Listening to and learning from each other

Brief report
Published in the HealthBulletin
Posted on:
10 January, 2006
Issue
Vol 6 No 1 January 2006 - March 2006
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Article type Brief reports

Dein Vindigni

Reproduced with permission from Massage Australia and the author. All rights reserved. For reprint information contact Massage Australia, email:info@massageaustralia.com.au

 

Small steps towards a better future. Sports Massage. An opportunity for addressing pain, disability and other major causes of morbidity and mortality in the Aboriginal community.

‘You white people keep telling us Aboriginals that we have ear problems. You keep showing us the graphs and the research. You know, I think you mob are the ones with ear problems…we keep saying the same things and you don’t seem to hear.’

The sports massage course conducted in Kempsey by Aboriginal health workers, chiropractors and massage practitioners was the end result of a lot of talking and even more listening…

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Source: Vindigni D (2005) Listening to and learning from each other. Massage Australia;50:4-10

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