Karen Menehan

When Davonna Willis took the stage at the first Black Massage Therapist Conference, she looked out on a room filled with Black massage therapists looking back at her, and awe took over.

Impeccable disinfection is required in every health care setting, including massage practices. Disinfecting wipes and sprays can help.

Codell Story was interested in pursuing massage therapy as his next career—but he felt some trepidation, as a male, about working in an industry in which 85% or more of its practitioners are female.

Xerlan Deery, LMT, BCTMB, is a massage therapist who works as an independent contractor at Paoli Hospital in Paoli, Pennsylvania.

The American Massage Championships results are in, and the winners are: Gold: Arthur Wongphan, representing California; Silver: Jittawisoot Srihaput, representing Massachusetts; and Bronze: Jessica Jarabek, representing Canada.

This selection of massage news articles will help you keep on top of what’s happening in the massage therapy industry.

The end of the year is the perfect time to look back on developments in massage therapy. Here are our choices of top news stories from 2022.

What is a successful massage therapy practice?Use tools and technology to differentiate massage therapy services

This selection of massage news articles will help you keep on top of what’s happening in the massage therapy industry.

COVID Trauma is a new term used to describe the long-lasting effects of grief, loss and fear related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This selection of massage news articles will help you keep on top of what’s happening in the massage therapy industry

Marshall Dahneke will honor his daughter by running the 2023 Boston Marathon and raising funds for massage therapy and service projects.

Disparities—great differences—in health care can include variations in quality of and access to care, chronic condition management and more.

In 2020-2021, massage continuing education providers pivoted to online CE. Now, in 2022, MTs and educators are eager to get back to in-person education.

Many massage therapists believe only their hands should be used during a massage. Why, when so many tools, such as massage guns, can effect benefits?

As COVID-19 has evolved from delta to omicron, so too have some strategies to protect one’s health, massage clients and business.

Massage therapists who work in hospitals sat down with the Massage Therapy Foundation president to discuss hospital-based massage.

This selection of massage news articles will help you keep on top of what’s happening in your industry.

Becoming aware of trends for 2022 will help you understand what today’s clients deal with and adopt new ways of taking care of your practice.

This selection of massage therapy news articles will help you keep on top of what’s happening in your industry.