In today’s blog topic I am going to quote Dale Carnegie’s book “How to Win Friends and Influence People”. I highly recommend this read for anyone starting out in business or needing a refresher on business etiquette and life protocol.
This book was written in 1936 – over 80 years ago! What he l...
The 3 Things to Know When You Give a Massage to a Client with an Autoimmune Disease
This is a topic that I understand too well and could write an entire book on! But not today. Today I am going to give you some things to think about that might answer some questions for you and possibly change how y...
The 3 Keys to Getting Clients to Reschedule
Working for yourself, no matter the career choice, can be mentally challenging. You will go through periods of time where you love your career and business; you are excited for the possibilities every day!
Other times you don’t want to get out of bed in the morning and face your “must-do” list. It ...
How Do I Raise My Rates?
Let's say you have been a therapist for 5 years and have worked very hard to create your clientele. Your schedule is full most of the time and feel that you have created a good business for yourself.
However, your fees and rates are still the same as they were when you s...
You work hard to get every client you can on your table. It costs money and time to get them there. It is very important that you keep them
If you are losing even 10% of your clientele that is too much! How do you enhance your skills so that you keep as many clients as you can? How do you meet th...
The 3 Causes of Physical Burnout in Massage Therapy
You LOVE being a massage therapist! BUT….
There comes a time when you are just not sure if you can keep being a massage therapist. Believe me when I say YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
Here are some of the questions that might be going through your mind:
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This week we are going to talk about something that can be a huge problem for in our massage businesses. Losing clients.
Even for therapists that have been in this field for years, we can struggle to keep our clients. The biggest problem from losing clients is that we are losing income and that s...
This week I was reminded to “keep it simple sweetheart”.
I teach and teach about only doing enough massage work to change pain 4 points (on a 10 point scale) and then leave the body alone to heal on its own. I also teach that when someone’s pain level is 5 and under that you can start shifting fr...
I like to call migraines a perfect storm of circumstances.
The reason I relate them to a perfect storm is that in order to have the “storm of a century” the wind, water, temperature, lunar pull, season of water levels, and other things all have to be just right in order for the perfect storm to ha...
(*Massage Magazine Article January 9, 2017; Author Amy Bradley Radford)
I am a passionate teacher of advanced pain-management for massage therapists. I talk and preach inflammation day in and day out.
One of the first things I explain to a student taking my classes is how pain is only an indicatio...
(*Massage Magazine December 1, 2016; Author Amy Bradley Radford)
Inflammation is something we as massage therapists witness daily in the clients on our tables.
In a sad way, inflammation creates job stability for massage therapists, because inflammation oftentimes results in pain; accompanies art...
