Your MA Chapter wants to help in any way that we can. This is our effort to do just that. We are using this page to compile a list of articles, websites and suppliers that may help you and your patients return to a safe and therapeutic practice.
This page is a work-in-progress so please visit frequently as we update.
If you or someone you know has something we can add to this page, please email communications@massamta.org.
Reopening Guides
Safety Standards and Checklist: Close Contact Personal Services
Close Contact Personal Services Protocol Summary Download
Reopening: When can my business reopen?
AMTA National Updated: 10 Important Considerations for Reopening
General Business Guidance for Reopening
Clinic Sense COVID-19 Business Survival Guide for Massage Therapists
COVID-19 Prescreening by Clinic Sense
Clinic Sense is free for 1 month
Safety in Sanitation Guidelines
Mass.gov's Mandatory Safety Standards for Workplaces
17 CDC Safety & Sanitation Guidelines for Massage Therapists Considering Reopening a Practice
3 New OSHA COVID-19 Workplace Guidelines That Massage Therapists Need to Understand
7 Free and Low-Cost Educational Webinars on Reopening A Massage Practice or Small Business
COVID-19 Pathology
There's all sorts of findings coming out about other systems effected by COVID-19, such as the integumentary and circulatory systems. Who knows what else we will learn as this virus continues to be studied. We're searching for scholarly articles that would be pertinent to massage therapy so stay tuned!
AMTA-NH Massage Article Review for COVID-19
COVID-19 Update: COVID-19-associated coagulopathy
May 15, 2020
COVID-19 and it's implications for thrombosis and anticoagulation
June 4, 2020
What Other Allied Health Professionals Are Considering
Physical Therapist Management of Patients with Diagnosed or Suspected COVID-19
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources for the Physical Therapy Profession