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The therapeutic relationship for massage therapists

By Richard Spink - Last updated: Sunday, February 17, 2008

via massagepracticebuilder.com One of the least talked about concepts in massage school is the therapeutic relationship that occurs between the massage therapist and the client. Cidalia Paivia in her book “Keeping the Professional Promise” says: When a massage therapist and a patient come together, the therapist and patient enter into a therapeutic relationship. What distinguishes [...]

Touching Massage : Human or Machine?

By Richard Spink - Last updated: Monday, February 4, 2008

from Robert at learn-massage-online.com Which would you rather be touched by? A human being or a machine? Recently I ran across this article… http://www.charlotte.com (archived) It was suggesting that robots are beginning to replace human beings at certain spas. And that a new invention could be paving the way. Makes for a nice story and [...]