Posts Tagged ‘massage therapist’
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Massage therapists often gush about the therapeutic properties of massage therapy, saying it can lower levels of anxiety and stress, improve wellness, and even reduce pain. And for the most part, they’re right.
Indeed, many academic studies have demonstrated the therapeutic properties of massage therapy, but these studies are usually small in their number of participants, and often massage therapy is indicated as a complementary treatment, for example, as a non-invasive pain reliever for cancer patients. A study in the July 5 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine is therefore a breakthrough for massage therapists as it concludes that massage therapy isn’t just a good complementary therapy, rather, it is the best choice for treating lower back pain. (more…)
Tags: health, lower back pain, massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, medical massage therapy, muscle pain, pain
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Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
In our previous entry we described myofascial release, how it compares to structural integration, and the need to be highly trained in the modality in order to know how to manipulate fascia in the correct way so it creates an optimal pattern, allowing for natural, effortless movement. This week we’ll look at some of the unique properties of myofascial release. (more…)
Tags: fascia, health, massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, medical massage therapy, muscle pain, myofascial release, pain, tension
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Monday, April 11th, 2011
Last week we looked at the ABMP’s and the AMTA’s fact sheets for 2010 (click here and here) and found that the industry is a multi-billion-dollar one that is growing quickly in the amount of money it generates per year. We also looked at data suggesting that a sizable number of businesses and individuals receive massage therapy on an annual basis.
This data and its portrayal of the massage therapy industry make it easy to understand why massage therapy is an increasingly popular career choice. But, as we’ll see, a closer look at the data shows an industry that is hardly a slam-dunk financial windfall for its practitioners. (more…)
Tags: ABMP fact sheet, AMTA Fact Sheet, average income, massage, massage industry, massage therapist, massage therapy, money
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Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Forgive me again for being late in exploring this (we’re way into 2011 already!), but I wanted take a look at the industry fact sheets for massage therapy of 2010 from two major professional organizations, the AMTA and the ABMP. Both organizations provide really great statistics and data each year in their fact sheets, presenting an industry that is both widely used by Americans and, as a result, highly lucrative. (more…)
Tags: ABMP fact sheet, AMTA Fact Sheet, massage, massage industry, massage therapist, massage therapy, money
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Last week we wrote a post about an article in the AMTA’s Massage Therapy Journal about massage therapy and the skin, describing how the article does a good job of listing what therapists should look for when massaging and doing an intake of their clients’ skin.
This week, I want to continue our discussion of the article, as it really does a good job detailing common ailments of the skin that massage clients may have and what that means for the massage therapist (indeed, 11 of the article’s 14 pages – including pictures! – are dedicated to this).
Check out the article to find out more about bacterial conditions, including (more…)
Tags: AMTA, infections, massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Journal, skin, skin conditions
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Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Often a massage therapy career can be a bit of a grind, especially when a full schedule of regular clients keeps you seeing the same people and performing the same intake/massage. Fortunately, most licensing bodies require massage therapists to take continuing education credits in order to have their licenses renewed. Another way to stay fresh in your massage therapy career without taking a class is by picking up the AMTA’s Massage Therapy Journal (you can subscribe, go to the library, and access articles online).
Indeed, in the recently released, Winter (2010) edition of the MTJ there is a fabulously detailed article about massage therapy and skin (click here for a .pdf version of the article). It’s definitely worth the read, especially if you are in the mood to delve into a subject and expand your knowledge of skin and massage therapy. (more…)
Tags: AMTA, massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Journal, skin
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Thursday, March 17th, 2011
Over the past two weeks we’ve been looking at the increasing popularity of attending massage therapy school, and earlier this year we wrote an entry about massage therapy being named one of the top careers out there. The U.S. News & World Report wrote that massage therapy was a top career as the education required to become a massage professional was relatively inexpensive when compared to the amount of money a therapist earns, on average.
However, for people considering massage therapy as a career, financial considerations shouldn’t be the only factor. Massage therapists do a lot of good in the world, one example of this being their ability to help those suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). (more…)
Tags: altruism, health, high blood pressure, Intensive Care Unit, massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, medical massage therapy, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, stress, veterans
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Friday, February 4th, 2011
The publication U.S. News & World Report recently came out with a list of the 50 best careers of 2011, and massage therapy was one of the careers it selected. While I’ve linked the article above, I wanted to summarize the main points today and ask massage therapists if they agree with the claim made by U.S. News, that massage therapy is one of the best careers going. (more…)
Tags: career, massage, massage industry, massage therapist, massage therapy, U.S. News
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Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been looking at general trends in the massage therapy industry (click here for earlier entries). So far we’ve been able to conclude that the industry is generally growing rapidly (especially from 2005 to 2009 – click here), but that 2010 was most likely a bad year. What does that mean for massage therapists and the massage therapy industry?
More of the same…but that’s a good thing! (more…)
Tags: massage, massage industry, massage therapist, massage therapy, trends
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Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Last week I wrote about the increase in the size of the massage therapy industry over the past five years, but concluded that workplace massage was most likely not responsible for that. This week I’ll explain why. (more…)
Tags: massage, massage industry, massage therapist, massage therapy, trends
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