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Taking Care of Yourself

Taking Care of Yourself
By Karta Purkh Singh Khalsa

Taking care of yourself is important. But busy lives often leave little time for self-care. If you’d like to still be practicing 10 years from now, it’s time for a little reflection. Massage therapists not only have the stresses that accompany the day-to-day reality of being human, but also the physical demands of the profession. The result? Burnout. Take heart, though. Following you’ll find a plethora of methods we can use to keep ourselves physically strong and mentally vibrant.

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Body Mechanics

Body Mechanics
By Barbara Frye

The demand for massage therapy and other types of bodywork is at its highest, as is the opportunity for work. From employment in a spa, athletics facility, chiropractic office, or hospital, to independent practice, newly licensed therapists have more career choices than ever before. To maintain this momentum, we must find a way to ensure that work-related injuries do not slow us down. At the present time, they are sadly on the rise, and the rate of attrition from the profession is growing. However, I am convinced that we can turn this trend around and become stronger than ever before.

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What Kind of Therapist Are You?

What Kind of Therapist Are You?
By Robert Chute

Is there truth in stereotypes? The answer is debatable, but oftentimes we learn from them. Following are some questions that may give you insight into stereotypes you will probably recognize. When you see yourself in the answers it will be as irritating as sand in your bathing suit. When you let others know you see them in the following portrayals, they will be irritated—and educated.

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High Road to the Olympics

High Road to the Olympics
By Geoffrey Bishop

Flagstaff, Arizona, sits atop the world, especially this year as we work our way nearer the 2008 Olympics in China. Many of the world’s fastest athletes utilize the hypoxic conditions of this high altitude city to produce more red blood cells in which to carry oxygen to their muscles. They train long and hard, get sore, get up, and do it all over again the next morning. Erik Dalton’s Myoskeletal Alignment is the therapy of choice for many training Olympians this year, and I’m honored to play a small part in their success.

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