by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein, Deep Massage, Types of Massage
About a year and half ago I wrote about the process of writing The Deep Massage Book, which I’ve been doing, off and on, for a number of years. So here’s an update. I’m done with the writing and the commissioned illustrations from a fantastic local...
by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
Don’t learn more about massage or bodywork! Can you imagine anyone believing that? What do we get from advanced learning? Better results with our clients. The skill level needed for self-employment More client retention More alleviation of pain More effective release...
by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
As you may notice, over the last few weeks in this blog I’ve been focusing mostly on structure/energy, art/science and their integration in bodywork. Bit-by-bit I want to assemble a position paper that helps brings clarity to these things and helps our field...
by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
In my last blog piece, I outlined three realms of massage/bodywork – wellness, orthopedic, and holistic. We can also look at three purposes for massage and bodywork. These relate to the “3 D’s” – Disease, Disposition and Destiny. DISEASE People come to us with...
by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
Over the last few years, some practitioners of so-called medical massage have implied it represents the highest level of our profession. First problem, most state laws say massage is NOT the practice of medicine. Many therapists persist in blithely ignoring that....
