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While your clients might have strongly disagreed, massage therapists were not considered essential workers when the pandemic first hit. Fortunately, things are changing. Indoors or out, many states now are allowing massage therapists to get back to work under a range of...

Key to self-care for a massage therapists and others involved in bodywork starts with avoiding injuries. That’s not necessarily an easy thing to do considering the physical demands placed on your body. There are a number of injuries that are common to professionals in the field, among them tenosynovitis, tendinitis, carpal...

When it comes to your health and general well-being, you want choice. After all, no one product works the same for everyone and even if it did, you may have a preference about the delivery system. There are pills and capsules, topicals, dermal patches, tinctures and more. 

To fully understand how cannabidiol (CBD) helps in reducing pain, easing stress, aiding sleep and more, you need to first understand what is the endocannabinoid system (ECS). The ECS is a vital molecular system that plays a very important role in maintaining homeostasis, which is the body’s efforts to maintain stable...

Despite the current challenges massage therapists are facing due to the pandemic, the future is looking bright for massage therapist jobs. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts “employment of massage therapists is projected to grow 22 percent from 2018 to 2028...

While having a strong immune system has always been key to good health, the focus on immunity has intensified as the world deals with the COVID-19 pandemic. While there is no one immunity definition...

Not only are a lot of Americans using (cannabidiol) CBD, these users represent all age groups.  A survey conducted in January 2019 found that an estimated 64 million Americans had tried CBD in the previous 24 months. Among those users, CBD was most popular with people in their 20s with 40 percent of that age...

Some may recall the famous line from the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, “What we have here is a failure to communicate.”  Failing to communicate can be a game changer in dealing with clients. In fact, it may be the reason some clients seek another massage therapy provider, even though your service is of the highest...

Over the past few years, Cannabidiol (CBD) has been making its way into the medicine cabinets of consumers looking for a more natural way to deal with pain and lower stress than prescription drugs. Now estimated to reach sales of $22 billion by 2022, which represents a compound annual growth rate of 150 percent...

When Thomas Paine wrote “These are the times that try men’s souls,” the year was 1776. But considering all that we’re going through this year; he could have been talking about 2020. We’ll get through this difficult time, but it’s a real test of will, especially if you are running a business. In some areas, spas and...

Any athlete knows that you don’t get to the top of your game without putting in the time and effort. This applies to professional and non-professional sports. But that effort doesn’t come without a price. On the field as well as during training, athletes risk getting hurt.