Massage CE: Massaging Seniors

By Peggy Rouh, LMT, MTI, PhD Seniors are the most appreciative massage client group you will ever encounter. Everyone loves a massage. Just as with babies, touch for seniors is integral to their well being. Also as we age, the opportunity for caring touch diminishes. Research shows that nurses in hospitals touch seniors less often…

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Career Services and Job Placement Support

In September 2010, Lauterstein-Conway Massage School (TLCschool) will begin offering career services and job placement support for its massage school students and graduating massage therapists. The idea came from the rising needs of massage industry employers looking for quality massage therapists. Since 2009, Lauterstein-Conway Massage School has seen a 205 percent increase in requests for…

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Five Reasons to Join the November ACT

By David Lauterstein, BA, LMT, MTI, Co-founder I remember when I did my initial training at the Chicago School of Massage Therapy – back in 1977 – the dark ages! Afterward, I took a bunch of workshops but finally felt the need for much more systematic training and went on to study Structural Bodywork and…

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Dara’s Video Blog: Textbooks, Massage Tables and Supplies – Oh My!

Hear what future September student Dara Allen-Trainer has to say in her second video blog about preparing to start classes this month. There’s still time to join her in the “Saturday section,” which is a great schedule for working students. Do you have a healing touch? Learn to work with doctors, physical therapists and chiropractors…

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Diary of a Massage School Student: Week 23

Reflections of a Middle-aged Student By Kristina Deasey, March 2010 500-hour Professional Massage Training Student As I get older, I’m learning more and more the signs of when I’m doing too much: tired and achy, can’t seem to get good sleep or even enough sleep (even though my body and brain are worn out), feeling…

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Massage Continuing Education: Statesman “Our Body” Photoblog

In August 2010, Lauterstein-Conway Massage School is offering a new massage continuing education opportunity – a three-hour anatomy review workshop paired with a three-hour MTI-guided tour of Our Body: The Universe Within. The exhibit is showing at UT’s Stark Center. TLCschool believes this exhibit will be invaluable to any massage therapist who attends. The Statesman…

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