The Ultimate Guide to Incorporating Spa Trends in 2015
If you want your practice to take off this year, take a clue from your clients. Offering spa and massage options fully customized to their unique needs is a huge spa trend for 2015. In a free webinar...
View ArticleMilitary Life Armed This Veteran for a New Career—Massage
Donald “Dino” Dowl, now retired from active-duty military service, carried just 111 pounds on his 5-foot, 9-inch frame on his first day of U.S. Army basic training. The physical fitness principles he...
View ArticleMassage for Cats Makes Purrfect Sense
Most massage clients are happy to see their therapists—but Julie Polvinen often receives over-the-top greetings in the form of meows, purrs and head rubs. As a certified small animal massage therapist,...
View ArticleTransition Issues Affect Florida Massage Therapy Law
In an effort to combat prostitution and human trafficking, Statewide Operation Trigger Point, a combined effort of the Florida Department of Health and local law enforcement, has resulted in 64...
View Article15 Tips from Chair Massage Pros
15 Tips from Chair Massage Pros from MASSAGE MagazineWith a quality massage chair and your imagination, you can expand your practice, build clientele, make extra money and support clients’ health....
View ArticleMassage Therapists Play Starring Role in Disney Spa Magic
Happy massage clients may have told you that you have magic hands—but if you’re a massage therapist at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, making magic happen is an official part of every...
View ArticleMilitary Life Armed This Veteran for a New Career—Massage
Donald “Dino” Dowl, now retired from active-duty military service, carried just 111 pounds on his 5-foot, 9-inch frame on his first day of U.S. Army basic training. The physical fitness principles he...
View ArticleMassage for Cats Makes Purrfect Sense
Most massage clients are happy to see their therapists—but Julie Polvinen often receives over-the-top greetings in the form of meows, purrs and head rubs. As a certified small animal massage therapist,...
View ArticleTransition Issues Affect Florida Massage Therapy Law
In an effort to combat prostitution and human trafficking, Statewide Operation Trigger Point, a combined effort of the Florida Department of Health and local law enforcement, has resulted in 64...
View Article15 Tips from Chair Massage Pros
15 Tips from Chair Massage Pros from MASSAGE Magazine With a quality massage chair and your imagination, you can expand your practice, build clientele, make extra money and support clients’ health....
View ArticleMassage Therapists Play Starring Role in Disney Spa Magic
Happy massage clients may have told you that you have magic hands—but if you’re a massage therapist at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, making magic happen is an official part of every...
View ArticleSitting or Standing, Office Workers Need Massage
As a massage therapist, you have likely encountered many clients whose jobs involved eight-plus hours a day of sitting at an office desk—and you’ve no doubt used your skills to address their aching...
View ArticleBe a Big Zero Hero to Combat Global Warming
The Goal of Zero Waste The news about global warming is grim, with experts anticipating that a heated-up planet could result in anything from security threats to mass extinctions. Zero waste is a...
View ArticleWarm Up Your Winter: Heat Therapy for You and Your Clients
As human beings, we naturally turn to heat for relaxation and comfort. We welcome the sun’s warmth on our faces; we reach for a cozy blanket or sip hot tea when we’re sick; and when a body part is...
View ArticleThe Rewarding Work of Massage for Addiction Recovery
When you say good-bye to clients at the end of a typical massage session, you probably invite them to re-book, or at least encourage them to return for another session so you can help maintain their...
View Article[Lawsuit Settled] Arizona Animal Massage Therapists Win Right to Practice
By practicing animal massage, a profession she loved and in which she had been trained, Grace Granatelli of Scottsdale, Arizona, was breaking the law. More than three years ago, in 2013, Granatelli...
View ArticleWhat Do the New Hospital Massage Competencies Mean for Massage?
More hospitals across the U.S. are including massage in their patient services, to help address common patient issues such as pain, stress, insomnia and anxiety—which has resulted, as MASSAGE Magazine...
View ArticleNo Way Would I Work at a Massage Franchise—Until I Learned This
Sponsored by LaVida Massage Like many massage therapists just starting out, Tiffany Brooks, L.M.T., chose self-employment. “It was pretty much right out of school,” she said. Working alongside a...
View ArticleMassage Helps Burn Survivors Rediscover Touch
As a massage therapist, you may already have an awareness of massage therapy’s healing potential when it comes to clients being able to deal with, even overcome, body trauma. For one very specific...
View ArticleRelax, Refresh & Rejuvenate: The Spa Day as Self-Care
As a massage therapist, self-care is crucial to your daily work. When you take care of yourself, you feel better, and when you feel better, you can give a better massage and can give more of yourself...
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