Touching Homelessness
Most of us see homeless people often and in many places: The man pushing a shopping cart piled high with belongings; the woman and child asking for…
It’s Tick Season—Do You Know What to Do?
Becca Torns-Barker, owner of BodyWorks Massage outside Hartford, Connecticut, was massaging a client when she thought she saw a freckle on the client…
Massage Envy Partners with PGA for New Stretch Protocol
When professional golfers promote a service, their fans—and many of the general public—will pay attention. That’s what Massage Envy is counting on, …
Survey Says: Americans Are Super Stressed
You feel it when you palpate a massage client's tense tissues. You see it in a client's restricted, shallow breathing. You hear it in a client's sad…
Infant Massage Class Helps Substance-Addicted Mothers
According to a report by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), 18 women die in the U.S. every day from prescription painkiller ov…
MTs’ Input Needed on Job Task Survey
Massage therapists can help determine the content of the Massage & Bodywork Licensing Examination (MBLEx) by taking the 2017 Job Task Analysis …
[As If You Didn’t Know] Your Massage Clients are Chronically Stressed
A two-part series of reports from the American Psychological Association reflects a reality that massage therapists see—and feel—on their tables ev…
From the Bottom to the Top: Building a Corporate Massage Business
When Amelia Wilcox was young, she suffered from chronic headaches. She went to a chiropractor and various doctors to try to solve the problem, but …
Book a Massage, Free Yourself From Pain—and Make Every Day Independence Day
The Fourth of July comes just once a year, but independence from pain and stiffness can be within reach every day when you book a massage therapy s…
[Opinion] Look Beyond the Research Gold Standard for Validation of Energetic Therapies
Eileen Day McKusick is founder of The Biofield Tuning Institute, an author and originator of the sound therapy method Biofield Tuning. She wrote th…