Ethics

Therapists sincerely want to help their clients feel better, whether the treatment is geared toward relaxation or a specific injury or pain. Unfortunately, there are many cases of well-meaning therapists who have injured their clients. Here's how to prevent that.

For many therapists, The Money Pit movie is a good analogy for our relationship with money in our massage practice.

Massage therapists can fit perfectly into the emerging paradigm—community-based, collaborative care. This is the future of health care, even if massage therapists do nothing.

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 are often considered members of the health-care workforce, but in reality, we exist on the fringes.