Author Archives: Sue Peterson

How to Sell Without Selling Out

When massage folks work in spas, an ugly reality crops up: spas depend on sales of retail products and extra services for income. They expect their employees/contractors to sell to clients, and to get “good” hours and “good” rooms. I, too, have worked in an environment where folks expect you to sell other things rather […]

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Handy Tips

We use our hands and arms all day, we massage therapists, so we should be taking the very best care of them, right? So when was the last time you iced? I can hear the reply: Oh, I don’t need to ice, I’m in great shape. Uh-huh. We are, in a way, baseball players, and […]

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Regarding the Future of Our Labor

It is an interesting question. Should massage therapy become a college degree? It is a question that is being proffered by those who would like massage to become part of the medical care system, with regard to how little training massage therapists have in comparison to those in the medical field. Standing next to people […]

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Life Goes On

Every week for the past 10 years, this client has come in for a wellness massage. This client’s plate is full. A small business, multiple children in expensive colleges, and the biggest reason he has for a weekly massage: his wife has lupus. Weekly massages have helped along the way. Last month, this client told […]