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AHS began 2012 with a joint meeting of American Health Source, the AMMA and the Blue Heron Academy to layout the outline for a combined certification training program in naprapathy, Scandinavian Mobilization Therapy and Medical Acupuncture. Our first meeting was well attended and plans are proceeding to begin the combined training program in June of 2012. For more information regarding this training program please click on the link below and/or contact the AHS office:
Diplomate and Naprapathic/Naturopathic Diploma Meeting 2012
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We are getting ready for a great year in 2012 with our new and updated AHSConnect, AMMA and Blue Heron Academy 2012 Professional Seminar Training Series! The following article describes the 2012 continuation of the Scandinavian Mobilization Therapy (SMT) seminar training program and advanced diplomate certification through the state licensed and NCBTMB approved seminar training programs. In addition please join AHSConnect on its new facebook page. Click on the facebook logo above to get there...
The Scandinavian Mobilization Therapy (SMT) seminar series provides physicians and manual therapists with a detailed demonstration of, and the hands on practice of, the Scandinavian spinal and extremity soft tissue mobilization techniques which are appropriate for entry level and post professional students and practitioners. SMT low velocity soft tissue mobilization techniques emphasize the use of small amplitude, low to medium force joint physics including oscillation, traction/distraction, accommodation, shearing, and torque. SMT does not employ high velocity or high force spinal or extremity techniques and does not result in joint cavitations, but rather in repetitive mobilization and therapist guided passive joint motion.
SMT employs the use of bony contact points for the purpose of stretching the joints connective tissues, as well as, for the purpose of creating focused joint movement at the spinal segment and/or an extremity joint. The physical forces employed and directed towards any physiological joint include the joint physics movements listed above and these forces when used result in joint traction, connective tissue stretching and/or buckling. The low velocity and low to medium forces employed in SMT result in minimal potential risk of injury to patients or the exacerbation of patient conditions while providing the therapist with more manual therapy tools for the effective treatment of patients with various musculo-skeletal disorders. SMT is a safe and effective treatment technique for patients with painful joint arthropathy and geriatric patients.
SMT techniques are among the most effective and the easiest to both learn and to employ and they are designed specifically for massage and manual therapists in a manner which is intuitive to, and compliments most, previous massage and manual therapy training.
The SMT training programs are state licensed by both the American Medical Massage Association and the Blue Heron Academy through the State of Michigan and are approved by the American Manual Medicine Association for advanced certification and professional diplomate status.
2011 is nearing the end and AHS has just completed and posted on the newsletter page of the AHSConnect Online Magazine the final AHSConnect Newsletter of the year. This has been a very productive year for AHS and its affiliated associations with the American Medical Massage Association, the American Manual Medicine Association, the National Association for Therapeutic Exercise and the National Institute of Naturopathic Medicine all experiencing significant membership enrollment growth.
In addition the AHS Annual Meeting 2011 was met with great success and was very well received by the combined membership of the associations. Our appreciation and thanks once again to both Dr. Arthur Kaminsky and Dr. Kurt Juergens for their wonderful contributions to the AHS Annual Meeting. Once again Western University was a perfect venue for the meeting.
2012 promises to be a great year. The next AHS Annual Meeting will be held the first weekend in November. The theme of the 2012 annual meeting (based upon overwhelming membership requests) will be "Advances in Complementary and Alternative Medicine" and we are going to attempt to structure the meeting and event around a retreat format. AHS and its affiliated associations are working to elevate and to expand upon professional and diplomate credentialing in 2012. The first membership meeting on advanced credentialing will be held at the Blue Heron Academy of Healing Arts and Sciences on January 20th, 2012. At this meeting we will be outlining the curriculum for the advanced credentialing programs leading to the diplomate in medical manual therapy and the diplomate in naprapathy. All interested members are invited to attend.
AHS is also continuing to expand our continuing education programs so watch for new CE programs beginning in January 2012.
Thoughout 2012 and moving forward AHS and its affiliated members will be continuing to concentrate on raising the bar in terms of our members training, skills and advanced credentialing.
We at AHS wish you every success as this year ends and a new year begins.
Thank you!
AHSConnect Editor-in-Chief and AHS Executive Administrator
Daniel Muschiana
American Health Source
2040 Raybrook SE Ste 103
Grand Rapids MI 49546
T: 888-375-7245
F: 616-575-9066
Dear Esteemed Membership:
It was in the early 1980’s that I first established American Health Source and the Blue Heron Academy. The idea for American Health Source and the ongoing process of its development and growth was first born out of my work and position as the Director of Health Care at Shenandoah Valley Health Ranch. It was at Shenandoah, and my early work with the patients that came to Shenandoah from all over the world seeking help and healing for their illnesses and injuries, that I first began to write about holistic, alternative and complementary medicine and began to formulate my earliest ideas, thoughts, and theories about the healing arts. It was at Shenandoah and its 2000 acres of pristine forest and waterways that I found the time and the inspiration to write about the profound experience of natural medicine. It was within the gentle grace that only nature can provide to the heart that I first began to understand health care and its principles.
In these early years my primary focus was one-on-one patient care. However, every moment of contact with my patients (for me) became a profound opportunity for learning and growth as a physician. It was later that I realized that I needed to enter the mainstream medical profession and to teach medical administrators, physicians, allied medical staff, and their patients the meaning and importance of holistic health care and the philosophy of “wellness”. I created the “Life Wellness” programs and had the privilege of working with dozens of major hospitals and corporations across the US.
However, as rewarding and important as this educational work with the medical profession and corporations was, I felt that something very vital was missing and after a period of self investigation I began to expand upon my teaching efforts through the Blue Heron Academy.
I can state with crystal clear clarity that my motives and goals for the Blue Heron Academy were twofold:
- To train medical massage and manual therapists that had the ability to treat patient pain and suffering with a high degree of clinical competency.
- To establish training programs that were based upon the highest teachings of contemporary science and the most profound principles of holistic health care.
On a personal level I can share with you that the zeal with which I have pursued these two goals has been criticized by some massage therapists, acupuncturists and other therapists who do not share this vision, who lack the ability to perceive the core values inherent within these goals, and who do not possess the knowledge or education needed to act upon these goals.
The Blue Heron Academy has gone through many changes over the years, from a small tai chi school in Ludington and Traverse City, to 7 state licensed schools operating out of 14 locations in 2 states, and to our current circumstances as a single school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The Academy is continuing to evolve and we are experiencing significant success in the training of medical massage therapists and personal trainers. I am very gratified by our success in both areas but especially in the area of personal training not because it is more important than massage therapy but rather because it is a new arena in which to build upon and to promote the principles of health and wellness.
All of this has been a wonderful journey and without a doubt my life and professional efforts have been very blessed. I now perceive that the pathway ahead of the school and our associations lies not only in offering our membership and students advanced level training in all aspects of manual medicine through diplomate credentialing, but also by expanding the schools programs in naturopathy, practical acupuncture, holistic health care, and herbal medicine.
I should state at this time that my journey has not been traveled alone and nor has it been unassisted. If it was not for our excellent teachers and administrative staff this journey and our accomplishments would not have been possible.
It has always been my vision for the Academy that it becomes a major school of natural medicine. Just this week the holistic health care class has restarted at the Academy and at this meeting we are unveiling a new diplomate training program in naprapathy (Diplomate in Naprapathy, D.N.). In the months and years ahead the Academy and AHS will continue to offer residential, distance education, continuing education, and advanced diplomate credentialing in massage and manual therapy, naprapathy, naturopathy, and acupuncture, as well as, in holistic and herbal medicine. The AMMA was the first massage association to offer its members diplomate credentialing, and it still remains, to my knowledge, the only massage association to do so.
Our annual gathering this weekend and the contributions to be made by Dr. Arthur Kaminsky, Dr. Kurt Juergens, Carol Baggerly, D.N., Amanda Brunk, C.M.T., Cosmetologist/Esthetician, Christopher Holmes, M.M.T., C.P.T., S.Sc. and Annette Hardy, M.M.T., H.H.P. is a demonstration of the future direction of the Academy and AHS. Dr. Kaminsky has established himself as a manual therapy and medical acupuncture instructor without peer in the hearts and minds of the many students that owe their training and skills to him. Dr. Kurt Juergens represents the high level of professional education that AHS, the AMMA, AINM, and NATE will increasingly provide to its membership. Carol Baggerly, D.N. is highly respected and much loved by every student that has had the privilege of being trained by her. Amanda Brunk, C.M.T., Cosmetologist and Esthetician, is both the head paramedical skin care program instructor and the head clinic instructor at the Academy and she has excelled in training the finest paramedical skin care professionals in the field and has also provided beginning massage students with diverse and well rounded training and skills. Christopher Holmes, C.M.T., C.P.T., S.Sc., is our head instructor at the Academy and he personifies in both his personal and professional life the highest practices of nutrition and exercise. In like regard, Annette Hardy, C.M.T., H.H.P. is without peer in her actualization of the principles of holism as expressed in the practices of daily living and as a therapist and counselor.
There is no greater honor than the privilege of working side by side with these remarkable teachers and human beings and there is no greater satisfaction than the knowledge that I have in some small manner assisted them all in connecting with the best parts of themselves and in the expression of their true gifts in service to humanity.
It is my deepest hope that I will have the opportunity to work with each and every one of you in a like manner. Who could have imagined that my long walks through the woodlands of Shenandoah would have lead to this? … and so the journey continues. We hope that you will continue to travel this pathway with us.
At the heart of any successful effort - is true vision.
With sincere regards,
Dr. Gregory T. Lawton
Upcoming AHS Seminars - Annual Meeting 2011 Dear Valued AHS Member:
The AMMA annual meeting is coming up in late October 2011. Many important issues vital to the practice, success, credentialing, and licensure of our profession will be discussed at the meeting. We also have many dynamic and high quality speakers scheduled to deliver presentations. Dr. Kurt Juergens, a nationally recognized sports medicine doctor, will be presenting at the meeting on topics related to patient treatment and rehabilitation. Dr. Arthur Kaminsky will be presenting on practical acupuncture training, treatment, and credentialing. This CE seminar will meet your AMMA/NBCA membership requirements and in part your NCBTMB requirements.
The main part of this event will be held at Western Michigan University in Grand Rapids, Michigan and the smaller breakout sessions will be held at the Blue Heron Academy.
Vitality Depot will be at the event so that you can review many practice rehabilitation products, supplies, and equipment.
Please plan to attend the annual meeting. For more information please contact Daniel Muschiana at AHS. I hope to see you there...
Thank you!
Gregory T. Lawton, D.N., D.C., D.Ac.
AHS Newsletter September/October 2011 - AMMA Annual Meeting Issue (Click here to download and read)
Important Members Updates!
Hello again on behalf of the American medical massage and manual therapy community around the country and internationally!
We have posted two very important documents on the Newsletter page of this website. The first is our News and Press release about Acupuncturist registration in the State of Michigan, this is especially important for Acupuncture Professionals in Michigan and also for any manual therapist attempting to grasp an understanding of the State of Michigan's Acupuncture Registration Act and why we don't recommend it.
Our second update is a position paper that has been written for AMMA members with AMMA certification credentials and discusses suggestions for use of AMMA credentials, some of the accomplishments of the association, and some of the challenges and issues that face the AMMA as stakeholders within the US massage profession.
Take a moment to view these articles and update yourself with current knowledge and on laws within our respective fields.
To our members that have completed any of our Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Programs or are currently enrolled in these programs - are you a member of the American Manual Medicine Association? Have you registered and taken the National Board Certification Examination? These are requirements in addition to any P.Ac or D.Ac curriculum and hands-on training that is applicable to the program you were or are currently a part of. Professional Membership in our National Trade Association, the American Manual Medicine Association, is a privilege and allows us to work on behalf of the manual medicine community to bring updated information about the industry and laws, but also to keep up with updated credentialing for our members. Our National Board Certification Examination, to our knowledge, is the only National Board Certification Examinations available for Contemporary Medical Acupuncturists that has gone through a psychometric validation process and is statistically validated through a nationally accredited and highly regarded University (Michigan State University, Center for Statistical Training and Consulting).
Please let me know if I can be of further assistance with joining the AMMA or registering and taking the National Board Certification Examination for Medical Massage Therapy or Medical Acupuncture for both P.Ac and D.Ac.
In addition, please take note of the AMMA 2011 annual meeting to be held at Western Michigan University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This years meeting and presentations promise to be an excellent training experience. The highly qualified Dr. Kurt Juergens will be giving a dynamic lecture on incorporating various active care techniques into your practice. Dr. Juergens was selected as a member of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Sports Medicine team and has also been featured on the Discovery Channel. He'll be teaching multi-disciplinary approaches to health care, as well as, how to add active care and rehabilitation to your own practices. He is a highly regarded chiropractic and sports medicine physician and speaker who is at the top of the sports medicine and rehabilitation field in the U.S. We are very fortunate that Dr. Juergens will be with us at the AMMA annual meeting.
Vitality Depot, a leading rehabilitation products and equipment company, will also be attending the AMMA annual meeting and will be presenting and demonstrating various clinical, sports medicine, wellness, and rehabilitation products to our members.
Thank you,
AHSConnect Editor-in-Chief and AHS Executive Administrator
Daniel Muschiana
American Health Source
2040 Raybrook SE Ste 103
Grand Rapids MI 49546
T: 888-375-7245
F: 616-575-9066
American Health Source and the American Medical Massage Association announce a new national seminar series called "Journey to Excellence" that combines onsite seminar training with online distance education programs. Please check out our program brochures and flyers by clicking on them below:
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From Gregory T. Lawton, D.N., D.C., D.Ac., Executive Director of American Health Source and Founding Board Member of the American Medical Massage Association
Please Consider this your invitation to professional excellence. I can only think in terms of superlatives when I reflect upon the accomplishments of the American Medical Massage Association. Here is an organization that since the late 1990’s has established credible educational, training and credentialing criteria and standards for medical massage therapists. Here is an organization that has trained, tested, and certified over 10,000 medical massage, medical manual therapists, and medical acupuncturists. Here is an organization that was the first within the massage community to adopt and to implement strict evidence based scientific scope of practice standards. Here was the first medical massage organization to create a statistically validated medical massage national certification exam (Michigan State University) and to achieve acceptance of the exam in several states towards massage licensure. Here is one of the first professional organizations for massage therapists to achieve state approval and licensure for its training programs. And that is not half of it!
We invite you to join our “Journey to Excellence” through AHS and AMMA state licensed training seminars in Medical Massage Therapy, Scandinavian Mobilization Therapy, and Medical Acupuncture/Dry Needling. The AMMA offers introductory to advanced training along with national board credentialing. Many of our massage CE programs are approved by the NCBTMB. So what are you waiting for? Come on and take the journey!
We extend this “invitation to excellence” to all of our colleagues in the allied health, medicine, chiropractic, massage, physical therapy, nursing, naprapathy, naturopathy and acupuncture disciplines. What you learn from us will make you a better and more successful practitioner!
To take your "Journey to Excellence" please contact American Health Source and the American Medical Massage Association today.
Our goal is to help you to develop more effective practice skills...
American Health Source 2040 Raybrook SE, Suite 103
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
Phone: 888-375-7245
email: info@americanhealthsource.org
Website: americanhealthsource.org
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From the editor...
What is American Health Source? Well AHS began its journey over 30 years ago as a small health science publishing company with the mission of promoting evidence based education and training in alternative health care. For many years the alternative, complementary, and holistic (pick a term) health care field/professions have been mired in pseudoscience, metaphysics, superstition and health care fraud. Through education and training AHS hopes to assist the alternative professions to move beyond this immature and embryonic state to a higher level of maturation and professional service.
Over a period of 30 years we at AHS have witnessed the steady and progressive growth of alternative health care towards evidence based values and practices, both in education and professional clinical care. We applaud the many practitioners in the field, and the professional organizations, that have worked to promote and contribute to this growth. If you know of individuals and/or organizations that should be acknowledged for their role in this growth of our professions please contact us with their names so that we can include them in an upcoming article on this topic.
In this latest update to the AHSConnect Online Magazine we are honored to present this article from Bernard Scully.
Anatomy Education by Bernard Scully
Discussions have been taking place this week in Australia about the low standard of education (particularly in the subject of human anatomy), that graduate medical practitioners have received. Some of those interviewed expressed the opinion that they felt inadequately prepared for the task of diagnosing musculo-skeletal disorders – many of those interviewed had received only 50 hours of anatomical tutoring during their training.
My comments, based on my interest in the general topic of education standards, are not intended to denigrate these graduates. Rather, I wish to make the observation that advances in general knowledge come at a price: some subjects need to be deleted from the curriculum, to make way for the new subjects.
In automotive engineering, there is little need for a student mechanic to have a deep knowledge of the function of a carburetor – rather, much more time would be spent these days on the overall understanding and relevance of the on-board computer. The basics of (old-fashioned) fuel injection theory are left to the student with the enthusiasm to enquire further.
In the study of any subject involving mathematical calculations, the development of the electronic calculator has had a serious effect on the ability of the graduate to perform basic mental computations.
In electronics generally, the availability of the computer as a diagnostic tool, means that the detecting of say, an intermittent fault in a car, is beyond the skills of many technicians – if the computer can’t spot the problem, come back when it re-occurs, you might be told.
We can survive without these skills, and without this knowledge, in most instances; of course, the older members of the population will mourn the loss of some of these abilities, but the young will say – it isn’t important.
In the area of medical science education, we are not necessarily progressing backwards, but we have reached a dramatic point in our journey; students of medical science have to study, and absorb, as well as they can, far more information about pharmaceutical products, and radiological techniques (to name only two items), than they were expected to examine, say, 10 or 15 years ago. Consequently, space has to be provided in the timetable to allow the discussion of these additional important matters – the study of human anatomy, and the form and function of skeletal joints, is one of the casualties of this progress. After all, many of the joints in the skeleton can now be replaced with a prosthesis – and there has to be class-room time to understand this new subject of prosthetics!
I have a special interest in the function and the occasional malfunction, of the shoulder assembly. My studies, and my clinical experience over the past 20 years has indicated that almost 80% of clients visiting my clinic reporting shoulder pain, (who were advised to consider surgical intervention), received complete or near-complete relief from pain with simple manual procedures directed at mobilizing the shoulder assembly. When my animated film dealing with shoulder form and function is shown to medical practitioners, they almost always express surprise….
Nothing will be gained by criticizing medical people for not knowing enough – we have an obligation to inform those interested that there is often an alternative to surgery – consult an informed manual therapist.
A significant point can be made here, of vital interest to manual therapists; if the medical practitioner has moved beyond what was originally thought to be basic anatomical knowledge, who is going to inherit the left-behind cases? I’m not familiar with the USA situation, but here, in Australia, another group that we call the physiotherapy profession are also on a path of advancement – I repeat, we don’t criticize this progress, but, this progress can help to make our role as manual therapists much clearer, and more relevant.
Let me try to emphasize the point I am making here; the medical scientist has always been expected to understand far more about human functions than is possible. Step-by-step, specialists have been recruited. We have skin, neurological, orthopaedic, gastro, haemo, experts – and, aren’t we usually grateful that such professionals are around when we need them?
I consider today’s informed, diligent and skilful manual therapist has the opportunity to assume the mantle of musculo-skeletal specialist. Not because we are seeking a grander title, but because we are taking over abandoned territory.
Bernard Scully
May 21, 2010
Our hearts and prayers go out to the people of Japan in the wake of the Great Tragedy that is unfolding in that nation. While the Japanese people face very difficult times and choices we know that this noble people will find a way through these very trying tests and difficulties.
American Health Source has announced that it has received NCBTMB approval for some of its continuing education programs. Please find out more about this on the AHSConnect Hot Off the Press page.
Check out the new articles from Mr. Bernard Scully on Muscular Balance on the Sound Off! page.
For this edition of AHSConnect we will look at the new training program offered by the American Manual Medicine Association in Scandinavian Mobilization Therapy.
The American Manual Medicine Association proudly anounces the new Scandinavian Mobilization Therapy Training program leading to the new D.M.T. credential or Diplomat in Mobilization Therapy offered through the National Board Certification Agency (NBCA).
Scandinavian soft tissue and joint mobilization therapy is based upon the Swedish system of evidence based naprapathic manual medicine, therapeutic passive exercise, and the American Manual Medicine Association manual medicine procedures and protocols. Scandinavian soft tissue and joint mobilization therapy is simply referred to as Scandinavian Mobilization Therapy or SMT and it is an evidence based system of manual medicine and passive exercise that focuses on gentle and progressive physical forces directed at somatic connective tissues such as muscles, tendons, fascia and ligaments, the mobilization of joints, and the joint complex which includes the soft and hard tissue structures of joints and the vascular and nervous system components of the joint complex.
SMT is indicated when clinical and therapeutic goals include; increasing range of motion at the joint, strengthening connective tissues and connective tissue attachments at the joint complex, the reduction of joint inflammation and tissue edema, increasing nutrition to the articular surfaces of the joint, pain control via the counterirritant theory, stimulation of mechanoreceptors that inhibit pain signal transmission to the brain, endorphin release in the spinal cord and brain, and finally the stimulation of higher centers of the brain that are responsible for global control over the central and peripheral nervous systems, as well as, the humoral system.
SMT has discarded the antiquated theories and techniques of non evidence based systems of massage and manipulative therapy and only retains evidence based practices that have demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of soft tissue and musculoskeletal dysfunction, disease, and disorders through passive exercise and mobilization.
SMT is strongly identified with the basic and well established physical forces of physical biomechanics including connective tissue compression and friction, as well as, joint traction/distraction, torque, shearing, tension/strain, translation (gliding), and oscillation. SMT incorporates gentle passive biomechanical movements to the peripheral and vertebral connective tissues and joint complex with special attention to the role of ligaments in the physiology and kinetics of somatic joints.
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This months editorial letter is from our editorial contributor to the Journal of the American Manual Medicine Association, JAMMA, Bernard Scully of Newcastle, Australia.
Some words from Australia.
I am, as you perhaps have read, a temporary contributor to this publication. “I didn’t realize the job was available” I hear you cry – or, ”was he elected to this position? – if so, I didn’t vote for him..)
So, I have an opportunity to speak to you, and listen to you – give me a little time, and let me pass on a few ideas about manual therapy.
When I moved away from my previous occupations, into the field of massage , my parents, and a few friends, thought I had taken leave of my senses. In Australia, and, I understand, in many other overseas countries, the term massage has a lot of baggage attached to it, mostly because of the prostitution industry, but this situation is not helped by the poor behaviour of many so-called massage therapists.
I have been in the business, and the profession, of massage for over 25 years. That doesn’t mean I have seen everything, or that I have achieved everything, or that I have all of the answers; but I can say this: my small business has survived, in a township of maybe 100,000 people, because of three things*.
I had original training, which, looking back, I would classify as basic. My real learning came from my clients – the more practice you and I have , the greater our chances of advancing; I would add, if your skills are not high, then practice will not make perfect, further practice of bad styles or skills will only confirm the earlier imperfection.
What you desperately need, when you launch yourself into any business venture, is a good reputation – something you completely lack when you first graduate. This reputation stems from the feedback from satisfied clients – clients that you are still trying to capture…this is a real dilemma, and one that I try to warn my students about, before they become discouraged.
Reputation, in the profession of massage, or manual therapy, is elusive, hard won, and fragile. If you were say a medical practitioner, then very often the existence of a University Degree somehow conveys an image of reliability, dependability, and trustworthiness. In our, can I say, lesser profession, we need to earn our reputation in various ways.
You will be judged by
ü the way you dress,,
ü the way you behave in public, and
ü the appearance of your home, your clinic, your car, your possessions.
and this is before the client experiences your touch.
Unfair !! I hear you cry, and you could be correct, but –,ask yourself - “would you allow your young daughter, your elderly mother, or your loved one to attend the clinic of this person ?“
*Oh, the three things ? *Basic ability, *preparedness to learn, and *reputation
Mr. Bernard Scully
Newcastle, Australia
The times they are a changin...
Perhaps you have heard - American Health Source (AHS) is undergoing a lot of new changes and one of them is the new AHS Online Magazine! Hello my name is Nicole Berry and I would like to welcome you to American Health Source and our new website and online magazine. 2010 has already proven to be an exciting and historic year with many challenges. At AHS we see positive challenges ahead as we all move through an economy in crisis and embrace the opportunities for positive change that crisis can present.
American Health Source would like to be a positive contributor to change within the diverse health care fields that our consortium of associations represents from massage and manual therapy, paramedical skin care, medical assisting, personal training and sports science, holistic health care, acupuncture, naturopathic and naprapathic medicine, as well as, health education in allied and complementary medicine.
I am thrilled to be able to present AHS and the many products and benefits that AHS provides to its members and to be able to communicate with you regarding the positive changes unfolding, and yet to unfold, in health care.
Now it is time to tell you about what you can expect from AHS and this new Online Magazine. The first things that come to my mind are words like exciting, dynamic, discovery, growth, success and all of the positive ideas and actions that should accompany American health care. Another concept that is central to the mission of AHS is the presentation of evidence based health care information and methods. AHS will not disappoint you when it comes to the presentation of information that is supported by practical research.
Off course we will also work hard to gain your trust and to offer to you many exciting products and programs designed to improve your profession and professionalism. This is my commitment to each of you!
So welcome to the new AHS Online Magazine! We look forward to seeing you visit here many times over the coming months and years ahead.
Your Editor-in-Chief
Dan Muschiana
info@americanhealthsource.org
*Special editors note: Massage therapists, please visit the Pledge page and take the Pledge!
http://ahsconnect.com/ThePledge.aspx
The following article is very special, please take a moment to read it -
No Name Massage Therapy.pdf
New Editorial - Rough Roads Lead to Beautiful Places
Rough Roads Lead to Beautiful Places.pdf