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association of massage therapists

The AMT Blog

The AMT blog was launched in mid-September 2017. It features weekly articles, news and updates of interest to AMT members and the wider massage therapy community. You’ll find the AMT blog here.

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Contributions

AMT welcomes articles for consideration to be included on the blog.These articles should be aimed at AMT members (i.e.massage therapists) and can be a case study, a book review, a review of a research study, personal experience, an examination of a massage relevant topic or similar articles. Please pitch your ideas to us via blog@amt.org.au.

Articles should be between 800-1200 words. Please read the blog to gauge style and tone. Images, with appropriate permissions, are a bonus.

We do not publish advertorials.

Submit your article to blog@amt.org.au.



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Feeling undervalued? Change is coming and, thankfully, it’s not small …

Have you ever felt undervalued? You may not have encountered the expression “gender-based undervaluation” but, as a massage therapist, you’ll have felt its effects regardless of your gender. Please read our micro-blog, which provides a brief overview of the Fair Work Commission’s ongoing project to address gender-based undervaluation in modern Awards.

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Post date: 4-6-2025


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Refusing treatment: understanding your rights and responsibilities

In this AMT micro blog, we introduce AMT’s new fact sheet on Refusal of Treatment.

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Post date: 29-5-2025


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So you think you can AI? AMT’s New Position Statement on use of Artificial Intelligence

When the robot uprising finally happens, we want to make sure it doesn’t start with your client notes accidentally being uploaded to SkyNet.

In a future where deep tissue work triggers the awakening of a quantum neural network that thinks it’s a qualified remedial massage therapist, AMT’s new position statement on artificial intelligence may be the only document standing between civilisation as we know it and a dystopian future where rogue AI programs diagnose every MSK condition as “restricted fascia”.

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Post date: 12-5-2025