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- Official Publication of the
American Massage Therapy Association ®
Winter 2000 Vol. 38, No. 4
American Massage Therapy Association®
Publisher
Elizabeth M. Lucas
Director of Communications & Marketing
| Theodore Berland |
Editor |
| Kelly Gospodarek |
Communications
Assistant |
| Cherie Sohnen-Moe |
Business Editor |
| Lisa Mertz,
Ph.D., |
Book Review Editor |
| Douglas Alexander |
Contributing
Writer |
| Brian Coughlan |
Contributing
Writer |
| Mirka Knaster |
Contributing
Writer |
| Robert A. Schulman,
M.D. |
Medical Advisor |
| Christina Rompon |
Media Sales &
Service |
| Imagination
Publishing |
Design |
Contributors
Adela T. Basayne
Ben Benjamin
Debra Brooks
Linda Christman
Brian Coughlan
Sandra Bain Cushman
Reid Goldsborough
Elliot Greene
Carol Hamilton
Dawn Jordan
Whitney Lowe
Mike Mansel
Kathleen McLoughlin
Dianne Polseno
Leslie Rahn
Monica Roseberry
Bernie Siegel
Cherie Sohnen-Moe
Tracy Walton
Jan Zobel

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Ste. 100, MTJ Subscriptions, Evanston, Illinois 60201-4444.
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for one year (4 issues). $45 for two years (8 issues). Foreign $70 for
one. $120 for two years (via air). All payments must be made in US
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Membership Department, Suite 100, 500 Davis Street, 9th Floor, Evanston, IL 60201.
Phone: 847.864.0123, facsimile 847.864.1178.
EDITORIAL COPY: Editorial Contributions, photos and miscellaneous
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Query via 847.864.0123, Ext. 153 or
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submitted to us, authors should keep an original copy for themselves.
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| 26 |
Ben Benjamin's Corner |
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Pathology
and Massage Therapy, Part II: Tuberculosis.
By Ben Benjamin
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| 140 |
Ethically Speaking |
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From our readers.
By Dianne Polseno
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| 148 |
Personal
Computing |
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How to hire a web
consultant.
By Reid Goldsborough
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| 154 |
Book Reviews |
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Medical
Massage; A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology; Myofascial Pain
and Dysfunction: The Trigger
Point Manual, 2nd ed.; Massage Therapy: Principles
and Practice; Therapeutic Massage; Cranial Manipulation Theory
and Practice: Osseous and
Soft Tissue Approaches; Therapeutic Exercise for
Spinal Segmental
Stabilization in Low-back Pain: Scientific Basis and
Clinical Approach; The Whole
Mind: The Definitive Guide to Complementary Treatments
for Mind, Mood, and Emotion; and, Getting In Touch: The Guide to
New Body-Centered Therapies.
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| 184 |
Love, Massage, & Medicine |
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Communication, messages
and signals, inspiration and expiration.
By Bernie Siegel |

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Letter
From the Editor |
| 14 |
Letters to the
Editor |
| 16 |
Kaleidoscope |
| 20 |
National
President's Editorial |
| 23 |
New Products |
| 24 |
Manuscript
Submission |
| 156 |
Directory of
COMTA Schools |
| 164 |
Classifieds |
| 173 |
Advertiser
Directory |
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ON THE
COVER
Massage helps relieve the aches
& pains that bucking bulls and broncos impose on rodeo
cowboys.
Photo by Richard Green/The
Californian |
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