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How to Determine if You Need to Lower Your Massage Table
February 2, 2016
Every Massage Therapist has different reasons for choosing and using a particular table height. If your fingertips, knuckles, or palms rest on your table without your shoulders scrunching while standing next …
Elderly Massage
November 2, 2015
The elderly are a special population that I feel is often overlooked as far as massage goes. They need it and the demand will just continue to grow as our …
Beating the Pain of Arthritis
October 14, 2015
It’s a fact – massage therapy can help relieve pain. For massage therapists, this presents a wide field of opportunity to help clients who experience constant pain to have a …
Bamboo Massage – What’s That?
September 30, 2015
If you like hot stone massage, you will probably love bamboo massage. Bamboo massages use compressed bamboo sticks to massage the body. The smooth bamboo sticks can be used for …
8 Apps for Massage Therapists
September 22, 2015
We live in a time where a world of information is at our fingertips every minute of every day. Don’t know where Timbuktu is? Google it. Want to find out about Ebola? …
What to Do When Life Happens
September 10, 2015
Anyone who knows me knows that I love to call myself a hypocrite. I do try to own my faults. Some faults I love to own, it’s just more fun! …
The Benefits of Massage Cupping
June 15, 2015
Cupping is a therapy that follows Asian medicine theories. This technique uses glass cups warmed up by a quick flame and placed upside down directly on the skin creating a …
5 At-Home Massage Techniques to Help Insomnia
June 4, 2015
Therapies for insomnia vary from prescription drugs to self hypnosis. One of the simplest therapies is self massage. First though, making a ritual of bedtime is a nice way of …
What exactly is Deep Tissue Massage, and is it Right for Me?
May 21, 2015
Most people believe deep tissue massage should be this painful, non-relaxing experience in order to be beneficial. But this is not true. In fact, many people fall into a deeper …
What May Be Causing Your Nighttime Leg Cramps
May 7, 2015
Do Charley horses in your legs rudely interrupt your sleep at night? Most people have been awoke by the unrelenting pain of a Charley horse in the wee hours of …