The Four Best Ways To Have Your Massage Practice Fail

Article by Robert Medhurst BNat, DRM

There are many articles written on the processes you can employ to build your massage business, but what are the things to look out for to avoid failure? This is what the author of ‘The Business of Healing’, Rob Medhurst offer four reasons….

Overextending yourself on set-up costs

If you’re one [...]

Somatics

Article by Bruce Stark

Touch is an essential part of our work as hands-on practitioners. Research continues to show that touch is necessary for our sense of vitality and well being. Yet from the perspective of Somatics touch is only one component of the therapeutic dynamic between the massage therapist and the client. The experience of [...]

Research Corner

Report by Greg Morling

This Research Corner piece is linked to the article in this edition of
Mostly Massage Magazine; Myofascial therapy by John Kron found on page 10. There are several elements to a professional article that give it credibility and validity.

A literature review of a problem to be researched or written about [...]

Polarity Therapy

Article by Greg Morling

Polarity Therapy has been gaining in popularity since its inception by Randolph Stone nearly five decades ago. In Australia, training courses in Polarity have been very well attended and this article provides an overview of this very interesting energy – based healing practice.

The basis of Polarity Therapy is energy and the assertion [...]

Myofascial therapy

Article by John Kron

This article was originally published in 2006 Sept/Oct Edition The Journal of Complementary Medicine. Our thanks to the editor for allowing us to reprint a portion of that article.

Myofascial therapy is an assessment and treatment protocol for pain caused by trigger points. These points are descrete, focal hyperirritable spots and are most [...]