Posts Tagged ‘massage education’
Massage Internship: Learning all the Roles of a Massage Therapist
Tim Sullivan is a yoga teacher and massage therapist in training. You can find him at www.timyasa.com and americainshort.com. I swore I wouldn’t bring Spiderman sheets to internship. This was our first time to really step into the role of massage therapist and I so wanted to be professional. I’m talking paying clients, full sessions,…
Read MoreInsights into Soft Tissue: A Massage Case Study
by Nancy Dail, author Kinesiology for Manual Therapy and founder of the Downeast School of Massage in Maine I confess I have passion for my work and revel in a good challenge. A recent client provided an opportunity for close study and analysis. A 50-year old woman presented with a constant headache for the last…
Read MoreThree Fresh Videos: Wrist Stretches for Massage Therapist
By Jennifer Shaw, Austin Massage Therapist and Guest Blogger If you’re a massage therapist, you are probably acutely aware of the state of your wrists and forearms. If you didn’t learn how to take care of them in massage school, you probably figured it out pretty quickly along the way. Have you shared this wisdom…
Read MoreSelf-care for Massage Therapists: You Know What To Do
By Jennifer Shaw, Austin Massage Therapist and Guest Blogger It happened. I managed to stuff a massage client in the empty hour between working at my “real job” and a volunteer event in the evening, and I was thinking about Christmas shopping. And I did it. I caught myself slouching mid-effleurage. My very sweet, very…
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