Hurricane Season is Here—Is Your Massage Practice Prepared?
A hurricane can wreak havoc on anything and anyone in its path. As 2017’s hurricane season showed, it is crucial for everyone in hurricane-prone are…
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Prevent Lyme Disease When There’s a Tick in the Session Room
Becca Torns-Barker, owner of BodyWorks Massage outside Hartford, Connecticut, was massaging a client when she thought she saw a freckle on the clie…
California MT Joins LAPD, Teaches Self-Care to Recruits
The first paid police force of six men began patrolling the city of Los Angeles in 1869. Today, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) employs 10,…
Human Trafficking in Florida: Police Target Illicit “Massage” Businesses
A close look at how law enforcement in Florida is tackling human trafficking lets us see how criminals evade laws—and the effect this problem has o…
Massage Therapy Can Help the Growing Numbers of Texans Diagnosed with Diabetes
El Paso has a higher percentage of diabetic residents than any other city in the U.S. Further south, in Cameron County, Texas, one in three residen…
BIOTONE Announces Lab Blends With CBD for Pain Management
BIOTONE announces Lab Blends, a new line of topical pain management products for professional and home care featuring Cannabidiol (CBD) extract with po…
To Succeed in Today’s Massage Market, You Can’t Make These 3 Mistakes
Many Americans are stressed about money; one recent survey showed that 30 percent of us worry about money constantly. Many people also live paycheck…
Massage Therapy As an Alternative to Opioids?
When every muscle in the body hurts, it can be hard to relax. Even the smallest movements are excruciating, enough to make someone collapse into bed…
New York Assembly Proposed Bill Will Crack Down On Illicit Massage Businesses
A bill before the New York State assembly proposes to make it easier for landlords to evict unlicensed massage therapy operations or businesses purpo…
Independent Contractors in California Could be Affected by Supreme Court Decision
An April 30 decision by the Supreme Court of California has changed the standards by which businesses may classify workers as independent contractors…