Self-Care Tips

Massage therapists need to take care of personal health and well-being, in order to stay in their chosen career. MASSAGE Magazine presents articles on body mechanics, ergonomics, nutrition, meditation, exercise, relaxation, self-massage and more.

Self-Care Tips Articles

For Self-Care, Try These 3 Hot-and-Cold Foot Care Techniques

As massage therapists, just like our clients, we often focus more on some of our other aches and pains from our daily activities without giving much thought to the foundation of our physical house - our feet.

July 7, 2022

Learn the Power of a Positive “No”

In any relationship, at home or at work, the balanced and harmonious exchange of energy is important. Adam Grant, professor of organizational behavior at Wharton Business School, offers an evidence-based, useful way to think about balance in relationships, whether at home or at work. Grant divides people into three categories: Givers, Takers and Matchers.

June 16, 2022

How to Massage Without Hurting Your Hands

Do you care for your hands like they are the most vital asset of your massage business? By studying these five hand care rules to live by, you will ensure your massage career will always be your livelihood.

May 26, 2022

Your 3-Part Plan for a Pain-Free Life

A while back I was with my family at a local restaurant, and it should have been a great time, but I was distracted. I felt a sharp, electrical pain that seemed to connect my neck to my hand, a pain that I often felt in the massage room. It was now unrelenting, and I thought my massage career of 20-plus years was coming to an end. Long story short, eventually, I figured out how to resolve this pain, but I was left with this nagging question: Why did it take me so long?

May 12, 2022

Yoga Remedies for the Adrenals

As you are guided in balancing your chakras and neuroendocrine system you are also guided to be aware of cultural and global issues at play, moving and healing on both the micro and macro levels.

May 5, 2022

You Can Tap Your Way out of Stress and Overwhelm

Tapping, also known as the emotional freedom technique, is a powerful stress-relief technique. It combines both cognitive and somatic approaches to healing, and stems from principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), acupressure, acupuncture, and modern psychology.

April 21, 2022

Activate Your Creeper Beeper! Strategies to Help Keep You Safe

Dealing with creepers is such a normal occurrence that most massage therapists expect it to happen at some point in their career. Industry Facebook groups are filled with therapists sharing their experiences—but with all this talk, the lack of proper education on this critical topic is deafening.

April 14, 2022

Do You Go Over in Sessions?? This is Why Time Boundaries Are an Act of Self-Care

Does this sound familiar? Toward the beginning of your career, a client came in with more work than you had time scheduled for. As the time progressed inside the session, you knew you needed a few more minutes to effectively help this person.

April 7, 2022

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