No Virus Can Eliminate the Need for Medical Massage
Massage has always been a part of medicine. Chinese texts, Egyptian hieroglyphics and Hippocrates’ writings all leave evidence of how the “art of …
Sole Practitioners: Are You Ready to Reopen Your Massage Business?
Earlier this month, the International SPA Association (ISPA) released its Spa Reopening Toolkit, a collection of resources designed to provide spa…
State-By-State Resources on COVID-19, Reopening Status & Massage Therapy
Where is your state on the re-opening continuum? Each U.S. state — sometimes each county within each state — maintains statistics pertaining to…
5 Ways You Can Build Camaraderie in the Workplace
A workplace without drama, where you can walk in each day and be glad to be there, is massage therapist Brooke Riley’s idea of a terrific place to…
3 New OSHA COVID-19 Workplace Guidelines that Massage Therapists Need to Understand
OSHA has updated its regulations to include airborne pathogens. With this change, the way business owners, employers and massage therapists work w…
17 CDC Safety & Sanitation Guidelines for Massage Therapists Considering Re-Opening a Practice
COVID-19 made massage therapists very aware of the need for increased sanitation protocols. With the lack of a gold standard for massage therap…
7 Free & Low-Cost Educational Webinars on Reopening a Massage Practice or Small Business
As states reopen, massage therapists are faced with new regulations and procedures related to COVID-19. Our editors curated this list of educat…
Massage Practice Success is Easier When You Make CE a Priority
We begin our journey as massage therapists with basic training and then establish ourselves as we find our special interests and talents. Thes…
Is Your Massage Based on Folklore or on Evidence-Informed Practice?
In the fall of 2005, I attended an event that shaped the rest of my professional life. It was a post-convention meeting, and it was the first …
Take Control of Your Time By Adding Business Systems to These 7 Areas of Your Practice
Take time now to focus on improving the details of your business so that you can reopen with ease when allowed to do so. Business systems can c…