So, you failed the MBLEx, perhaps more than once. You have most likely experienced a multitude of emotions: shame, embarrassment, quilt, frustration, sadness, even anger. While most of those emotions […]
Ethics?
Students often wonder what ethics actually are. They see this as a topic to study for the MBLEx and they see questions on the exam that fall under this banner, […]
Learning Differences
Many students ask if I have experience working with students with learning disabilities. The simple answer is yes. I do not like the term “learning disabilities.” Instead, I prefer using […]
The Language of Anatomese
I have spent over 24 years teaching students the topics of anatomy, physiology, pathology and medical terminology. Many of those teaching years have been spent educating massage students. I found […]
Massage Techniques
I think most people would be very surprised at how many different massage techniques there are out there. In fact, I think many massage students would be surprised at how […]
Stink’n Think’n
When I was a student in chiropractic college, we had a guest speaker that came to our campus several times to talk to us and inspire us. One of his […]
Persistence Pays
Persistence: the quality that allows someone to continue doing something or trying to do something even though it is difficult or opposed by other people I would assume that […]
The Power Differential
When first broaching the subject of ethics as a massage therapist, the first concept you need to fully understand is power differential. The basic definition of a power differential is […]
Muscles, the Easy Way
While there is plenty of disagreement over the exact number of named skeletal muscles that exist in the human body, most sources agree that the number is over 600 (some […]
SOAP Mentality
The first question is can you define what S.O.A.P. stands for? This alone could be a question on your MBLEx. Here’s the breakdown: S = Subjective = This is information […]