[The Opioid Epidemic] This is How Massage Might Provide Relief from the Despair of Drug Abuse
The news this week was grim, yet perhaps not surprising: Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death in Americans under the age of 50, accordin…
[Opinion] A Radically Simple Solution for CE Regulation
Rick Rosen, L.M.B.T., was a co-founder and served as the first executive director of the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) and the All…
John Matthew Upledger (1960–2017)
John Matthew Upledger, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Upledger Institute International (UII), passed away at his home in P…
Opinion: A Big-Picture Massage CE Solution
Lauren Muser Cates, B.C.T.M.B, is an oncology massage therapist and continuing education provider. She wrote this guest editorial for MASSAGE Magaz…
Nonprofit Brings Gentle Touch to Seniors (For Free)
Charlene Bartliff was at a café in Atlanta when she received an invitation to attend an event at a spa. But it wasn’t just any spa event. It was an …
A Whole-Family Model of Massage
For Shay Beider, touch has always been a part of healing. While studying at UCLA as a pre-med student, Beider worked as a massage therapis…
Massage in the Midst of South Sudan’s Civil War
Muffled cracks and pops in the distance woke me despite the earplugs I had grown accustomed to wearing to drown out the generator’s loud hum …
Opinion: New CE Approval Program is a Bad Idea for Many Reasons
Whitney Lowe is a continuing education provider, an author, and offers an online certification program in orthopedic massage. He wrote this gu…
[Lawsuit Settled] Arizona Animal Massage Therapists Win Right to Practice
By practicing animal massage, a profession she loved and in which she had been trained, Grace Granatelli of Scottsdale, Arizona, was breaking…
Beyond Ghettos of Wellness: A Future of Giving
This essay was inspired by Andreas Braun’s keynote at The Global Wellness Summit, which was held Oct. 17–19, 2016, in Tyrol, Austria. It is published…