July/August 2020

You make money, pay your business bills, pay taxes on the remainder, and take home what's left. But let's look at some details about how tax deductions really work.

Self-care is not being selfish; rather, self-care is being self-aware. In this column, we invite you consider your self-care practice in the basic categories of: drink, eat, and sleep.

Try not to make assumptions about clients or in the treatment room. Clients may bring more to the table than you think!

I frequently hear about employers who do not give therapists time to conduct proper intakes or fill out post-session notes, or worse, they do not require them at all. But these practices are the law. Here are some good guidelines to keep in mind.

The sacrum is a sacred object. In this article, we'll cover subtle yet effective techniques to perform on clients and self-care exercises to assign between sessions to consciously support and encourage alignment.

Under normal circumstances, our blood flows through our thousands of miles of blood vessels, delivering oxygen and nutrients, removing carbon dioxide and wastes. It is meant to be a closed system—but what if something goes wrong?

What does it mean to be "essential"? How can we call ourselves health-care providers if we're not able to provide care in times of obvious suffering?

COVID-19 showed us something about communication. The distance between the scientific and the nonspecialist world view has never been thrown into such sharp focus—the scientific community and the general public speak different languages. Clinicians seem to stand between the two. Here's how we can collectively reach a greater understanding.

There are a few manual therapy idioms that persist without merit. Such things provoke me to come out swinging—in a clinician/science-nerd kind of way. Breaking down mature scar tissue is one of those phrases.

In the medical world, there are conferences called morbidity and mortality conferences, or M&Ms. I believe we in the bodywork field would do well to recognize that we, too, can and do cause harm. We need our own form of M&Ms. I propose we call ours "Missing the Mark."

Now is the time for you and your clients to embrace contactless payment technology. Learn how easy it is to adopt this cleaner, safer way to pay—and to get paid.

Having had your practice closed for months due to COVID-19, you can see how critically important it is to be prepared for any disaster through additional income diversification, as well as alternative ways to deliver your therapy services.

Learn and practice a few exercises for neck flexion and extension to help relieve stiffness, tenseness, or pain.