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Find Touch Service Update Streamlines Communications, introduces Massage Supplies Store!

October 14, 2009Find Touch AnnouncementsSue Peterson

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! →

States of Undress

October 11, 2009Uncategorized

A regular client of mine who knows I blog for Find Touch told me one time that she thought I should write about undressing for massage from the client’s point of view. Like many clients, she was sometimes confused as to what was expected of her in terms of getting on the table, and she … Continue reading States of Undress →

Oh, By the Way…

October 5, 2009Uncategorized

I once had a client – whom I’ll call Bob – who for several years had experienced a great deal of pain in the left upper torso. In the two weeks before his first massage, he had awakened during the night to such extreme left chest pain, that his wife took him to the emergency … Continue reading Oh, By the Way… →

Furling for dollars

September 30, 2009UncategorizedCaramel

Ok, I’ve been doing this massage therapy thing for a while. But two weeks ago I thought I was going to have to hire a Sign-Twirler. Darn, it was slow. Everybody was busy, out of town, broke or otherwise engaged. I know how to handle these things. I’ve been around. But I must say one … Continue reading Furling for dollars →

Winter Is Coming: Time for a Sunshine Supplement

September 28, 2009Uncategorized

Winter is coming . . . I can feel it in the air. I didn’t grow up in Seattle, and frankly I never feared winter until I lived here. Arkansas and Louisiana get cold, but they can still be sunny, which is largely not true in Seattle. And though I thought I was prepared for … Continue reading Winter Is Coming: Time for a Sunshine Supplement →

Tools of the Trade: Tiger Balm and Tennis Balls

September 20, 2009Building Your Practice, Massage Techniques

At home, I like to say, “If you can’t do it with duct tape, WD-40, or Tiger Balm, you probably can’t do it at all.” But in the massage room, my favorite choices are Tiger Balm and tennis balls. Every massage practitioner seems to have at least a couple of favorite tools, and these are … Continue reading Tools of the Trade: Tiger Balm and Tennis Balls →

Helping the Wounded Warrior

September 16, 2009UncategorizedCaramel

I know we are supposed to be at war, but where, really does one see any signs of the effort? No rations, bonds, enlistment drives or things our parents knew well. The war is distant, a story on the news page. A sad obit inside the local news, a picture of someone looking too young … Continue reading Helping the Wounded Warrior →

The Fragrant Mind

September 13, 2009Massage Techniques

The Fragrant Mind: Aromatherapy for Personality, Mind, Mood, and Emotion by Valerie Ann Worwood is one of the most well-written and well-rounded texts on the subject that I have ever seen. Worwood has been an aromatherapist for over twenty years and is quite a figure in her field: this is the sort of lady presidents … Continue reading The Fragrant Mind →

Cacography and Other Points in Stinky Communication

September 6, 2009The Business Side of Massage

A friend of mine who subscribes to Wordsmith.org recently sent me a word-of-the-day that I knew I wanted to blog about: cacography. Cacography (kuh-KOG-ruh-fee) is both simply defined as “bad handwriting” and “incorrect spelling.” The site summary adds an explanation of this word’s history/derivation: “From caco– (bad), from Greek kakos (bad) + –graphy (writing). Caco … Continue reading Cacography and Other Points in Stinky Communication →

Bamboo Sheets, No Pinholes, Please

September 3, 2009Building Your PracticeCaramel

Any therapist has to love sheets that feel like silk, breathe so they are not too hot, not too cold, happily opaque and are so light it takes 10 sets to fill a washing machine. Yes, they are wonderful. A therapist’s sheet dream. I purchased my first four sets of bamboo sheets recently and fell … Continue reading Bamboo Sheets, No Pinholes, Please →