One of the most challenging things for a lot of therapists can be finding themselves in an intake with a

Massage therapy can be a very fulfilling career, but it can unfortunately end up being a short one for many

Beware the dreaded hangnail that subtly, but painfully lacerates an invisible path through your client’s skin! Of course, we’ve heard

On occasion, I’ve run into licensed massage therapists who have experienced boredom with their massage practice and had decided to move

What’d you have for lunch? Was it a burger? Lasagna? Perhaps it was a delicious taco—a spicy Mexican treat with

When I first started practicing massage, I enjoyed something of a meteoric success. My practice went from zero clients to

Do you ever get asked to give massage when you’re at a party or other event? I suppose I’m a

We therapists aren’t always marketing geniuses. Be that as it may, one of the major questions you have to ask

One of the biggest obstacles that comes up when you’re trying to build a client base—whether working for someone else,

When I finished massage school, back in the early 2000’s, my classmates and I shared a lot of enthusiasm to

As a massage therapist, one of the most important considerations is to keep your client comfortable and relaxed. An integral

Our field of massage lives between two worlds. Historically, or at least over the last hundred years, massage was supposedly

Telling clients that they should drink more water is almost so universal and ubiquitous that it feels like it shouldn’t

There are some really great therapists who are super-effective at resolving the most complicated muscle conditions, and yet, they have

One of the best pieces of advice that I’ve heard many times over the years is that if you want

So, here’s an interesting conundrum: we all know to keep our conversation with clients to a minimum so they can

Like so many of my peers, I used to regard chair massage as nothing but an “introductory” technique that would

Unless we stay in private practice for our whole career, we all have to interview for a job. Some of

Many of us have had glowing reviews from clients, telling us that we’ve just given them the best massage of

As massage therapists, we know that there really isn’t any firm boundary between mental or emotional stress and physical tension,

If you own your own massage practice, one of the challenges of keeping it going involves the need to periodically expand