around the research on dual relationships, and why informed and supportive education and guidance is needed for massage therapists working in communities where dual relationships are a normal occurrence.

Move Through Cancer?: The Role of Exercise in Treatment and Recovery?

Cancer affects everyone—whether through personal experience or someone we know. Cancer's physical and emotional impacts are far-reaching. This webinar offers a foundational overview of cancer and explores the vital role exercise and healthcare professionals play in supporting individuals affected by it. Participants will gain insight into exercise recommendations and how movement can contribute to improved quality of life during and after treatment.

Best Practices: TMJ Pain

This webinar will help you to integrate current best evidence for treating TMJD with a focus on pain management. We will cover risk factors, comorbidities and the prognosis for the majority of clinical presentations.  You will learn how to simplify your assessment, observe some intra oral and external treatment ideas, and have some easy to apply self management options for managing TMJ pain.