Massage News for Today’s MT
This selection of massage news articles will help you keep on top of what’s happening in the massage therapy industry
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Give and Take: How to Build a Business When You Are a Giver
Successful business practices include give and take. As a massage therapist, you are a giver. In some ways, massage is a perfect fit for givers.
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Sports Massage: Working with Elite Athletes Means Recovery, Rehabilitation and Performance
In 1978, Benny Vaughn, LMT, BCTMB, ATC, the school’s owner and lead instructor, stated that sports massage would one day be integrated into the field of sports and performance medicine. Vaughn envisioned well-trained massage therapists working with collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes, becoming an essential part of recovery, rehabilitation and performance enhancement.
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What Is Hatha Yoga?
You can expect to see several impressive benefits from practicing hatha yoga, including reduced anxiety levels and improvements in balance, strength, and endurance. So let’s answer the question, what is hatha yoga?
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Noel ASMAR Group Diverts 1.4 Million Water Bottles From Landfills
Noel Asmar Group Inc.—made up of Noel Asmar Uniforms, Asmar Equestrian, and Pedicure Bowls by Noel Asmar—has crossed a major milestone already in 2023.
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Creating Massage Jobs for the Blind and Visually Impaired
People with visual impairments are a natural fit for massage therapy, and a California health care college is partnering with a specialist apprenticeship organization to help match jobs for the blind and visually impaired with students.
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Palliative Massage for Shortness of Breath
Skilled touch cannot cure disease, but has significant potential to reduce distressing symptoms, including shortness of breath.
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Your Guide to 2023 Small-Business Tax Preparation
I have some good news about the taxes you will file in 2023: There are very few changes that affect us as small-business owners. Even better: the few changes we need to know about are very manageable as we head into small-business tax preparation.
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Positional Release Therapy: Relieve Pain without Compressive Force
Positional release therapy provides massage therapists with a fabulous technique to relieve pain and tension at a focal tender, tight or trigger point—without the use of compressive force. This technique provides significant relief in a short amount of time and can be skillfully interjected at any point in a massage with minimal disruption to the flow of the work.
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The Jacquelyn Project: Avoid Career-Ending Injury
Marshall Dahneke is running the 2023 Boston Marathon for cancer relief in honor of his daughter, Jacquelyn, who passed away from breast cancer in early 2022.
This column details his personal health journey, inspires massage therapists to live a healthier life, and promotes The Jacquelyn Project’s Running for Cancer Relief efforts partnered with the Massage Therapy Foundation. Visit The Jacquelyn Project’s home page for an overview of the project, sponsor highlights and a donation link.
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