Marybetts Sinclair teaches classes to professional massage therapists in three areas: Pediatric Massage, Vision and the Bodyworker and Injury Prevention
Marybetts demonstrating massage at the Holt Korea Orphanage, Islan Korea
Marybetts Sinclair's pediatric massage classes are for massage therapists who would like to become as comfortable massaging children as they are massaging adults. For those of us who love children, massaging them is interesting, fun and expands our client base so that we can truly have a "family practice." In addition, from our work with adults we know that there are many
musculoskeletal issues that could be resolved far more easily if treated when they first occur.
For example, poorly healed birth injuries can lead to structural problems, early emotional trauma can be stored in adult bodies as chronic tension or an inability to feel, and triggerpoints from poorly healed traumatic injuries can contribute to long-standing musculoskeletal pain. We are truly practicing preventative medicine when we assist children in working through such problems. Read More...
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Pediatric Massage Therapy has been translated and published in Chinese, Korean and Portuguese.
Also published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Modern Hydrotherapy for the Massage Therapist has been adopted by many excellent massage education programs including the West Coast College of Massage Therapy (British Columbia). The Oregon School of Massage, the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and the Myotherapy College of Utah. It is now available in both Korean and Chinese editions!
New and Improved!
A new and vastly improved version of Modern Hydrotherapy for the Massage Therapist, to be published by Handsprings Publishing of Edinburgh, Scotland, is currently in progress. Marybetts is hard at work on new sections on many conditions and problems, from musculoskeletal problems such as athletic injuries, to side-effects of serious health problems such as diabetes and cancer. New scientific research and many new case histories will also be included. The book will be in full color, with the beautiful artistic design for which Handsprings is known. The second edition is due out Fall of 2019!"
Read MaryBett's most recent article! ELBOW Room – How a Therapist's Own Injury Led to Better Client Care
– appears in the January/February issue of Massage and Bodywork Magazine
Download the pdf of the article
Doing Massage on the Camino de Santiago – Read Marybetts' article about her Camino Experience
Marybetts Sinclair is the author of several massage books:
Click the titles to see Marybetts' books on Amazon.com
More about Marybetts' Work:
Check out Marybett's Natural Vision Improvement class
Keep Those Peepers Moving: Why Juggling is Good for the Eyes
The Eyes Have it: Your Vision May Be Causing You Chronic Tension – appears in the 2013 Summer issue of Body Sense Magazine
Environmental Costs of Pain Management – pharmaceuticals versus physical therapies – appears in the Sept/October 2015 issue of Integrative Medicine, page 38l