Posts Tagged ‘school’
Diary of a Massage Therapist: Growing Up in My Private Massage Practice
By Jennifer Shaw, LMT, cPT at Bodywork In Austin, and Guest Blogger I can hear all the birds of Austin chirping and chattering and flat-out squawking outside the window in front of me, but all I can see is the bright front yard and Eastside street. The early fall, Texas wind is blowing in the…
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 MoreTLC Holiday Potluck & White Elephant
Today TLC had their annual Holiday Potluck & White Elephant. Thanks to all of you who came! Happy Holidays! For more pictures, go to TLC’s facebook fan page.
Read MoreDid You Know Lucille Ball Works the Front Desk?
Happy Halloween from TLCschool staff! Be safe this weekend.
Read MoreMassage School Print Memories: Legal Pad Inspiration
Lauterstein-Conway Massage School has always been involved in its community, giving back when and where it can through both monetary means and volunteerism. Check out this impromptu flyer for the Max for Council Campaign. Do you have any old TLCschool print material? Send it our way, and we’ll scan it in and post it for…
Read MoreMassage School Trends: Signs
Lauterstein-Conway Massage School got a new sign recently with a orange, sunburst arch and a big purple arrow. Does anyone remember when this little sign went up? This sign is now hanging on the side of the building itself. There is a newer, glossier graveyard sign to replace it – with an arrow. Does anyone…
Read MoreLauterstein-Conway Massage School: Earth Day
The biggest puzzle seems to be – here we are alive improbably on a planet teeming with nature, surrounded in our whole solar system and way beyond it with no other life forms. What did we do to deserve this? Each of us knows on some level that naturally we ought to bow down each…
Read MoreSports Massage – Great for the Therapist and for the Athlete!
By Shane Melear, LMT, MTI When I went to massage school I just knew I wanted to be a massage therapist. During a business class the teacher wanted to know what services we planned to offer and what populations were we interested in. This was the first time I had thought of offering different techniques…
Read MoreMassage CEU: Therapeutic Pregnancy Massage and Minefields
By Ritchie Mintz Performing Therapeutic Bodywork on a pregnant woman is tricky business. There are minefields to navigate. One such minefield is the possibility that she might go into early labor and miscarry. The odds are slim that bodywork could cause such an event but the possibility is very real. There are acupuncture points that…
Read MoreMassage CE: Lymphedema and Lyphmatic Drainage
By Liz Hoffmaster, PT, LMT, MTI What happens to the lymphatic system when it fails? Lymphedema is a common chronic, debilitation condition in which excess fluid called lymph collects in tissues and causes swelling in them. The lymphatic system is something most of us take for granted. The lymph nodes are tucked away in the…
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