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• Therapy From the Earth: Stone Facial Massage
• The Gift of Presence: A Guide to Transform Your Work and Life
• Strategies to Address Forward-Head Postures
• Guidelines for Hospital-Massage Success
• SciatiCare: Hands-On Technology for Addressing Spinal Disc and Nerve-Impingement Conditions
• Bowen Technique
• Ask for It!
• The Language of Touch
• Seeds of Success: How a "healer" becomes a businessperson
  Setting up a shared session room
• Research: Shiatsu Techniques Help Induce Labor in Post-Term Pregnancy ; Acupressure Increases Alertness in the Classroom ; Body Therapy and Massage Aid in Childhood Sexual Abuse Recovery
• RESEARCH MATTERS The Massage Therapy Foundation’s first research conference.
• PRACTICE BUILDING 9 Steps to Successful Banking
• Spa Massage News Airport spa takes off ;Compensation in the day-spa industry ; Learn about spa trends online
• Readers Expressions: How has client feedback changed the way you practice?
• Be Well: Therapist Self-Care; The truth about Tantra; Take control of your health ; Forearm Relief; You are what you think; Your turn: Zoe Moore; The light within; Feng Shui for Every Day; Stretch it out - Suboccipital Release
• Guest Editorial: What's Lurking in Your Lubricant?

• How to Choose Continuing Education
• How To Choose A Massage School
• Win Points With the Right Linens
• Lubricants Defined
• Candles: Choose Wisely
• Buying a Massage Table: 10 Points to Consider
• Buying a Massage Chair: 10 Points to Consider
• Glossary of Massage and Bodywork Terms
• National Certification Exam Resources
• Volunteer Organizations
• 10 years of research in MASSAGE Magazine
• Company Directory A-Z
• Product Directory
• Schools, Seminars and CEU Directory A-Z
• Schools, Seminars and CEU Directory

• The Chiropractic Connection:
  Where Muscles and Joints Meet
• Business with Pleasure: How to Combine CEU-Earning with Vacations
• Massage for Horse and Rider
• Body & Spa: Tea Time!
• Go Green!
  The Way Your Practice Can Help (or Harm) the Environment
• Strategies to Address
  Forward-Head Postures
  Part Two: Bringing the Body Back into Balance
• An Extreme Green Spa
• Diabetes:
  Massage is a Valued Therapy
• Seeds of Success:Where to spend your advertising
  dollars; how to choose CEU courses
• Research: Swedish Massage Lowers Blood Pressure
  Oil Massage Improves Weight Gain in Low Birth Weight Preterm Neonates
  Massage Is Effective in Alleviating Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness
• RESEARCH MATTERS Clinical case reports
• PRACTICE BUILDING Marketing Massage through the
  Power of Radio
• Spa Massage News 2006 Spa Trends
  Spas receive insurance coverage
  Coldwater Creek to open spas
  Men need spa education
• Readers Expressions: Do you bill insurance? If so, has it been a positive experience? If you don’t bill insurance, why not?
• Be Well: Top of Your Game Feel your best all day
  Try this energy-booster between appointments
  Help for arthritis
  Your Turn Annie Gray
  Get the Glow
  Natural facelift
  Scalene Muscle Release
  Feng Shui for Every Day

• Positive Buzz: How Word of Mouth Can Make or Break Your Practice
• Web Wonderful: 17 Ways to Promote Your Practice on the Internet
• Real-Life Advice
• BODY & SPA Floral acupuncture
• Online Tools for Client Scheduling
  How to Put an End to Phone-Tag and Boost Image woman using a laptopYour Bottom Line
• Get a Job!
• Lessons Not Taught in School
• Seeds of Success: Where to put your advertising dollars
• Research:
  * Use of lumbar massage unit while driving reduces muscle fatigue;
  * Short sport massage not effective for delayed-onset calf muscle soreness;
  * Mechanical massage improves fibromyalgia symptoms
• RESEARCH MATTERS Principles of high-quality research
• PRACTICE BUILDING A Practice That’s Built to Last
• Spa Massage News
  * Spas combat BlackBerry Hand
  * Spa and travel networks forge alliance
  * Worlds largest onboard spa
  * Medi-spa news service
  * New degree combines hands-on, business skills
  * A spa job at your fingertip
  * New spa blog teaches online marketing
• Readers Expressions: Does spirituality have a place in massage therapy? Why, or why not?
• Be Well:
  * Time Out we all need a break, but how to take it?
  * The Six Tastes
  * Natural menopause relief
  * Releasing the Pectoral Muscles
  * Her pain is not his pain
  * Your Turn
  * Precursor to osteoporosis?

• Ready, Set, Massage!
• A Special Population
  Massage Benefits Down Syndrome Patients
• The Healing Arts Protocol
• Phenomenal Touch Massage
• BODY & SPA Geo-thermo Therapy
• Seeds of Success: Finding success in a therapist-saturated market; how a computer can help your practice
• Research: * Massage May Enhance Motor Development in Children with Down Syndrome;
  * Massage Has Positive Effects on Biochemistry;
  * Reflexology Reduces Anxiety in Chemotherapy Patients
• RESEARCH MATTERS Networks and mentoring: Building a research culture in massage therapy
• PRACTICE BUILDING Public Speaking, The Untapped Massage Market
• Spa Massage News
  * Massage CEUs offered at top spa show
  * The Birth of spa blogs
  * ISPA predicts 10 spa trends
• Readers Expressions:How have your clients' knowledge and expectations of massage changed over the years?
• Be Well:
  * Celluloid Insights
  * Your Turn: Patton Lupton
  * Healthy diet protects eyes
  * Age better with exercise
  * Feng Shui for Every Day
• ONLINE EXTRAS
  * A multidisciplinary approach to cardiac care
  * Holistic fertility help online
  * Does energy balanceing provide relief for breast-concer patients?

• Watsu: Floating in the Tranquil Zone
• Structural Energetic Therapy
• The Best of Both Worlds
  Can Integrative Medicine Transform the U.S. Health-Care System?
• Massage Keeps Rock Climbers at Their Peak
• Challenge and Perseverance in the Face of Scleroderma
• Seeds of Success: How to end a therapeutic relationship; what is considered full-time in the massage field.
• Research:
  * Shantala Massage Affects Cortisol Levels in Infants
  * Hand Massage Enhances Nursing-Home Residents’ Comfort and Satisfaction with Care
  * Spa Bathing Relieves Stress
• RESEARCH MATTERS
  The North American Research Conference on Complementary and Integrative Medicine.
• PRACTICE BUILDING How to Hire - And Stay Out of Trouble While You're Doing It
• Spa Massage News
  Canyon Ranch Pairing Puts Health Care First
  Caribbean-Style Health Care
  Spa Finder Launches in Japan, Europe
  Medical Spas in Florida Face Oversight
  Results of Spa MTs’ Salary Survey Are In
• Readers Expressions: Who inspires you, and why?
• Be Well:
  * Water Pressure
  * Your Turn Valerie Swentkowski
  * Join the club
  * 10 Steps to a Longer Life
  * Feng Shui For Every Day
• ONLINE EXTRAS
  * CAM should partner with Western medicine, research finds
  * Federation moves forward
  * Reviewing the criteria
  * CAM under attack in UK
• News:
  * MT is first woman in dugout
  * FSMTA unveils DVD at conference
  * Indonesians turn to massage
  * Music reduces chronic pain
  * Darker skin susceptible to skin cancer

• How To Succeed as a Spa Employee
  —Spa Directors Tell You How
• Massage Keeps Cirque du Soleil Performers Flying High
• A Prescription for Touch
• Post-Mastectomy Massage
• Better Body Mechanics
• Research:
  • Massage More Effective than Relaxation Alone for Reducing Low-Back Pain
  • Multidisciplinary Integrative Care Benefits Patients with Low-Back Pain
  • Aromatherapy For Anxiety Reduction
• RESEARCH MATTERS
  The largest multi-site clinical trial of massage therapy in the United States
• PRACTICE BUILDING How to Fire—And Stay Out of Trouble While You’re Doing It
  by William J. Lynott
• Readers Expressions: What is your favorite type of massage to receive, and why?
• Be Well:
  • The Body’s Center
  • Protect Your Bones and Keep Off the Pounds
  • Cocoa for Healthy Skin
  • Women and Chronic Pain
  • Energy Exchange
  • Feng Shui For Every Day
  • Citrus Cleanse
• ONLINE EXTRAS
  • Call for Research Proposals
  • Giving Expectant Moms the Gift of Touch
  • Bridging Regulations
• News:
  • Tiffany Field on Massage Research
  • Cherries for Healthy Muscles
  • Arthritis Gene Identified
  • Humanitarian MT Receives Award
  • She Knows Bo Diddley
• Spa Massage News
  • Spa Lovers on the Go
  • Feet First—No Matter What the Season
  • Canyon Ranch to Build Fourth Healthy Living Community
  • Steiner to Manage Cruise-Boat Spa
  • ISPA Presents Awards
  • West Coast College Offers Hands-On Spa Education

• BODY & SPA: Facelift Massage
  The New Fountain of Youth
• Tender Points vs. Trigger Points
• Touching the Future: Gentle Massage for Children
• Lasting Wellness with Hellerwork
• Dissection Brings Professional and Personal Growth
• Beating the Odds: How to Succeed as a Male Massage Therapist
• Research:
  • Acupressure Reduces Low Back Pain;
  • Stanger Bath Therapy Improves Fibromyalgia Symptoms
• RESEARCH MATTERS
  Massage for Cancer Patients
• PRACTICE BUILDING How Computer Soft ware Can Save You Time and Energy While Building Your Business
• Readers Expressions: What is your favorite type of massage to receive, and why?
• Be Well:
  • Brain Power
  • Light Relieves Seasonal Blues
  • Solve Problems by Forgetting About Them
  • Your Turn Henrietta Butler
  • Music for You
  • The Whole Story on Whole Grains
  • Feng Shui For Every Day: Turn Your Home into a Wealth Magnet
• ONLINE EXTRAS
  • Foundation Funds Chair Massage for Cancer Patients
  • New Study Explores Osteoarthritis
  • Fast-Freeze Snapshot Yields New Picture Of Nerve-Muscle Junction
• News:
  • Massage-Law Effort Fails in California
  • FCA names LMT of the year
  • Aromatherapy on the Web
  • Gorilla Fund Bridges Gap
  • Cortiva Acquires Second Arizona School
  • National Certification Board Seeks New Executive Director
• Spa Massage News
  • On-Site at the Chopra Center
  • Bath Spa Reopens
  • Spa Treatments for Expectant Moms
  • Take the Day Spa Survey

• BODY & SPA: Touch Times Two
• Touch: It’s Not Just in Your Hands
• Muscle Memory: The Key to Unlocking Tight Muscles
• Massage and the Bigger Body
  WEB EXCLUSIVE: What is the difference between being overweight and being obese?
• The John F. Barnes
  Myofascial Release Approach, Part One
• Massage in the Treatment of Arthritis
• On-Site Client Comfort
• Research:
  • Leg Massage Lessens Infants' Pain
  • Massage Lowers Rates of Diarrhea and Illness in Third-World Children
• PRACTICE BUILDING
  How To Promote Your Massage Business by Writing Articles
  by Patricia Fry
• Readers Expressions: What is your best client-retention method?
• Be Well:
  • Trusting the Unknown
  • Daily Weigh-in, Adjustment, Keeps Pounds Off
  • Increase Vitamin K for Stronger Bones
  • Relieve Stress with Black Tea
  • Feng Shui For Every Day: Elemental Balancing Act
• ONLINE EXTRAS
  • Massage Classification System Researched
  • Consumers' Use of Massage on the Rise
  • High-Tech Device Combats Fibromyalgia
• News:
  • Insomnia Sufferers Use CAM
  • Massage-O-Grams Boost MT's Business
  • Insurance Coverage Affects CAM Usage
  • South Dakota MTs Protest Law
  • Hospital Recruits Reiki Volunteers
• Spa Massage News
  • The marriage of massage and spa therapies
  • Pursuit of Excellence
  • 4 Ways to Boost Your Job Skills
  • Spa-Goers Vote
  • Spa-Consumer Trends