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Fact Sheets

AMT is working hard to provide practice management and other business resources to our members. We have recently added a new "Fact Sheets" subsection to this website to make these resources widely available. There are currently 5 fact sheets available online, with more in the pipeline. You'll find our new fact sheets here.....Read more

2010 AMT Annual Conference update

Art Riggs' breakout workshops are filling up fast. His pre-conference workshop on the shoulder is almost at capacity already. If you want to be in one of Art's sessions at the conference, you need to book now to avoid disappointment. ....Read more

Free Student Membership

AMT is pleased to announce that we are now offering free student membership to currently enrolled students with a valid email address.....Read more

Massage relieves post-operative pain following cardiac surgery

In this episode of the ABC's Health Report Dr Brent Bauer, the Director of the Mayo Clinic's Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program, discusses research done at the clinic and in collaboration with others in the area of complementary and integrative medicine.....Read more

AMT Position Statement on Regulation of Massage Therapy

AMT recently took part in an inter-association forum, convened with the aim of establishing common ground and finding ways of working cooperatively on shared agendas. Twenty-two complementary therapy associations were invited to the inaugural forum. These associations represent a broad spectrum of treatment modalities, including Reflexology, Bowen Therapy, Kinesiology, Herbalism, Naturopathy and Homeopathy.....Read more

NSW Code of Conduct for Unregistered Health Professionals comes into effect

From Friday August 1, 2008 all Massage Therapists working in NSW will be required to display a copy of the NSW Code of Conduct for Unregistered Health Professionals in their clinic(s). This new regulation was made as an amendment to the NSW Public Health Act (1991) and applies to all NSW AMT members.....Read more