Success from the Start

Success from the Start
Author: Debra Koerner
Publisher: F.A. Davis
Total Pages: 429
Release: 2013-03-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0803639015

Rely on Success from the Start for the inspiration and practical business guidance you need to enjoy a long and rewarding career in massage therapy. Business naiveté is one of the primary reasons massage therapists leave the profession. The author has written this text to provide you with the business skills you need to envision and then launch a successful career. Set yourself on your path to success—right from the start.

The Business of Massage Therapy

The Business of Massage Therapy
Author: Jessica Abegg
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780135053614

This is the premiere guide to managing a successful massage career and running a successful holistic business. Written by veteran massage therapist and holistic business coach Jessica Abegg (LMT, MBA, MSIB), this visual, hands-on book contains all the tools readers need. It focuses on both practical concerns (such as finance and legal organization), and intangible elements of success (reflection, balance, and self-care). It also includes vital information on marketing and the Internet: knowledge often absent in the high-touch, low-tech world of massage. Throughout, it reflects the growing recognition that it is urgently important to help practitioners manage businesses and careers more successfully, as reflected in the inclusion of Business Practices in the new Massage Therapy Body of Knowledge.

Massage Is Weird

Massage Is Weird
Author: Ian Harvey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2021-11-26
Genre:
ISBN:

Reclaim the magic of massage. If you're feeling burned out, we can beat it. If you're worried about starting your own business, we can conquer those fears. If you think you suck at massage, you're wrong. Massage is weird. There, I said it, and I'd say it again. Whether it's communicating with first time clients, figuring out how the puzzle of pain works (and why it sometimes seems impossible to solve), or creeper-proofing your practice, it can be a lot for one person to figure out all on their own. That's why we'll figure it out together! Take the leap of faith with me and we'll demystify the mysterious, bust a few massage myths, and learn how to drop the worries and start focusing on outcomes. We'll get through it together, one chapter at a time.

Medical Conditions and Massage Therapy

Medical Conditions and Massage Therapy
Author: Tracy Walton
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2010
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0781769221

Present this quick, effective method for assessing and managing common medical conditions! The central tool of this text is the decision tree, a simple flowchart that helps students quickly determine the optimal massage therapy approach for specific medical conditions. A Decision Tree is included for each of the more than 50 conditions discussed in the book, with massage considerations listed for numerous additional conditions in brief. Also unique to this text are questions therapists can ask clients during the interview process to help the therapist understand not just the medical condition, but how it presents in a particular client.

Basic Clinical Massage Therapy

Basic Clinical Massage Therapy
Author: James H. Clay
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Total Pages: 478
Release: 2008
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780781756778

This superbly illustrated text familiarizes students with individual muscles and muscle systems and demonstrates basic clinical massage therapy techniques. More than 550 full-color illustrations of internal structures are embedded into photographs of live models to show each muscle or muscle group, surrounding structures, surface landmarks, and the therapist's hands. Students see clearly which muscle is being worked, where it is, where it is attached, how it can be accessed manually, what problems it can cause, and how treatment techniques are performed. This edition features improved illustrations of draping and includes palpation for each muscle. An accompanying Real Bodywork DVD includes video demonstrations of massage techniques from the book.

Business and Professional Skills for Massage Therapists

Business and Professional Skills for Massage Therapists
Author: Sandy Fritz
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2009-12-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 032307345X

Develop the business skills necessary to succeed in massage therapy with help from respected massage educator and business owner, Sandy Fritz! With a user-friendly approach and comprehensive support tools, this authoritative guide delivers a working knowledge of essential concepts for employees or owners of a massage therapy practice and helps you prepare for the professional challenges that await you in the real world. - Renowned massage educator and business owner Sandy Fritz presents a practical, proven business philosophy for success in massage therapy practice. - Focus on need-to-know business skills for complete success as an employee or the owner of a massage therapy practice. - A companion CD with practice management software provides hands-on experience creating client records, setting appointments, entering documentation, and more. - Self-Reflection boxes put concepts into a realistic context through Sandy Fritz's personal experiences in massage practice. - Learning Activity boxes reinforce your understanding and challenge you to apply what you've learned in an engaging workbook format. - Good Stuff from the Government boxes alert you to helpful government resources and help you ensure compliance with federal regulations. - Mentor boxes provide real-world insight and advice from experts in massage and business management for successful practice. - More than 200 realistic photos and illustrations clarify concepts and familiarize you with typical practice settings and essential forms, records, office equipment, and supplies. - Evolve Resources link you to templates for building resumes, letters, advertisements, forms for documentation, and client histories, plus small business resources, annotated web links, a glossary of key terms from the text, and additional exercises and case studies.

How to Start a Home-based Massage Therapy Business

How to Start a Home-based Massage Therapy Business
Author: Shirley Philbrick
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2012-12-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0762792639

Massage therapists need basic, practical business advice such as low to mid-cost marketing techniques, taxes, and recordkeeping, but there is also no denying the benefits of “been there, done that” information that can only come from someone else’s experience. How to Start a Home-based Massage Therapy Business offers a gold mine of tips and ideas that can lessen the learning curve, stimulate thinking outside-the-box, and increase the odds of having a wildly successful practice.

Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy
Author: Salvo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2005-01-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9780721603704

Reflects all updates made to the 2nd edition of the text, and features teaching tips, suggested activities, and answers to self-tests. Certain chapters also include activities that the instructor can copy and hand out, such as crossword puzzles, labeling exercises, and flash cards. A test bank on CD-ROM allows the instructor to mix questions to create and print unique tests.

The Massage Therapist's Guidebook

The Massage Therapist's Guidebook
Author: Diane Matkowski
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2018-11-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1532054130

The Massage Therapist’s Guidebook is approved by NCBTMB as a home study course toward continuing education credits (CEU’s) for massage therapists. Diane Matkowski shares invaluable insights into the business world of massage. As a leader in the field she gives an authentic and realistic view about how she has thrived as a massage therapist. Drawing on her decades of experience she explains how to: · understand massage as a business · provide excellent client care · continue growing in all aspects of your work · increase self-care awareness as a massage therapist · balance emotional, physical, and financial energy · be more conscious of the human body on many levels · deepen your appreciation for your work and lifestyle By recognizing the value that touch brings, you’ll be able to enjoy your work more and become a better (and more successful) massage therapist. Help your community and make a quantum leap in the booming business of massage with The Massage Therapist’s Guidebook.

Clinical Massage Therapy

Clinical Massage Therapy
Author: Fiona Scott Rattray
Publisher: Talus Incorporated
Total Pages: 1178
Release: 2000
Genre: Massage therapy
ISBN: 9780969817710

This book covers not only the pathology and anatomy, but also the assessment protocols you need, plus actual treatment plans and client self-care tips for the 70 different conditions listed. Some of the 70-plus conditions covered include tendinitis, headache, pregnancy, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, sprains, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinsons, scoliosis, asthma, thoracic outlet syndrome, whiplash and stress reduction.