Massage Regulation: What is the Point?
Seems like almost daily, on one of my networks, someone will post the question of “what good is massage regulation really doing?” They often throw up points like “prostitution still exists,” and of...
View ArticleI Need a Little Help from My Friends
Actually, I am asking for help for one of MY friends. She may be one of your friends, too, either in person or you may know her from social media, or her radio show, or the book she’s recently written....
View ArticleExpanding Our Scope, Protecting Our Practice
There have been numerous attempts to come up with a good working definition of massage therapy. While I certainly appreciate the effort that has gone into them, in my opinion, most have fallen short...
View ArticleReport from the World Massage Festival
Champ and I spent last week in Las Vegas at the World Massage Festival. This was our fifth year there, and the biggest and best one yet. Almost 700 people at this one…9 years ago when Mike Hinkle...
View ArticleModel Practice Act Causing an Uproar
Disclosure: I am a peer reviewer for COMTA. I have complained a lot about massage therapists sitting on their hands, not having any interest or involvement in governance, and not caring or being...
View ArticleAn Interview with Paul Ingraham
A few years ago, I came across a website that has become one of my favorites. It’s at www.PainScience.com, and the writer behind it is Paul Ingraham. Ingraham is a former Registered Massage Therapist...
View ArticleCaregiver Syndrome
My husband was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer a few months ago. Last Friday, he had the last of his 35 radiation treatments. Two days ago, he had the last of 6 chemotherapy treatments. A few moments...
View ArticleA New Chapter Begins
Today is the first day of my new job, and a new chapter in my life. I officially start work today as the Massage Division Director of Soothing Touch. I’m very excited to be joining the Khalsa and Bird...
View ArticleTo every thing there is a season…
…and a time to every purpose under the heaven: (Ecclesiastes 3:1). As Autumn approaches (and not a minute too soon for me, personally, North Carolina on those humid 100-degree days is not my favorite...
View ArticleFree Massage!
Do you ever feel like you have a sign on your forehead that says “Free Massage?” Every day on my social networks, I see massage therapists talking about being asked to do free massage. “Come and do...
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