The Make Your Mark Campaign Strives to Get More Young People into Massage Careers
A new campaign targets an emerging problem in the massage industry: not enough massage therapists. Nonprofit organization Beauty Changes Lives…
Colorado MTs Encouraged to Apply as Medicaid-Reimbursed Providers
Change is on the horizon for spinal cord injury patients to receive Medicaid coverage for massage therapy services. A pilot study in Colorado …
Guest Editorial: The Client’s Body Does the Healing (The MT Provides the Opportunity)
As a teacher of massage, I have frequently taught about a concept I call creating space for the health and healing of another person. Many yea…
Embrace Massage Therapy Research as Your Guiding Treatment Principle
If you have ever looked up at the night sky and recognized Cassiopeia, Orion or the Big Dipper, you know that constellations are patterns seen in …
Aging Baby Boomers Are Changing the Way Senior Massage is Delivered
Baby boomers — the people who brought us Woodstock, the Women’s Rights movement and the World Wide Web — are now ages 55 to 73, and they are joini…
Lyme Disease is Spreading in the U.S. — Here is What You Need to Know to Work with Infected Clients
Warning sign "beware of ticks" in infested area in the green forest with walkers About 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported to the Centers for…
This is How Massage Research Contributes to Professional & Personal Growth
This column from the Massage Therapy Foundation provides a road map for massage therapists to learn about studies on massage and understand why in…
World Weekend Encourages Wellness — and New Clients
An event powered by a big organization can help invigorate a small massage clinic, resulting in new clients and new ways of retaining current clie…
New Review: Massage, Aromatherapy, Reflexology Benefit Palliative Care Patients
People in palliative care who receive massage, aromatherapy or reflexology describe the experience as a positive one with beneficial effects on th…
New Survey Provides a Snapshot of the U.S. Spa & Salon Industry’s Business Challenges
A new national survey of 590 spa and salon owners illuminates how the industry is growing, the top challenges owners face, and how spa and salon o…