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Building A Sustainable Practice with - Mike Reoch
Jun 2, 2026
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The Cost Of Caring
May 27, 2026
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Trauma Informed Care In Practice
May 19, 2026
14m 45s
Trauma Across The Lifespan
May 12, 2026
15m 11s
What Trauma Actually Does To The Nervous System
Apr 28, 2026
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 6/2/26 | Building A Sustainable Practice with - Mike Reoch | Send us Fan Mail We didn't learn this in school — but we probably should have. In this episode, Jamie sits down with friend and fellow RMT Mike Reoch to talk about something most massage therapists are never taught: how to actually build a sustainable practice. Mike has been a massage therapist for 18 years, worked in seven clinics across five cities, and now runs a thriving clinic in Kamloops with his wife — and he has a lot to say about what actually makes a practice work long-term. In t... | 1h 08m 03s | ||||||
| 5/27/26 | The Cost Of Caring | Send us Fan Mail We've spent three episodes talking about your patients' nervous systems. This one is about yours. If you're showing up for complex, trauma-affected patients with skill and sensitivity — you're absorbing something in the process. That's not a weakness. That's the cost of caring. And it puts you directly at risk for compassion fatigue. In this final episode of our four-part series on trauma and the nervous system, we turn the lens around and talk about what this work actually... | 11m 10s | ||||||
| 5/19/26 | Trauma Informed Care In Practice | Send us Fan Mail "Your patients don’t respond to a technique. They respond to safety." Why do some patients instantly brace when you touch them, while others fail to relax no matter how gentle your manual pressures are? In this episode, Jamie Johnston cuts through the academic fluff surrounding "trauma-informed care" to deliver a highly practical, clinical protocol for the treatment room. When a patient has a history of trauma or persistent neurological pain, your treatment table isn't just a... | 14m 45s | ||||||
| 5/12/26 | Trauma Across The Lifespan | Send us Fan Mail "It's not a mechanical problem. It's a biological debt." Why do some patients plateau despite perfect manual technique? In this episode, Jamie Johnston dives into the structural and neurological changes that trauma leaves in the body—long after the distressing event has passed. We move past the philosophy of trauma-informed care and get into the hard science: how childhood trauma alters gene expression (Epigenetics), why adulthood stress creates a "physiological overdraft" (A... | 15m 11s | ||||||
| 4/28/26 | What Trauma Actually Does To The Nervous System | Send us Fan Mail "It's not an attitude problem. It's a nervous system response." Have you ever had a patient who seems "jumpy," constantly guarded, or simply fails to respond to treatment despite your best manual techniques? In this episode, Jamie Johnston breaks down why these "complex" cases often have nothing to do with physical tissue issues and everything to do with a nervous system stuck in protection mode. We explore the anatomy of the survival brain—the Brain Stem, the Limbic System, ... | 11m 21s | ||||||
| 4/14/26 | Why Therapeutic Movement Matters More Than Your Favourite Modality | Send us Fan Mail "If you move, your disc will bulge." "Your pelvis is out of alignment." As massage therapists, we often use language intended to help, but we might actually be planting seeds of fear. This fear of movement, or kinesophobia, is one of the biggest drivers of long-term disability. If you find yourself constantly adding new manual modalities to your toolkit because your persistent pain patients aren't getting better, it’s time to challenge the idea that another technique is the a... | 7m 45s | ||||||
| 4/1/26 | Why You're Confused About Trauma (And What Actually Matters) | Send us Fan Mail "How do I treat PTSD differently than childhood abuse?" If you have ever asked this question in an RMT group, you aren’t alone—but you might be focusing on the wrong thing. In our profession, we’ve been taught to categorize trauma into boxes: combat, medical, sexual, or relational. This categorization often leads to "analysis paralysis," leaving therapists second-guessing every word and touch. In this episode, Jamie Johnston breaks down why the source of the trauma matters mu... | 16m 03s | ||||||
| 3/17/26 | Movement as Education: Stop Treating Symptoms, Start Changing Stories | Send us Fan Mail "I’ve tried every technique and every modality, but they’re still not getting better." If you’ve ever felt this frustration, you aren’t alone. When a patient is stuck in a cycle of persistent pain, our instinct as massage therapists is to chase the next certification or find a "magic" hands-on tool. But what if the problem isn’t your toolkit? What if the problem is the patient's belief that their body is broken—and the solution is showing them otherwise? In this episode, Jami... | 9m 19s | ||||||
| 2/24/26 |  Confident Conversations: How Massage Therapists Talk About Mental Health and Keep Boundaries | Send us Fan Mail "I'm not a psychologist. I should just stay in my lane, right?" As massage therapists, we are often told to refer out the moment a patient mentions mental health struggles. But what happens when that referral is the very thing that makes a patient feel dismissed? What if "staying in our lane" actually sabotages their physical recovery? In this episode, Jamie draws on his experience as both a massage therapist and a firefighter to explain why you are uniquely positioned to hel... | 17m 35s | ||||||
| 2/4/26 | The 3 Types of Movement Every Massage Therapist Should Be Using | Send us Fan Mail "But Jamie, I’m not a personal trainer. I don’t even have a gym in my clinic!" If you’ve ever felt like movement-based therapy is "out of scope" or requires fancy equipment, this episode is for you. Many of us were taught that our value lies solely in what we do to a patient on the table. But when we rely only on passive techniques, we miss the most powerful tool for building long-term resilience: Movement. In this episode, we’re debunking the myth that you need a CSCS certif... | 19m 07s | ||||||
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| 1/20/26 | Teach-Back: the single habit that boosts adherence and reduces burnout | Send us Fan Mail "I did the work, gave them the stretches, and they still came back two weeks later with no improvement." If that sounds familiar, you aren’t alone. Most massage therapists respond to "difficult" cases by chasing more certifications and better manual techniques. But what if the lack of progress has nothing to do with your hands, and everything to do with the gap between what you say and what your patient actually hears? In this episode, we’re breaking down why communication is... | 20m 55s | ||||||
| 1/6/26 | That "research anxiety" you feel isn't burnout—it's Allostasis in action | Send us Fan Mail Have you ever scrolled through social media, seen a post about "pain science" or "evidence-based practice," and felt an immediate surge of defensiveness? Like everything you spent thousands of dollars and years of school to learn was being called a lie? In this episode, we’re getting vulnerable about the professional "identity crisis" that many therapists face. I share my own journey from being a modality-driven therapist who wanted to "hammer muscles and tear shit up" to som... | 14m 01s | ||||||
| 12/9/25 | How Massage Therapists achieve better treatment outcomes without worrying about overstepping their scope | Send us Fan Mail Are you a massage therapist who feels in over your head or finds yourself avoiding crucial conversations about mental health with your patients? You don't have to keep feeling that way. In this powerful episode, we tackle the reality that your patients often carry more than just physical pain. We introduce a systematic and compassionate approach to navigating mental health discussions right in your treatment room—a method that is designed to build trust, honour professional b... | 15m 15s | ||||||
| 12/2/25 | Are You Accidentally Harming Your Clients by "Staying In Scope"? | Send us Fan Mail Have you ever frozen mid-massage because a patient opened up about something heavy—trauma, grief, or deep anxiety—and you had no idea how to respond? In this raw and honest episode,I share the story I rarely like to tell: the day I completely failed a patient after he shared a horrifying moment from his past. I unpack a cringeworthy mistake I made—centering myself in his trauma—and explain why the conventional advice to keep "mental health out of your scope" is actually causi... | 13m 24s | ||||||
| 3/31/23 | Episode #29 Dealing With Burnout | Send us Fan Mail I think we've all seen changes in the past couple of years with the pandemic and other things going on. For the both of us, we experienced a significant amount of burnout, so we thought we'd share our stories as we're sure we aren't alone in the experience. And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com and our emails: jamie@themtdc.com hello@ericpurves.com Support the show | 39m 52s | ||||||
| 9/28/22 | Episode #28 With Great Educational Power, Comes Great Educational Responsibility | Send us Fan Mail Education, education, education. We constantly promote a better education for Massage Therapists and as those who teach continuing education courses we have a lot of responsibility to keep current with new evidence and research. And so do our associations. Our associations wield some great power in what can and is offered to their perspective memberships for continuing education. But are they all handling their responsibility well? If not, their members should demand bett... | 47m 49s | ||||||
| 8/23/22 | Episode #27 Myofascial Release And CLB, What Does The Evidence Say? | Send us Fan Mail As massage therapists, we often rely on learning new modalities or rely on many of the ones we learned in college as a way to help our patients. But does it really matter which modality we use? There are so many other factors that contribute to better outcomes when people come to see us, the modality we use while the person receives treatment matters less than we've been lead to believe. Let's start to worry less about learning new ways to touch people and start focusing o... | 43m 44s | ||||||
| 8/2/22 | Episode #26 The Biopsychosocial 40 Years Later | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss some of the advances, changes, and recommendations that have taken place since the biopsychosocial framework was introduced 40 years ago. This is one of the many things we discuss in our upcoming courses along with therapeutic movement and rehab. These courses can be taken in person, or online so please click the link below and join us in October! REGISTER HERE And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com a... | 46m 47s | ||||||
| 6/19/22 | Episode #25 Making Sure Your Continuing Education is Evidence Based | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss the buzzwords circling around our continuing education and how you can interpret and decide whether the course you're taking is evidence based. And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com and our emails: jamie@themtdc.com hello@ericpurves.com Support the show | 51m 50s | ||||||
| 5/31/22 | Episode #24 Maintaining Professionalism When Given The Benefit Of The Doubt | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss the updated education requirements from our college in BC. While some take this update to think they don't have to take continuing education anymore, we argue that it is our responsibility as healthcare professionals to do so. And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com and our emails: jamie@themtdc.com hello@ericpurves.com Support the show | 46m 08s | ||||||
| 5/5/22 | Episode #23 Challenge Your Bias, But Still Remain Patient Centred | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss some papers that challenge some of the available pain models of understanding. While there are some good challenges on language, the overall message remains the same; treat the person in front of you. And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com and our emails: jamie@themtdc.com hello@ericpurves.com Support the show | 30m 29s | ||||||
| 4/17/22 | Episode #22 Challenging Industry Norms And Incorporating Movement | Send us Fan Mail In this episode we discuss some papers on therapeutic exercise for the neck as well as the low back. We also look at challenging industry norms and how others get upset by what you're saying. And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com and our emails: jamie@themtdc.com hello@ericpurves.com Support the show | 34m 52s | ||||||
| 3/28/22 | Episode #21 Allowing Research To Challenge Our Beliefs | Send us Fan Mail You ever have one of those moments where you get faced with a piece of research that challenges, something that you've been saying for a long time? We're going to talk about that today. Because I've been long saying how going for a walk is one of the best things you can do for low back pain. And while it's can still be an effective thing, we've come apart come upon some research that tells us otherwise. So we'll get into that today. But I think before we get into that one, we... | 40m 50s | ||||||
| 1/7/22 | Episode #20 Confronting The Challenge Of Evidence Based Practice | Send us Fan Mail On this episode we look at a great paper entitled: "Challenges for Evidence-Based Physical Therapy: Accessing and Interpreting High-Quality Evidence on Therapy" This was a great paper as it shows us several different challenges to incorporating research into practice, what the best research papers are, and why it's important to use them. While it does highlight some of the challenges, we as healthcare professionals should look at this not as a challenge but rather an o... | 53m 59s | ||||||
| 1/5/22 | Episode #19 The Epic Fails Episode | Send us Fan Mail On this episode, we chat about some of the failures we've had in our careers. It's important to talk about failures because you can't succeed without failing. Also because we all make mistakes in practice but we're not alone, the more we discuss them, the greater growth we can have. And as always, check out our websites. www.themtdc.com www.ericpurves.com and our emails: jamie@themtdc.com hello@ericpurves.com Support the show | 50m 21s | ||||||
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