Soothe, an app customers can use to book licensed therapists for in-home massages, recently announced it raised an additional $35 million from investors, according to an article on Forbes. The announcement signals investor confidence in the growing market for on-demand massage.
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The Global Wellness Summit announced the theme of its 10th anniversary conference today: “Back to the Future.” The conference will examine the future of spa and wellness through the lens of history.
Topics on the future-focused agenda will include the intersection…
According to a report in the Boulder County News, massage therapist Alison Rothman’s home caught fire earlier this year when a laundry basket of massage sheets ignited in her kitchen. Rothman had just removed the sheets from her dryer and left them in the laundry basket when she…
The gold award winner of the Massage Therapy Foundation’s 2015 Practitioner Case Report Contest is Cathy Meryanos for her project entitled “Utilizing Chair Massage to Address Women’s Health in Rural Africa.”
Meryanos is part of Healing Our Sisters Across the Ocean…
Researchers in Switzerland recently announced they have discovered a new muscle in the quadriceps femoris muscle group.
In dissecting and investigating 26 lower limbs in cadavers, researchers found the new muscle, named the tensor vastus intermedius, in all 26 dissections. The…
The March/April 2016 digital edition of Massage & Bodywork magazine is now available!
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As mentioned in our prior update, the Minnesota voluntary credentialing bill for massage therapists did not pass last year. However, the bill will be considered again this year in the Minnesota House of Representatives as House File…
ABMP has announced that all webinar CE is now free for members, making it easier for massage therapists and bodyworkers to access online education and save money.
“We’ve taken on the cost of CE hours to make it easier for our members,” says ABMP President Les Sweeney.…
Hawaii law requires that private trade, vocational, and technical schools, including massage therapy schools, must be licensed by the state department of education. The department of education has had this responsibility since 1939, when the focus of regulation was on the quality of education…
Cramer, part of the Performance Health family of brands, was selected as Official Launch Partner of the film Race. Race is based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens, the legendary athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrust him…