February 2011 Blog Posts (33)

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It seems replies to blog posts are limited to a certain amount of words, I'll ramble on over here  ;)

 

This post is in reply to:  The Future of our Profession

 

Well, now that I'm on a tear, let me further this.  Perhaps it's off topic, but seems relevant to me.

 

IMHO, there are two issues here: …

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Good day to all!  My name is Peter and I'm new to this organization.  I look forward to being here and seeing what everyone has to offer.  Plan on making contributions whenever I feel I have something constructive to offer.

 

I've already added a group "Polarity" which is my specialty.  If you also a Polarity practitioner or are interested in Polarity, come on in and throw in you two cents.

 

Be well!

 

Peter

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I can't believe it's been 1 month since I first started my MT program. The things I've learned and how GOOD I feel astounds me.

The decision to start was a bit of a whim: based on word-of-mouth from a coworker who graduated from the school mixed with a bit of "could be fun!" attitude and a dash of "Aw, what the hell! Let's do it!".

I haven't felt this personally fulfilled in a long time. I almost wish I had done this earlier, but I know that good, life-changing, decisions come…

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Perhaps you have seen some of the many articles about the impact of for-profit schools on people and on taxpayers.  The New York Times just wrote another one recently.

Not that long ago, massage therapy was loosely regulated in most states.  Industry leaders, composed of massage school owners, the AMTA (American Massage Therapy Associates), COMTA (the school accrediting company) and NCBTMB (the testing company) joined forces to hire lobbyists to create regulations.  Essentially they…

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I just finished reading AMTA’s 2011 Massage Profession Research Report. It’s 66 pages of information that was created from several surveys conducted by AMTA and supplemented by government statistics.



The report covers many topics, including consumer demographics, information about massage schools and their students, where massage is fitting into the general scheme of health care in the US, and statistics on the practitioners… Continue

My company is looking to update our policies of employment and compensation of massage therapists.  We are a partnership that has two receptionists and 4 massage therapists who rotate days and times.  Of the four therapists, one prefers we take out the taxes and the other three do not.

Our policy from the beginning has been...we are providing a table, sheets, creams, advertising for the therapists and they receive 50% of each massage we give them.  The rest is used for rent of space,…

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Do most salons usually want a cut of the action, for you to perform chair massage on their clients??? 

Usui Reiki I Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM

 7 CE's Provided! Provider # 336538-00

Level 1 Reiki enables the practitioner to use Reiki on self and others to reduce stress and increase…

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Privai Academy offers classes to enhance your skills in the field of Esthethics and Massage!



Innovative Deep Tissue 1 “the monster mash”

On March 1, 8, 15, 2011

Registration Deadline February 22, 2011



The Educated Heart: Roles & Boundaries

On March 27, 2011

Registration Deadline March 20, 2011



Call at 828.277.3883 to find out more about the program and other Class Schedules.

“Your career starts at Privai Academy”…

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There is a long, but good, discussion thread batting ideas around about trigger points over on Leon Chaitow's Facebook page. The thread is getting reasonably long and tricky to find so I thought I'd post a section here relating to muscle spindles and stretch.

LC: but question, when palpating an area housing a trigger point, is 'what is the orientation of spindles, so that they can be stretched longitudinally?' The main origin and insertion…

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that will be happening during sprink break .if you have any info

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This past weekend, I attended the annual FARB conference in New Orleans.  FARB, the Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards was formed in 1974. Members come together for the sharing of information; public boards of all types are welcome to join, as are industry supporters such as testing companies that provide exams to the membership and the law firms that represent the Boards.  The… Continue