Author: Julie Onofrio
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Sports Massage Careers: Training
Education Requirements: Basic Massage School is required to become a sports massage therapist. Each state has a different number of hours of education that are required to become a professional massage therapist. You will have to find out what is required in your state and then find a massage school that will fulfill those requirements…
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Learn Chair Massage
Learn Chair Massage/Build a Chair Massage Business History of Chair Massage David Palmer was the first to popularize the concept of doing seated massage on fully clothed people in a public or office setting. His article A Brief History of Chair Massage in Positive Health Magazine tells a story of how he was just wanting to help…
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Massage and Toxins – The Great Debate
Massage and toxins – does massage help remove toxins from the bloodstream and from a person’s body? If you mention toxins in a Facebook discussion group for massage therapists, that is a sure way to get yourself bullied and chastised. The great debate about toxins comes from a long line of toxin claimers – people…
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Massage Research Literacy
What is research? Research is a conversation that builds knowledge over time. It is a way of taking all of our stories from our hands on work and putting it into a format that can help us to make sense of what massage does and what we are doing in our daily massage practice. …