The nice man who likes to run every day came into my massage therapy office looking for some relief. I thought I was going to do a massage – but it turned out to be an intervention. This man had gotten a hold of a trigger point therapy workbook. He had been doing his own […]
Sometimes massage therapists are faced with a whodunit – and it takes a good bit of detective work to unveil the unusual suspect. The fun of massage therapy, I find, is solving these puzzles and giving a client not only relief but also the confidence that they will get better. Recently a client came in […]
Right about the end of the year, or sometimes the beginning of the year, I do an audit of my massage therapy practice. Years ago I started doing because I found it was easy to slip into a groove – also called a rut – and because I usually take at least a few days […]
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The footpath from the subway to my university led up the Boston Commons through the State House and down to the other side of Beacon Hill. I took the path often, going to the right side cut-through of the State House to avoid the somber figure sitting on a stone bench in front of the […]
Chair massage is a great way to deliver massage services – and it offers independence for many therapists who don’t want to be limited to table services. This new era of chair massage is a big step forward. When it started more than 25 years ago, chair was seen by some traditional massage therapists as […]
Effleurage & the Flaming Snowplow Most massage therapists make a habit of getting massages, as do I. A good massage is always appreciated, but at times it is hard not to be a “back-seat” massage therapist. Recently I was looking forward to some relief for a strained deltoid when the effleurage began on my […]
Well, it wasn’t the most pleasant story I saw on TV news last night: A report about multiple incidents of women receiving massages from male therapists and complaining of sexual touch. It’s tough to talk about what’s an ugly truth in the massage therapy field. Some people in our field may not be doing massages […]
The Adventures of Ana Log, Massage Therapist My alter ego in my massage therapist career has been “Ana Log.” She is a heroine of old school practices that simplify life instead of clouding it. Contrary to trends out there in e-land, Ana Log has her own schedule book, written in pencil, to give her […]
Perhaps you have seen the ads in the massage therapist trade publications: What would happen if you could see four clients in an hour? Folks in the massage biz are not often associated with great math skills. Four clients in a single hour? As a private practice therapist, heck, I figure could make a lot […]