NEWS NOTES
compiled by Brandon Twyford
ABMP Assistant Editor | brandon@abmp.com
Massage & Bodywork
Wins in Los Angeles
Massage & Bodywork won fi rst prize at the Western
Publishing Association's 2015 Maggie Awards for
the article "Physical Fitness for Bodyworkers" in
the July/August 2015 issue. Massage & Bodywork
was also a fi nalist in nine other categories.
To date, Massage & Bodywork has won 15
publishing awards and has been nominated for 30
additional awards. Professional Assist Corporation
(parent company to Associated Bodywork & Massage
Professionals and sister association Associated Skin
Care Professionals) has won 31 publishing awards
and has been nominated for 42 additional awards.
Mary Bemis named one
of Folio's 2015 Top Women
in Media
Mary Bemis, founder of
Insider's Guide to Spas and
co-founder of Organic Spa
magazine, has been named
one of Folio's Top Women
in Media for 2015. The
annual program celebrates
the creativity, innovation,
and accomplishments
of women in media.
Bemis is a longtime
spa advocate and has
served on the editorial
advisory boards of Shape,
Spirituality & Health, and
Premier Spas magazines.
She launched Organic Spa magazine in 2007, against the
advice of many of her magazine industry peers, who told
her the idea would never take off. The magazine was chosen
as one of 2007's top consumer magazine launches by Samir
"Mr. Magazine" Husni, and established Bemis's status as a
pioneer in the sustainable spa and organic beauty movement.
"To be recognized by one's peers in the media industry
is an incredible and humbling honor," Bemis says.
"People are fi nally waking up to the fact that spa is not
trivial or frivolous. Spa is a large and growing industry
at the heart of healing and health maintenance."
To learn more about Bemis and her initiatives,
visit www.insidersguidetospas.com.
Massage Therapy Improves In-Vitro
Fertilization Rates
A recent study published in Alternative Therapies observed that patients who
received deep relaxation (andullation) massage therapy prior to embryo
transfer during in-vitro fertilization had higher rates of pregnancy and birth,
suggesting that stress reduction from massage therapy improves embryo
implantation. The fi ndings further support the use of massage therapy as a safe
and effective complementary therapy for assisted-reproduction techniques.
Read the full study at www.scribd.com/doc/259801345/
Massage-Therapy-Improves-In-Vitro-Fertilization-Outcome-in-
Patients-Undergoing-Blastocyst-Transfer-in-a-Cryo-Cycle.
Mary Bemis
visit www.insidersguidetospas.com.
Massage Therapy Improves In-Vitro
observed that patients who
received deep relaxation (andullation) massage therapy prior to embryo
transfer during in-vitro fertilization had higher rates of pregnancy and birth,
suggesting that stress reduction from massage therapy improves embryo
implantation. The fi ndings further support the use of massage therapy as a safe
and effective complementary therapy for assisted-reproduction techniques.
Read the full study at www.scribd.com/doc/259801345/
Massage-Therapy-Improves-In-Vitro-Fertilization-Outcome-in-
Patients-Undergoing-Blastocyst-Transfer-in-a-Cryo-Cycle.
F r e e S O A P n o t e s w i t h M a s s a g e B o o k f o r A B M P m e m b e r s : a b m p . u s / M a s s a g e b o o k 19
