Taking the Ordinary Out of Massage Education!
Welcome to the Orthopedic Massage Education & Research Institute website, directed and owned by Whitney Lowe.
Lowe is a massage education pioneer who stays at the forefront of massage continuing education and development. Not satisfied with the old boundaries of what constituted effective massage education, Lowe has forged ahead toward the unlimited opportunities that exist with innovations in educational technology and theory. Join Whitney Lowe as he explores new territories in the practice and teaching of therapeutic massage.
Graduates today face more competition yet also higher expectations from their clients. Quality education is paramount for a successful career in massage therapy today. My fundamental business advice to massage therapists is ‘results follow energy.’
I have designed my programs and books to provide you with a critical edge in the marketplace, so you can take the lead in your practice, find greater satisfaction in your work and life, and succeed in your massage career.
- Whitney Lowe
Welcome to OMERI’s new orthopedic massage web portal. This new web site will host a wealth of resources for you that will enhance your therapeutic massage practice. Coming soon, you will be able to subscribe to our free newsletter and updates on workshops, free webinars, and other educational offerings.
The long awaited Orthopedic Massage DVD series is currently in production and we hope to see the first of the 4 titles available by mid to late summer. This DVD series has been a long time in the conception and development phase and it’s great to see it now coming to fruition.
The new and completely revised edition of Orthopedic Massage: Theory & Technique is now complete and we have just seen the first review copy. There are some great improvements in the text and it should be available to the public by late spring.
I recently came across an advertisement for an essay contest in one of my favorite magazines, The New Scientist. The essay contest was asking if science could end the need for animal research. The ad asked: “Can you envisage how advances in technology—perhaps stem cells, tissue engineering or computer modeling—could end the need for animal [...]
The massage therapy profession sits in an interesting place. It seems to have these two separate identities which share some common ground but also diverge significantly. On the one hand is the practice of massage as what is called a personal care service for lack of a better term. This approach would include massage used [...]
There are a wide variety stretching procedures and it can be confusing to figure out which is the most effective. Some practitioners advocate a short duration stretch (about 2-3 seconds) as used in the Mattes method of Active Isolated Stretching (AIS). Others advocate a long duration of static stretching (15-20 seconds or more), as in practices such as yoga.
