Tracy’s belief is simple—everyone deserves compassionate touch. She has developed guidelines that are already in place in hospitals, massage schools, and clinics across the country. This includes a pressure scale she developed, based on the work of Gayle MacDonald and Dawn Nelson. In this episode, Tracy discusses her beginnings in oncology massage, how frustration in the classroom helped develop the pressure scale, and her hopes of trauma-informed massage therapy instruction in the classroom.

Tracy Walton is a researcher, writer, award-winning educator, and specialist in massage therapy and cancer care. A dynamic voice for the power of touch, she is the author of the pathology textbook, Medical Conditions and Massage Therapy: A Decision Tree Approach. For more information about Tracy, visit www.tracywalton.com.

Link to The Pressure Scale

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Ep 136 - The Massage Therapy Pressure Scale with Tracy Walton

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