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

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 
Massage Therapy Journal, 500 Davis Street, 9th Floor, Ste. 100, Evanston, Illinois 60201-4444.

SUBSCRIPTIONS: All subscription matters and notices of change of address (see postcard in this issue) should be sent to: AMTA, 500 Davis Street, 9th Floor, Ste. 100, MTJ Subscriptions, Evanston, Illinois 60201-4444. 847.864.0123. Fax: 847.864.1178. Subscription rates: US and Canada, $25 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 dollars. Back issues are available on a limited basis, Contact AMTA 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 inquiries should be sent to: Editor, Massage Therapy Journal, AMTA, 500 Davis Street, 9th Floor, Ste. 100, Evanston, Illinois 60201-4444. 
Query via 847.864.0123, Ext. 153 or
tberland@inet.amtamassage.org (Ted Berland). 
Writers’ Guidelines available upon request (see pg. 24). Since we cannot assume responsibility for manuscripts, art, and/or disks submitted to us, authors should keep an original copy for themselves. Submissions will 
be returned only if accompanied by a large 
self-addressed, stamped envelope.

ADVERTISING: For inquiries, submissions, and payments (checks should be payable to AMTA), contact Christina Rompon, Massage Therapy Journal, Suite 100, 500 Davis Street, 9th Floor, Evanston, IL 60201. Phone: 847.864.0123, Ext. 113; facsimile 847.864.1178; e-mail adsales@inet.amtamassage.org. Ads and art will be returned ONLY if accompanied by a self-addressed stamped envelope of the proper size.

 
26 Ben Benjamin's Corner
Pathology and Massage Therapy, Part II: Tuberculosis.
By Ben Benjamin

140 Ethically Speaking
From our readers.
By Dianne Polseno

148 Personal Computing
How to hire a web consultant.
By Reid Goldsborough

154 Book Reviews
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.

184 Love, Massage, & Medicine
Communication, messages and signals, inspiration and expiration.
By Bernie Siegel

12 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

 

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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