April 6 Evanston, Ill. – Click on http://www.massagetherapyradio.com/mtfoundationtracywalton at 8:00p.m. EST on Tuesday, April 6 and hear Tracy Walton LMT, MS, live, discussing the curriculum design for caregiver massage.

Tracy Walton is a researcher and educator in massage and cancer care.  She has worked in private practice, hospital and spa settings since 1990.

She is the author of a textbook, Medical Conditions and Massage Therapy:  a Decision Tree Approach (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010).   Her column on cancer and massage appears regularly in Massage Today and, as a researcher, Tracy has concentrated her work on massage therapy and cancer, including NIH (National Cancer Institute) funded clinical trials involving massage by caregivers.  Research partners include the Osher Institute at Harvard Medical School, Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, and Collinge and Associates. 

She maintains a bibliography of massage and cancer research on her website. Tracy helped develop the award-winning film, “Touch, Caring, and Cancer,” massage instruction for caregivers and partners.  She is on the review board of the International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, and is a frequent contributor to massage therapy publications. 

Best known for her leadership and instruction in oncology massage therapy, Tracy teaches “Caring for Clients with Cancer,” an intensive course, and several advanced courses.  She also taught physiology and pathology at the Muscular Therapy Institute (now Cortiva Institute) in Cambridge, MA for 13 years.  There, she chaired the science department and served as Academic Dean.  As an educator, she integrates the art, heart, and science of massage therapy.  In her classroom, Tracy warmly welcomes and reaches massage therapists from all levels of training.  In 2003, the AMTA named her the Teacher of the Year.

Tracy holds a master’s degree in biological sciences, with a concentration in biochemistry and cellular physiology.  She received her diploma in therapeutic massage from the Muscular Therapy Institute.

The live webcast is one of a series of live broadcasts hosted by Massage Therapy Radio and is aimed at educating massage therapists. 

As well, this special broadcast is one in a series of featured speakers who will present at the "Highlighting Massage Therapy in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM) Research" conference May 13-15, 2010 in Seattle, WA.

Source:  Massage Therapy Foundation