In 2010, Heidi Pannke, a massage therapist and Alternative Medicine Coordinator at Outside In in Portland, Oregon, was awarded an MTF Community Service grant for $5,000. Through the MTF grant, 200 homeless and severely mentally disabled Portland residents were provided with massage over the course of the year. The grant provided funding in the first year of this program, and allowed the program to continue to grow in subsequent years. We asked Heidi to discuss what led her to apply for an MTF Community Service grant and how receiving the grant impacted Outside I. Below is her story.
It had always been my dream to have more massage at the Outside In Clinic. We’d had acupuncture students coming in, as well as a volunteer chiropractor, but there was hardly ever any massage therapy. I thought, “if only we could have massage therapy here more often, great things could happen.”
The Outside In Clinic primarily serves homeless youth, (although other marginalized people are included as well) addressing their various needs, through case management, housing, education, employment, and medical services. Many of the youth that Outside In serves had never had a massage before I worked on them. I would always wonder if any of them had ever received any positive healing touch at all in their lives.
In early 2009, the clinic staff was at a retreat and we did an exercise where we all wrote down what our dreams were – I wrote down that my dream would be to someday offer massage at Outside In. I began working at Outside In before I got into massage school. I was hired because of my Spanish speaking abilities, and worked in the medical clinic as an interpreter. It was from working with these clients that I began to feel that I would like to do something more to help out, and after receiving a lot of massage myself one summer, I felt called to enroll in massage school.
I started my massage classes, all the while still working part time interpreting at the clinic. Once I graduated and became a licensed massage therapist, I worked part time at a chiropractor’s office, but this wasn’t fulfilling to me. I wanted to do something more with my massage license; I wanted to be able to offer massage to our clients at Outside In.
John Duke, the director of the clinic, came to me after that retreat, and let me know if I could find a massage grant, he would help write it. I did find a grant, the Community Service Grant from the Massage Therapy Foundation. The grant was written, and a few months later, we were informed that we got it.
It was a bit of a slow start as we were figuring out how best to incorporate massage therapy into our clinic services, but once we got going, it became one of the most popular services for our clients. Some of the feedback I got from our clients was amazing. One young man who had been in and out of mental institutions his whole life, told me if he could get a massage every week, he wouldn’t need to take so many of his medications, and that for once in his life, he felt good and didn’t feel so depressed anymore. Another young lady who was struggling to get off heroin told me that the massage helped her body feel relaxed during the detoxification process. I consistently heard so much gratitude from our clients, with them telling me it was the highlight of their day, their week, their month, their year.
For about 6 months of the grant, I would take my massage table out every week to one of the clinic’s outreach sites, a social service agency that helped older homeless folks find housing. Some of these clients had not seen any sort of medical providers for sometimes upward of 20 years. But once they heard a massage therapist was there, they were eager to sign up. Sometimes clients would reveal very serious things about their medical history, and I would encourage them to follow up with one of our doctor’s. Several of my clients did, and are now receiving primary care through our clinic. One client told me he didn’t think anybody cared about him before the massage, and he was so appreciative that I came out to do this.
The grant ended in August of 2011, and since then, we have consistently had massage at the clinic four times a week. We are going to be renovating the CAM space soon, and there will be a spot for four massage tables. We are in talks with a local massage therapy training program about the possibility of bringing their students to our clinic for their clinical rotations. None of this would have been possible without the MTF grant.
Heidi Pannke
Massage Therapist / Alternative Medicine Coordinator / Records Fairy Outside In - http://www.outsidein.org/
About Outside In
The mission of Outside In is to assist homeless youth and other low-income and marginalized people move toward improved health and self-sufficiency. Outside In, established in 1968, has continually revised services to respond to changing client needs. Current programs include a Clinic and Homeless Youth Department. The clinic is a cutting-edge blend of western and alternative medicine. It is a teaching site for Oregon Health Sciences University, and the National College of Naturopathic Medicine, providing western medicine, naturopathic, acupuncture, Chinese herbal, chiropractic, massage and dental care. The clinic provides over 17,000 visits annually for homeless youth and homeless and low income adults. In addition to the on-site clinic, our mobile medical outreach program uses a 38-foot medical van with 3 exam rooms, a lab and electronic medical records to take medical care to isolated populations who lack access to care. You can learn more about Outside In by visiting their website at www.outsidein.org
Heidi Pannke administering a massage to a client at Outside In
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We are pleased to announce the funding of five Community Service Grants and one Research Grant for the MTF’s 2011 granting cycle.
Community Service Grants Tina Allen of Liddle Kidz Foundation in Vancouver, WA, was awarded $5,000 for “Massage Therapy for Orphans in Japan.” This grant was sponsored in part by a gift from the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA). Liddle Kidz Foundation has been working for over a decade to bring healing touch to needy infants and children within the United States, Thailand and Vietnam. Allen, the founder of Liddle Kidz, will use the MTF grant to educate 16 pediatric massage therapists who will work on children in orphanages in the greater Tokyo area to reduce the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder. The massage therapists will also educate the caregivers of the children so treatments can continue when the therapists aren’t present.
Tieasha James of Bee Busy Wellness Center (BBWC) in Houston, Texas, was awarded $5,000 for “Touching Lives.” This grant is funded in part by a gift from Biotone. The BBWC provides health services for the medically underserved, including women at high risk of drug use/abuse, hypertension, and sexually transmitted infections. The MTF grant will provide funding to add massage to the offerings of the BBWC with an objective of lowering client’s stress levels while increasing self-awareness and taking initiative for the clients own health.
Fermin Flores of Exodus Transitional Community in Brooklyn, New York, was awarded $5,000 for “Free Fulfillment,” a grant that was sponsored in part by a gift from the Arizona Chapter of AMTA (AMTA-AZ). With this MTF Community Service Grant, Exodus will provide massage therapy services for formerly incarcerated men and women. The goal of the project is to help reeducate these individuals and empower their physical and mental readaptation to touch so they can experience quality of life.
Dale Healey, DC, of Northwestern Health Sciences University (NWHSU) in Bloomington, MN, was awarded $4,800 for “Integrating Massage with La Clinica de la Mariposa.” This grant is sponsored in part by a gift from Biotone. NWHSU has a Clinic in Costa Rica that serve clients with limited income, many of whom are indigent. This grant will provide therapeutic massage to a needy population as well as educate chiropractors and massage therapists about the benefits of integrating their disciplines in the treatment of patients.
Ellisa Lee of SAGE Eldercare’s HomeCare Massage Therapy in Summit, NJ, was awarded $5,000 for “Soothing our Senior Clients.” Since 1954, SAGE Eldercare has been dedicated to the independence, well-being, and quality of life for older adults and their caregivers. This grant will allow SAGE to expand the benefits of its HomeCare home health aide services to include complementary massage therapy for its clients. Providing massage will aim to the anxiety, chronic pain, depression, and insomnia resulting from the many challenges HomeCare clients experience.
Research Grant For the 2011 Research Grant, the MTF awarded $29,998 to Katharina Wiest, PhD, MSPH, of CODA, Inc. in Portland, OR, for her study “Massage Impact on Chronic Pain in Opioid Dependent Patients. Chronic pain is common among opioid dependant patients beginning substance use treatment. This study will asses the efficacy of Swedish massage techniques on chronic pain in opioid dependent adult patients receiving methadone treatment. Primarily, the researchers will measure the effect of massage on the level of pain intensity. Massage may offer a non-pharmacologic option as part of the treatment arsenal for opioid dependence.
The Massage Therapy Foundation awards Research Grants of up to $30,000, and Community Service Grants of up to $5,000. The deadline to apply for a Research Grant is March 1, 2012, and the Community Service Grant deadline is April 1, 2012. For the full grant synopses, or to apply for a grant, visit www.massagetherapyfoundation.org.
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Glenath Moyle, president of the American Massage Therapy Association recently declared in her remarks at the National Convention, “Research is our future, and the future is here!”
I agree with her, but I have a concern. I would declare, “The future is here–and some of us aren’t ready!”
What about you?
Can you discern a good study from a bad one? What do you do to identify how bias might alter a study’s outcomes? How do you feel about navigating Pubmed Central? And are you confident that you can explain the findings of a typical study to your clients?
Research Literacy is a Job Requirement
Following what happens in massage therapy research is part of every massage therapist’s job, whether he or she is working out of a room at home, in a franchise, at a spa, or in an interdisciplinary health care clinic. The reasons for this are many and varied, but here is a short list:
Research allows us to build on the experiences of others so we don’t have to reinvent the wheel with every client.
Clients are doing their own background reading; we’d better be able to keep up.
As a new health care system evolves, massage therapy could have an important place–but without good research, we will be shut out of that opportunity.
It is vital that massage therapists be able to communicate with researchers, so that studies examine massage as it is truly practiced. Otherwise findings may be useless, or worse, misleading.
Poorly executed research gets published; we need to be able to identify it and be clear about why we disagree with it.
Research, along with client values and practitioner skill, is the basis of evidence-informed practice. It is up to us to find research that is relevant and applicable.
But here’s the problem: many schools don’t teach classes in how to access, evaluate and apply new research. Most massage therapists probably wouldn’t claim that they are confident being self-taught in those skills.
So what do we do?
Wouldn’t it be great if…
Wouldn’t it be great if there were an online course that a person could take in his or her own time? A course that is more than, “read this—take this test”? A course that helps to build skills in identifying good-quality research articles, accessing them, making sense of them, and applying findings to practice?
Basics of Research Literacy (BRL) is a joint project between the Massage Therapy Foundation and Education Training Solutions. Designed by Whitney Lowe and Jan Schwartz, it is a 6-hour continuing education course about—you guessed it—research literacy. It is self-paced, and anything but passive: you will learn what research is, how to do a literature search, and how to evaluate findings. You will hone your online search skills, including the use of relevant data bases so you can find studies that apply to you and your clients. This is an interactive, skill-building course with no time limit for completion.
Basics of Research Literacyis appropriate for anyone: practitioners, students, educators, and others involved in the massage therapy profession.
Basics of Research Literacyis available now, for an introductory price of $75 for individuals, $65 each for groups of five or more. This is a permanent fundraiser for the Massage Therapy Foundation, offered through Education and Training Solutions.
Evanston, IL – November 28, 2011 – The Massage Therapy Foundation is pleased to announce the release of two musical albums, titled Rise and Shine, available on CD exclusively through Massage Warehouse. Because of Massage Warehouse’s generosity, all proceeds from the sale of the albums will support the Foundation’s programs which advance the profession through massage research, education, and community service. The albums are available for $15 each or one of each for $25. You can purchase the albums through this link.
Both albums are composed of music created by musicians in the massage therapy profession. The Rise album includes a wide variety of musical genres including acoustic, bluegrass, and light rock. The Shine album is comprised of songs suitable for relaxation or to be played during a massage. All of the artists on both albums donated their songs in support of the Foundation and its work.
The Rise and Shine albums were the brainchild of author, massage therapist, and MTF supporter, Celia Bucci, who lead the project coordination with MTF staff. “When I learned how many of our colleagues are active, creative artists I decided to revisit my past work as a producer and create a product that would showcase our talents and raise funds for MTF.”
The Foundation is grateful for the support of Dari Lewis and Ananda Massage Training for their sponsorship of a portion of the costs associated with the production of Rise and Shine. The Foundation is also grateful to the following artists for their musical contributions:
Rise Xochitl Vinaja Christopher Alvarado Rebecca Barnett and Hesham Moustafa Celia Bucci Sydney McClune and Michael Hamm Max Highstein Laura Allen Nancy Parambo Alice Sanvito Sandy Grover Mason Dari Lewis Marianne Potje
Shine Art Lindemanis Mike Wall David Lauterstein Shardad David Michael George Skaroulis Erin Jacobsen Dean and Dudley Evenson Michael Stening Jr. Max Highstein Christopher Bernabei
The Massage Therapy Foundation advances the knowledge and practice of massage therapy by supporting scientific research, education, and community service. To learn more, visit www.massagetherapyfoundation.org.
Massage Warehouse has been a trusted partner and provider of professional grade products to Massage Therapists for over 15 years. Massage Warehouse is an active member in the massage community and is committed to the success of Massage Therapists. To learn more, visit www.massagewarehouse.com.
As you may know, Andrew Biel, LMT, presidnt and owner of Books of Discovery, was recently awarded the Massage Therapy Foundation / Performance Health Humanitarian award. You can read more about him receiving the award here. In honor of National Philanthropy Day, we asked Mr. Biel why he chooses to support the Massage Therapy Foundation year after year. His response is below.
People ask why Books of Discovery donates to the Massage Therapy Foundation. Well, let me tell you a story. When I was a kid I recall my mother writing a donation check for the local Fire and Rescue Teams. Since my parents were having financial spats, I asked her why she had donated.
She said, “When times are good, we give. And when times are bad, we give.” I didn’t quite understand, so she elaborated. “Right now, times are tough. So we’re not giving as much as before. But we’re still giving.”
“But we’ve never had an accident or a fire. So why should we give at all?” (I was young.)
“Well, knock on wood, I hope we never do need their help. But our neighbors might. Being in a community means helping and supporting each other however possible, whether that be with money, time or expertise. In good times and bad.”
Years later, when MTF board member Diana Thompson called to explain the Foundation’s mission and projects, I suspect that my mother’s words were being dusted off in my mind. When Diana asked if Books of Discovery would consider donating, it was like karma and fate and common sense all wrapped up into one big no-brainer burrito. “Of course, we’ll donate.”
And we’ve continued. Every month we write a check to the Foundation. In good times and bad. But the MTF needs more than just money. Sure, money helps, but time, expertise and a number of other things are equally important.
My mother didn’t know how to shoot a fire hose or defibrillate a patient. So she gave money and let other people volunteer for those tasks. We’ve all got something to give, and I would encourage you to consider what you could bring to the Foundation.
Previous MTF/PHI Humanitarian Award winners include Angie Patrick (2010) and Robert and Kathie King (2009).
Watch the presentation of the Humanitarian Award to Andrew Biel by Marshall Dahneke:
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In 2010, Heidi Pannke, a massage therapist and Alternative Medicine Coordinator at Outside In in Portland, Oregon, was awarded an MTF Community Service grant for $5,000. Through the MTF grant, 200 homeless and severely mentally disabled Portland residents were provided with massage over the course of the year. The grant provided funding in the first year of this program, and allowed the program to continue to grow in subsequent years. We asked Heidi to discuss what led her to apply for an MTF Community Service grant and how receiving the grant impacted Outside I. Below is her story.
