Pros and cons of massage chains

by Jordan Meyer

Jan 4, 2011

I read this article on massage chains and it got me thinking -- What are the pros and cons of massage chains? do you think they benefit massage therapists? How does it affect the industry?

http://www.massageregister.com/massage-info/massage-news/pros-and-c...

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    Bob

    I read this article and it is really interesting and i also wants to know about the pros and cons of massage chains?

    Jun 11, 2012

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    Relax & Rejuvenate



    Alexei Levine said:

    The massage chains do seem like a way for corporations to suck money out of massage therapy. 
    I am confused. Money should be left IN massage therapy, unsucked by anyone? What does this mean?
    Remember, corporations have a legal obligation to make money for their shareholders.  A purely profit driven agenda can conflict with a healing mission. 
    Good lord!  A sole proprietor has a moral obligation -- and eventually a legal one if you ask his/her creditors -- to make money for themselves (a sole proprietorship is really just a small corporation with one shareholder), and their families, otherwise they end up leeching off the rest of society. At least an evil corporation merely goes bankrupt when it fails, and does not get assistance from the tax payers (unless you are GM and the President is in bed with your main union).  And an unprofitable massage practice -- owned by evil corporations or benevolent healers -- heals no one.
    When I was in grad school I was taught that the only true professions were medicine and law, because only doctors and lawyers could own their practices. 
    What is a TRUE PROFESSION and what institution of higher learning sold you that load of crapola?
    The intention here was to reinforce the power of professional ethics over the profit motive. 
    Right...those trial lawyers certainly are restrained from profiting off a spilled up of coffee at a McDonalds drive-through due to being one of the CHOSEN TRUE PROFESSIONS. Or maybe its defense attorneys who help murders and rapists and child-molesters get off with minimal punishment while billing clients -- or often the state -- $100ks. 
     
    You should have your tuition refunded!
     
     

    Jun 17, 2012

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    Therese Schwartz

    I have yet to understand the visceral objection many in this country have to people or corporations making money.  A business must make money - otherwise there's no point in being in business.

    Oh and by the way isn't a professional someone who charges for their services?  Otherwise they'd be classed as an amateur - it works that way in sports at least.  So it seems that if one is going to talk about professional ethics the assumption must be that a professional is making money.

    Jun 17, 2012