My massage therapy client has been working very hard to lose weight. She is going to the gym four times a week, training under the watch of two very good kiniesiology trainers, and eating a diabetic diet. She has lost more than 70 pounds in the past year. That is a little fast to lose … Continue reading Providing Quadriceps Massage
Massage therapists have their favorite spots to approach changing patterns of movement and improving function. Over the years, I have asked the question often: Muscles or tendons? My early experience dictated muscles. There we find bunched-up, dysfunctional fibers and endplates. Trigger point theory called for a full cleansing of these scatterbrains, along with their associates … Continue reading Muscles or Tendons?
I love the rag-mags when they have a page of psychic predictions, from the end of the world to when some celebrity will be married. But do we in massage therapy really need psychics to make spot-on predictions? I’ve been working up my own list of the future of massage therapy – wink, wink. Here’s my … Continue reading Predictions on Massage Therapy
I just published an article on effects of massage on migraine patients on the Bellevue Massage Therapy blog.I interviewed Stephen D. Silberstein of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a past President of the American Headache Society.
Yesterday we updated the Find Touch website, introducing some new features that make using the Find Touch service even more convenient! Here’s what’s new.. New Convenient Messaging and MailboxWhen applying for work opportunities, therapists now have the ability to include a cover letter and attachments directly with their job application, eliminating the need to send … Continue reading Find Touch Service Update Streamlines Communications, introduces Massage Supplies Store!
“What’s the best place to get my liability insurance?” I think I have heard this question more often than any other since I graduated from massage school in 2002. Insurance is insurance. Some therapists go with one insurer over another because of additional benefits offered, for example by an AMTA membership. But, some of us … Continue reading Where to get your Professional Liability Insurance
First off, thank you to every one for continuing to use Find Touch! Your feedback has been behind our success all along and now, based on feedback from a number of you, we have made yet another improvement I would like to let you know about: Email notifications to job applicants are now optional Previously, … Continue reading Employer Improvements for Hiring Workflow
The Find Touch community is growing! We’ve made a little poster with the faces of some Find Touch massage therapists – take a look if you’d like. If you’d like your picture to be featured in the next version of the poster, just add it to your Find Touch profile – it’s super-easy! Hope you’re … Continue reading Faces of the Find Touch Community
On April 25th and 26th, Til Luchau and Larry Koliha, instructors at the Rolfing Institute, will be teaching Advanced Myofascial Techniques (Neck, Jaw and Head) in Portland. You have four days left (until April 2nd) to get the early-bird discount of $295 (normally $315). You can get even more of a discount if you sign … Continue reading Advanced Myofascial Techniques Workshops
Greetings, fellow Massage Therapists! On March 15th we updated the Find Touch website with some changes you need to be aware of. Jobs Digest now only goes out when there are new opportunities You spoke and we listened. Many of you mentioned that you would prefer not to receive repeat emails from us when there … Continue reading Recent Improvements Based on Feedback from Therapists