Happy Thanksgiving from the AMTA Colorado Chapter! We are so grateful for all of our clients, friends, family, and especially our members, and everything you do. Thank you for allowing us to serve you!
Our website is the best place to find out about upcoming education events, Meet and Greets, CMT events and more! Click the button below to check it out!
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Colorado AMTA 2020 State Convention!
Where: Lowry Convention Center,
1061 Akron Way
Denver, CO 80230
CEUs: Up to 24 hours NCBTMB
Choose from these outstanding classes and instructors:
2019 Colorado AMTA Fall Education Event!
ONLY 5 SPOTS LEFT!
Enhance Palpation through Cadaver Study
September 14, 2019
9:00am-6:00pm
8 CEUs
1490 W. Fillmore St. Suite #130
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
Class is limited to 35 people
(must be AMTA-CO member)
This 8-hour course will explore some of the most difficult to palpate muscles of the lower body as well as other structures for which we must be cautious. Our educational setting is the Institute for Anatomical Research (IAR) in Colorado Springs, CO. NMT instructor/author Bonnie Thompson will guide us through the anatomy (see list below) using graphics and 3D software. Then we will study in the cadaver lab and will explore each listed structure and take you through an up-close investigation of the cadavers. Our remaining time will be spent with instructors assisting tableside in a hands-on palpation exercise that focuses on the muscles listed.
Structures covered in this course:
Muscular: Quadratus lumborum, iliacus, psoas, "Deep 6" lateral hip rotator group, adductors, pectineus, quadriceps group, hamstrings group, popliteus, anterior and lateral compartments of the leg, posterior superficial and deep compartments. Other muscles may be included, as time permits.
Neural: Sciatic nerve, femoral nerve, obturator nerve, iliohypogastric nerve, ilioinguinal nerve, genitofemoral nerve, lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.
Vascular: Femoral artery and vein, deep inguinal lymph nodes, abdominal aorta, common iliac arteries, internal and external iliac arteries
Regions: Lower body, including sciatic foramen, inguinal region, popliteal fossa, and the course of the femoral neurovascular complex.
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Instructor Spotlights:
Justin Solace
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Congratulations to our very own Colorado activist Chanda Hinton on receiving the National GR Activist Award at National Convention this past October in Indianapolis!!
Chanda was nominated for her outstanding work to help spinal cord injury patients receive coverage from Health First Colorado (Medicaid) for the complementary and alternative healthcare treatments they need, including acupuncture, chiropractic, and massage therapy.
Thank you, Chanda, for your continuing work and dedication!
Check out this link to a youtube video about her CFPD Trailblazer Award:
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Government Relations
Upcoming meetings:
(please click for details)
Next teleconference: December 11, 2019 at 8:00am
Phone number 1 (571) 317-3112, access code 643 934 973
Topics will include state legislative issues, and local and national issues related to massage therapy
For more information, please contact:
David Gray
AMTA Government Relations Chair
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Monthly Meet & Greet
Coffee Pods
Colorado Springs :
Next meetings
: December 11, January 8
Northern Colorado:
2nd Friday of the month from 8:30-10:00am at the UCHealth
Medical Center of the Rockies Hospital in Loveland (right off I-25), 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave, Loveland, CO 80538
Next Meetings: Dec
ember 13, January 10
Denver/Lakewood:
4th Friday of the month from 8:30-10:00am at Chanda Center for Health, 1630 Carr St, Lakewood, CO 80214 (in the Community Tea Room or the outside patio). $1 to attend to help cover the cost if you would like coffee and/or tea. For any questions, contact Hailey Strampel at (303) 888-8294.
Next meetings: December 27, January 24
Holiday Meet and Greet in Longmont:
Join us at the Tin Room inside the Dickens for a massage Christmas party,
Friday, December 13th, at 7pm. Located at 300 Main St., Longmont, CO 80501.
For more information, please call/text Byron at (303) 242-6659.
ALL massage therapists in the area are welcome to attend these Meet & Greets. We hope to see you there!
Interested in holding a Coffee Pod/Meet and Greet in your area? We would love to see more therapists get together!
This is a great opportunity to connect and share with your fellow therapists!
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Send in your submissions!
Do you have any stories or information you'd like to share? We'd love to read about it and share with our chapter members! Please submit to membership@co.amtamassage.org for consideration!
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We are looking for an Elections Coordinator!
Several Colorado board positions are opening for the coming elections this spring, and we need an Elections Coordinator to help! You may not already be running for a position. If interested, please contact Tami at president@co.amtamassage.org, or call (303) 981-4150
Open positions
: Chapter President
Financial Advisor
Board Member #2 (Membership)
Delegate
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Thank you for allowing us to serve our very valued Colorado members!
Chapter President: Tami Schumacher
Secretary: Nancy Specian
Financial Administrator: Shelly Cox
Board Member #1 (Education): Troy Lavigne
Board Member #2 (Membership): Bekka Lambert
Government Relations Director: David Gray
Delegate: Deborah Bruce
CMT Director (Sports/Community): Charlly Enroth
Website: Hailey Strampel
GRC Committee Member: Kathryn Stewart
Thank you from the Colorado AMTA Chapter!!!
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