September 2010 Blog Posts (28)

• Reduce eye strain
• Relax your eyes
• Relax your body
• Reduce your stress
• Put yourself in the present moment…

Readers of my M&B column often ask where else they can read my work. If you're interested, I update my blog at www.chazzwrites.wordpress.com five days a week, Monday to Friday. Just some of the features this week include Cool Word of the Day, publicity and promotion, book reviews, networking advice and finding the right ending for a short story. It's a lot fo fun.

I have three contests going on…

Many questions are asked when we see a wheelchair role into our offices.



Do I start moving things out of the way, how are they going to get on my table,

will the client fall off, what modality can I use, will I hurt them?



Let me start by giving a little perspective from a wheelchair (chair) user’s

point of view.

Making our customers feel comfortable is always our biggest obstacle, making a big deal out of…

Congratulations to Vivian Madison Mahoney for being choosen as the Keynote Speaker for the 2013 World Massage Festival & Massage Therapy Hall of Fame!

This post isn’t really about football…

How does it feel when the therapist becomes the patient?

I am writing this as the Buffalo Bills are losing (again) with little chance of recovery. And, as I sit at my computer, I am recovering from a back flare-up. It has been with me for

12 years now, since that horse decided she did not like me on her…

I am always amazed how many therapists do not have literature in their offices for educational purposes.

I suggest putting out a quarterly newsletter that you can post on your website, in the office and do as mailers. Clients get educated about the wonders of massage and their health and stay connected w/ your business.

I also use these newsletters when I am involved in networking groups. "Massage Marketing" puts out some great newsletters you can customize to your business…

Ryan Hoyme has created a great video to show Festival to newcomers and a great keepsake for those lucky enough to have been there!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3Yq9u-DF_8&feature=player_embedded…

How many practitioners meet their patients where they are at at this moment?

Week 2 of the NFL season and my team (see Football and Therapy) lost again. I spent the last weekend teaching one of my Foundations…

The saga of the now-defunct IMA (International Massage Association) continues. Back in July, Will Green, owner/founder of IMA, basically admitted to sabotaging his own company by failing to turn over $600,000

in insurance premiums paid by massage therapists to the insurance

company.

Markel, a respectable insurance company who had been underwriting IMA’s policies since Feb 1, 2008, discontinued writing policies for IMA on April 6, 2010 due to Green’s non-payment of premiums.…

I've just had my most successful year so far with people suffering chronic pain. Thoracic outlet syndrome 9yrs , Migraine 20 yrs , Back Pain 8 yrs and many more.



I wish to state how important your clients first visit is, and how you might attempt to set yourself apart from "other professionals " in the eyes of your new client.



Time

You must allocate extra time to their first visit to enable them to relax and tell you everything thats on their minds in…

Fun Facts from the Massage Research Bug:

"Massage therapy is actually one of the most beneficial treatments for fibromyalgia pain and fatigue."

Ryan Hoyme, AKA Massage Nerd made the video below about me!!!!…

2011 CARE AROMATHERAPY SEMINARS:

Chicago North Shore/Skokie, Illinois, Mar. 26-28, 2011 Sat.- Mon.

Or:

Nashville/Goodlettsville, TN, Feb. 18-21, 2010 Fri.. – Mon.

Instructor: Gaia Tossing, FCCI, LMT



RAINDROP, VITAFLEX, ANCIENT SCRIPTURAL OILS, CHEMISTRY, EMOTIONAL RELEASE



This will be a three-day seminar in Raindrop, Vitaflex, Chemistry, Emotional Release and Ancient Scriptural Oils - 25 hours in practical applications of essential oils as…

I hop back and forth between Chicago and Nashville, more in Nashville. Love both cities. I've been a massage therapist since 1982. Wow that dates me! Got my Illinois license in 2004 and my Tennessee License in 2009. I love teaching and happily teach Aromatherapy for Natural Health Institute in Nashville. I also teach continuing education seminars for CARE (Center for Aromatherapy Research and Education), a NCBTMB approved provider. Music is my other career.... singing and signing for kids.…

He really doesn't look impressive yet!

But he's curious and wants to understand what all this "research talk" is all about... so he's going to study and grow and see if he can convince others to do the same.

He heard a real important lady, named Ruth Werner, is going to talk about him on July 13, 2011 at Western Carolina University. He wants everyone to come see Ruth and…