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Aromatherapy Can Help Your Clients and Boost Your Business
Aromatherapy can be incorporated into almost any practice, whether you specialize in Swedish, deep-tissue, chair or sports massage. It's also one of the most fun, creative and lucrative modalities you can add to your practice. Learning aromatherapy will take just a small investment of your time and money, and will add a fascinating new dimension to your healing work.
by Katie Haley
SIDEBAR: Research shows the benefits of aromatherapy
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 Deconstructing 10 Common
Insurance-Billing Myths
Do you have to train in medical massage in order to bill insurance? Can you file claims with Workers Compensation? How does the Medicaid system work? These questions and more are answered by one of the massage field's top insurance experts.
by Vivian Madison-Mahoney |
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by Monica Roseberry |
NEWS
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 Massage for Headaches
Hands-on therapies can be highly effective for headache relief and prevention—and, for practitioners, headaches provide a rich ground for learning about the mind-body connection to chronic pain.
by Jan Mundo
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 Hammertoe: A Case of
Postural Distortions
Hammertoe—a deformity of the toe in which the proximal phalanx is bent upward and the end of the toe is bent downward—is a condition frequently seen by massage therapists. Here, learn how to address this common postural distortion.
by Paul St. John, Randall Clark
and Tracy Alan Jones
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BODY & SPA
Spa Stretching
by Brandi Schlossberg
Readers
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WE ASKED: What is your policy regarding clients who miss appointments or are chronically late? |
 Sound Therapy
Ancient cultural traditions and healing practices all over the world have utilized music, voice and sound to heal. Today many health-care practitioners are integrating sound-healing tools into the therapeutic environment, with profound results.
by Ellen Franklin
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 Energy Kinesiology
This bodywork system offers massage therapists tools for assessing opposing and synergistic muscles. A skilled energy kinesiologist has a communication device that can identify sources of soft-tissue conditions.
by Marge Bowen and Ann McFerron
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EXPERT ADVICE
"As a massage therapist
I make enough money
to support myself, although I don't live extravagantly. I'm interested in philanthropy, in giving something
back, but I don't know where to start. Do you have any advice for someone like me?"
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RESEARCH REPORTS
- Neuromuscular Therapy Improves Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
- Aromatherapy Massage Relieves Menstrual Cramps
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