To celebrate taking our 100th practitioner registration on our directory, we've sent out some terrific CD's from Sunwrae. We've sent them out to people who've contributed with blogs or on our forums (if we had your address) as well as our latest members.

ACNM is running a short course at their Perth and Brisbane campuses presented by Kevin McLean. This course is perfect for current Massage and Musculoskeletal Therapy students, as well as practicing massage therapists.

The cost is $220 or $190 for past and present ACNM students. Dates are as follows:

• Perth Campus: 19-20 July - Enrol by July 4!
• Brisbane Campus: 26-27 July

To register call: 1300 4 NATURAL

The College of Complementary Medicine (in Rathdowne St, Carlton) has announced that its next free training day will be on Saturday 21st June. The college specializes in holistic and sports kinesiology and also offers a variety of short courses.

For inquiries & bookings please contact the College's course advisor,
Heidi on (03) 9662 2378 or via their website: http://kinesiologycollege.com.au/

What are your favourite CD's to massage to? Let us know via the contact form and we'll add it to our new listing. We'll display the CD's in order of popularity as recommended by our members.

Whether you are:

• A practitioner seeking work
• A practice seeking practitioners

You can add a small advert for free in the Employment forum. In the case of practitioners seeking work, you can also add further details about this by editing your profile.

Please Note: Once your advert no longer applies, please try to delete it from the forum to avoid unnecessary contacts.

You can now easily add a map to your profile. If you have a link to a whereis or Google maps page, just follow the following steps:

1. Go to My account
2. Click on 'Edit' (next to your profile name)
3. Go to 'Main Practice'
4. Type the URL into 'Link to a Map'
5. Click on 'Submit'

Please let other practitioners know if you notice any problems with their maps or profile. If there are any persistent problems, just let us know via the contact page. Enjoy!

Have you seen or read a great massage related DVD or book lately? We've just added a Recommended DVD's page where you can contribute a review that will help other practitioners to make their choice. To contribute, either post a review in our forums or submit your review via the contact pages. A 'Recommended Books' page will be on the way soon, so get those reviews in early!

Please note: Only our practitioner members may submit reviews.

If you haven't read it yet, Terra Rosa has published an interesting preliminary survey on musculoskeletal injuries amongst massage therapists. This survey was carried out via the internet between August and December 2007. Feel free to discuss these findings and your own self-maintenance experiences on our forums.

ACNM has released a new CPE approved short course schedule (covering March-October 08). The selection of courses includes:

• Swedish massage therapy
• Aromatherapy
• Reflexology
• Lymphatic drainage massage
• Travelling and working with Sporting Teams
• Kinesiology: Touch for Health
• Biomedical pathology test interpretation

Click here for more information and course dates.

Complementary Health Seminars have released their new schedule of workshops. These are a great way to earn your association CPE's. For more information on the dates listed below, please visit their website.

March

Melbourne

• 30/3/08: Marketing your Practice