Restore your energy
by Brenda Young A few years into my massage practice I noticed that some clients drained my energy while others boosted it. Then I learned about transference and countertransference, and how an energy exchange occurs between the client and therapist. This was...
Do you get headaches?
by Jason Hammond I always ask my clients this simple question. If they get headaches frequently, I want to let them know that I can help. This is great way to increase your benefit to a client and to build your practice! Many people suffer from frequent or occasional...
Why do adults make great massage students & Why does being a massage student make great adults?
Why Adults Make Great Massage Students Even after a short while in the work world, every adult strongly desires work that is more meaningful. Massage is meaningful, heartfelt work. Adults make great massage students because they have freely chosen to be here. Nobody...
What are the 13 Rules of Massage Therapy?
1. Slow down when you need to. Speed up when you don’t need to slow down. Massage that’s always slow is ultimately boring massage. 2. Palpate – how can you love if you don’t know what’s there? 3. Know anatomy – not just in general. Have memorized the...
Trauma and the Body – A Vignette
by Gregory Gaiser My first experience as a health care professional working with trauma happened in the early 1990s with a woman I'll call Roberta. Roberta was in psychotherapy at a local women's center which specialized in treatment for childhood sexual abuse and...
THORACOLUMBAR FASCIA AND BACK PAIN
Some years ago, I went with my daughter, Katja, to receive her first facial. The esthetician, from Colombia, explained how it would proceed. She said, “Your face does not end at your neck! It goes down to your chests!” Well, something similar can be said about your...
Bodywork: Finding what you didn’t even know was there
by Keith Vencill, LMT, CDMT Clients often reveal that the most intense areas discovered during the session are exactly that: unearthed, previously unknown tension and pain. Around this pain and because of it, compensatory movements and postures can grow. These very...
Ritchie Mintz
by David Lauterstein I’m not sure you all know that we have a delightful and very special workshop coming up on March 30. It is a don’t-miss experience to for all bodyworkers and massage therapists in Central Texas! This remarkable class is called Fascial Explorations...
Weave
by Jason Bratcher In the previous article on the Austin Massage blog I focused on the “Deeper” aspects of Lomi Lomi (it’s a great read and I encourage you to read or reread it and blend it with this new article.) Since Lomi Lomi means to “Weave”, amongst its other...
ENDING THE ENERGY DEBATE
This is an article I've spent a long time writing - for the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education and just published by Massage Today. May it do a WORLD of GOOD. Please share with other therapists! Very happy to get these responses already! Thank you most sincerely!...