Massage for Golfers: Keep Your Clients on the Course
Millions of Americans play golf, with 25 million of us hitting the golf course at least once a year, according to a report from the National Golf Fou…
How to Use Aromatherapy to Help Your Clients and Boost Your Business
Aromatherapy is one of the most fun, creative and lucrative modalities you can add to your practice. Learning aromatherapy will take just a small i…
How to Use Structural Relief Therapy to Help Your Clients
Bodies are like a mystery novel: Problems are clues, the body responds honestly, and I (the therapist) must be present in the moment so I won…
Get Lasting Results with This Myofascial Technique
Long, static myofascial releases held for at least five minutes or more during bodywork will create longer-lasting, more permanent results—and creating…
Rolfing Structural Integration: Whole-Body Well-Being
Upright is not uptight.Even if you don’t appreciate clever slogans, you probably recognize this one is based on an important insight into our phy…
Pain-Free Client, Pain-Free Therapist
I have been a professional massage therapist for 37 years and developed The Finesse Massage Technique to answer the need for a gentler and more effecti…
Comfort Touch: Hands-On Hospice Care
In 1989 I began to offer massage to patients of Hospice of Boulder County in Colorado. I had been practicing massage for a few years and had some exper…
Bio-Touch: Hands-On Benefits to Clients
Having been a certified practitioner for more than six years, I have seen firsthand how Bio-Touch can help alleviate stress, reduce pain, ease symptoms…
Foot Reflexology: Lending a Healing Hand
Reflexology dates back to ancient Egypt, although specific information related to the practices and use of the modality at that time are somewhat nebul…
An Overview of Five Element Shiatsu
Shiatsu is a wonderful tool for every massage therapist’s toolbox. Whether one chooses to incorporate specific shiatsu techniques or stretches, the kno…