Hope. It’s a word these days that can be hard to conjure, and for this reason can be even more important. The longer I’ve been a massage therapist, the more I realize that this word is paramount to my career. Not for my sake (although this could be true as well) but for my clients’ sake. Often times as massage therapists we see clients who have been dealing with pain for years and years, seen multitudes of healthcare practitioners, and come to us without hope. “I have to lear

Last week I texted my client two days after the massage session, as I always do to find out how they felt and if they noticed any improvement after the treatment. They said they were very grateful I reached out, they were feeling pretty good, their shoulder felt better but they still had a little pain but it was the last sentence in their response that struck me. “No other person has followed up, thank you “ I reach out to each client two days after a session for multiple re

I recently moved from Little Rock, AR to Philadelphia, PA. A big move to say the least. Small city to big, Southern accent to Philly accent, and the biggest challenge is starting over with my practice. If you're a massage therapist you've experienced this at some point in your career whether it's because of a move to a new location, going off to start your own private practice, or starting a new job at a new clinic. You know it can be one of the toughest moments as an LMT. W

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Today, I spent much of the day preparing for what I will present at Colloquium 2024. The section I was working on was how to deepen your...

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At a recent seminar, one of the therapist participants come up during the break and asked a common question. "Do you have any magic...

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Next Up Something about her demeanor had me wondering. As my new client was recounting her long history of leg pain, there was something...