At this year’s 2013 AMTA-Nevada Chapter Annual Meeting, we’re again playing Let’s Play Monopoly! Participating in this email version of a classic game will help educate members and put members in touch with products and services from well-known and ever-supportive massage therapy and wellness industry Sponsors.
Amongst this year’s Sponsors and the prizes they are giving the members at the Annual Meeting during Let’s Play Monopoly:
- Biofreeze: Let’s Play Monopoly Weekly Winner prizes
- Bon Vital: goodie bags, 4oz coconut massage oils, 1-gallon fractionated coconut massage oil
- Books of Discovery: Trail Guide to the Body -Andrew Biel: book w/ DVD; Quick Reference to TrPs; Ed. 4, Vol. 2 Flashcards
- Dynamic Tape/IAMT: $95 CEH course (IAMT)
- National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork: 1 (each): logoed mug, throw blanket; *new* one-month’s subscription to the Online Practice Exam
- Nevada State Board of Massage Therapists: 1 (each): logoed blanket & mug, fleece jacket (very rare)
- Rock Tape: supplies for “More Tips from the Pros” class, June 3, 2013
- Rockin’ Feet/Zaria Spa Garments: 2 x set of insoles
- TIR Massage Stone: 2 x set of massage stones
- and: SWAG BAGS for everyone!
The Nevada Chapter is very happy to bring our members quality products and services that they can use in their practices of massage therapy and professional lives!
To Register for this amazing opportunity to learn, network, win Sponsored prizes, and eat, Massage Therapists may register online - Register Now!
Object of the Game:
James Waslaski, past chair of the AMTA National Sports Massage Education Council, is an author and international lecturer who has pioneered deep pain free orthopedic massage, pain management, sports injury, and sports enhancement treatments. His unique structural and multidisciplinary bodywork approach has been taught throughout the United States, Ireland, London, Scotland, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Greece, Australia, and the Caribbean. Through the use of an incredible multimedia presentation, James has presented at state, national and international massage conventions, as well as Chiropractic conventions, osteopathic conventions, the college of sports medicine, the University of South Wales, and the Olympic training center in Australia. James spent 20 years working in hospitals and trauma centers treating both medical and trauma patients prior to his training in massage. He has worked extensively with collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes and has published books, manuals, and a series of DVDs on sports injuries, chronic pain, and complicated orthopedic conditions. In 1999 James was the recipient of the FSMTA International Achievement Award. James was inducted into the Massage Hall of Fame in 2008 for pioneering a unique Multidisciplinary Approach for Pain Management and Sports Injuries. His unique and highly effective Structural Approach for eliminating pain throughout the body has brought him worldwide recognition as a leader in the massage and wellness industries. His new book Advanced Clinical Massage Therapy-A Structural Approach to Pain Management was released September 2011, with hopes it bridges the gap between all health care practitioners and revolutionize the way health care leaders approach complicated pain conditions.
Students need guidance.
On April 7, 2011, members of the amta nevada chapter held a member meeting to discuss an array of topics, including: current regulation proposals and opinions, new website design and accessibility to information, media, and continuing education postings, the need for chapter volunteers, future events and chapter activities.
the First 90-days…
Hello Members!
Now, on with this month’s blog…
I was elected to serve as a chapter leader, first as 1st Vice President back in 2010, with the intention of running for another leadership office, but not really the presidency.
Billie Shea (who has served several terms as President, now Immediate Past President) had other plans than my “just” participating in a fully-engaging and wonderfully-satisfying position as a volunteer. She knew that, over my years of service in media outlets, out in the population of the membership and non-members of professionals in the Las Vegas area, being active in my professional goals as well as association goals, I had a little more potential. And I guess I have to say: I thought so, too.
I suspect, from the get-go, Billie was looking for the right person, a willing person, an established professional and personality in the massage therapist community, and I had worked hard to be in that position, but didn’t realize the gravity of my situation until someone told me I should run for President.
When I joined the AMTA & Nevada chapter back in 2001, during my last weeks of school, I really had no idea that the AMTA would be an opportunity that grew me both professionally and personally – was starting with a solid liability insurance policy, as far as I was concerned. I had and have a passion for massage therapy, and that passion to do what was right for me, back in the day; and now, my passion has developed into a purpose to do what is right for the profession in Nevada. I can think of no stronger, prominent, or active group of massage therapy professionals than those who are members of the AMTA – in Nevada and across the U.S.!
I have had, even before I was elected chapter President, more positive & growth experiences in my management skills, massage therapy skills, interpersonal skills, marketing skills, and entrepreneurial drive than I can ever imagine would have happened had it not been for the tried, true, and structured resource of the humans that make up the AMTA. From the National office to the newest Student Member, I count on every person who professes to support and practice massage therapy in its truest form to contribute to the success of the organization. And, as in a recent interview that I participated in for the national promotion of the AMTA, “I am David Otto. I am AMTA.”
And so is every member.
If you believe in supporting massage therapy research, the development of the field and profession, and providing massage therapy clients with the “best massage ever,” you have found a friend, mentor, and inspiration in the AMTA. Times can be turbulent and hard to comprehend, but by keeping the Mission in mind and participating, everyone comes out ahead.
Thank you for trusting me as one of the many talented leaders of the Nevada Chapter that you will come across. I encourage you to get to know one other member this year. By the end of 2012, we are organizing a couple of member events coming up in Southern Nevada and there are several continuing education courses in Northern Nevada where you will likely meet a fellow AMTA member – but if not, recognize the “member” in the professional with whom you are talking.
There will be more updates about things YOU and/or your colleagues find interesting and may want to participate in as an Attendee. If you have any ideas, questions, or comments about your membership or participating in affecting an awesome membership of professionals in Nevada, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Yours in Service,
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