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A Cornucopia Saturated with Massage Jobs
By Jennifer Shaw, Austin Massage Therapist and Guest Blogger One of the most common comments people make to me when I tell them I am a massage therapist is something along the lines of, “Wow, Austin is really saturated with massage therapists, isn’t it?” The statement is usually accompanied by a sympathetic look with a dash of fascination.…
Read MoreWisdom from a Graduate
Fascia, the primary connective tissue in our bodies, is “thixotrophic”. This is the chemical property of certain natural substances (such as some clays in the soil, paints, some condiments) such that, when we add activity to them (such as pressure, heat, movement), they become qualitative softer and more fluid. A reader of The Deep Massage…
Read MoreHow can you do Massage if you don’t know what’s inside?
by David Lauterstein I say to so many of our students, especially when they start the internship, that each person is a gift. It is such a gift, for both for therapist and client, to explore the layers of fascia, muscle, and bone and to see how you can make a positive difference in their…
Read MoreHow is it all going to work?
by Kaia Petin It’s been nearly 10 years since I earned my massage therapy license from Lauterstein-Conway. To be honest, it’s only been in the last 2 years that I feel successful when I tell people that I’m a massage therapist. And now, I absolutely love my job and finally feel like I’m aligned with…
Read MoreCan We Operate Without Ethics?
by Nancy Dail, BA, LMT, NCTMB An active massage therapy practice is the result of hard work, education, and a credible professional reputation. We can advertise, use social media, and network with other health professionals, but our reputation is the corner stone of successful practice. Ethical dilemmas are a part of our society and to…
Read MoreTouch and Age
The following was submitted by Peggy Rouh for her Senior Massage CE Workshop. Touch and Age …tactile needs do not seem to change with aging — if anything, they seem to increase. Yet this is where we fail the aging quite miserably — as we do in much else. The aging desire neither to be…
Read MoreWhat is Kennetic Massage?
by Ted F. Kennett, LMT, MTI Kennetics is an approach to massage therapy which combines three powerful modalities. The first is trigger point therapy. I have been practicing clinical trigger point therapy for 20 years. Trigger points are well-accepted and effective means, developed especially by Dr. Janet Travell, President Kennedy’s physician, to treat musculo-skeletal problems.…
Read MoreShort Upper Arm
By Nancy Dail, LMT Often in a practice we run across individuals with similar problems in a series that can sometimes be blamed on the season or weather. Certainly clients with back issues come to us after playing sports or during gardening season. For whatever reason, however, lately, I am seeing several clients with short…
Read MoreThe Value of Ethics
By Nancy Dail, LMT Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates were Greek philosophers who laid down the foundation for ethics in society. The word “ethics” comes from the Greek ethikos meaning “arising from habit”. The motivation to behave ethically as a moral standard is to believe that if you act appropriately you will support character traits that…
Read MoreDavid Lauterstein and Tara White in Llandeilo, Wales
Here’s a goodie that David found today. The photo was taken at Heathrow airport in London when David Lauterstein and Tara White arrived – on their way to teach a Deep Massage: Lauterstein Method intensive at the retreat center “Plas Taliaris” in Llandeilo, Wales in the Spring of 2001.
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