As health-care providers, one of the most important ways we can show up in this moment is to work toward ending inequity and racism in massage therapy.
Maintaining your own boundaries is just as important as honoring client boundaries. And avoiding boundary burnout is key.
Massage therapists are often considered members of the health-care workforce, but in reality, we exist on the fringes.
I have always said that in this profession I learn something new every day. Whether that's how to have a tough conversation with clients, how to be compassionate, or how to refrain from giving them advice.
Massage therapists can fit perfectly into the emerging paradigm—community-based, collaborative care is the future we will be working in. This is the future of health care, even if massage therapists do nothing.
For many therapists, The Money Pit movie is a good analogy for our relationship with money in our massage practice.
Every therapist I know sincerely wants to help their clients feel better, whether the treatment is geared toward relaxation or a specific injury or pain. Unfortunately, in my work as an expert witness, I have seen many cases of well-meaning therapists who have injured their clients. Here's how to prevent that.
Many times, mistakes on our part, such as sloppy draping, are made due to carelessness, without any conscious intent to do something unprofessional. Clients who don't know us well may not know the difference between carelessness and intention.
