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Setting Up Practice - Choosing your Hot and Cold Therapy

Setting Up Practice - Choosing your Hot and Cold Therapy

I really didn't know how good I had it, my first job.  Walk around the corner, pull out a nice hot hydrocollator pack, wrap it up in a couple of...
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Assembling an Aural Atmosphere

Assembling an Aural Atmosphere

by Faye Choosing music that is appropriate to you and your practice leaves a subtle but lasting impression, and will help draw the type of patients that you want to...
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Gift Certificates

Gift Certificates

Give your bottom line an extra boost with gift certificate sales, and reap the benefits over the summer! Gift certificates are sometimes a toss up - immediately used or never...
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RMT Heal Thyself!

RMT Heal Thyself!

We have the best job.  Restful atmosphere, the smell of trees and lavender, comfy tables to nap on when patients no-show - there is nothing that compares to massage therapy. We...
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Have You Tried the Side-lying Positioning System?

Have You Tried the Side-lying Positioning System?

Here's a super-useful video from our friends at Oakworks, showing how to add the side-lying positioning system into your practice. As you can see, it isn't just for pregnancy massage....
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Why Connective Tissue?

Why Connective Tissue?

Guest article by Wayne Still, Structural Integration Practitioner (Penticton and Kelowna) Structural Integration---Influencing form to enhance function. Often when I begin to talk with people about Structural Integration work they ask me...
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We Want You to Succeed

We Want You to Succeed

At MTSO we want to see all massage therapists and bodywork practitioners to succeed in their practice. And that means YOU! One way we help is by offering tips and...
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Setting up Practice - Part 1

Setting up Practice - Part 1

Congratulations, you've found your space!  You've set up your table, stocked your shelf with supplies, but something seems.....not quite right.  Even with a fresh coat of paint it still doesn't...
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Clean Skin Care - Pure, Simple, Natural

Clean Skin Care - Pure, Simple, Natural

Making your own Body Scrubs and Moisturizers! Now we are in the swing of the new year, a return to basics is just what the doctor ordered.  Using ingredients from...
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Sensitive Skin?  Survival Tips for the Season

Sensitive Skin? Survival Tips for the Season

by Faye 'Tis the season, not just for New Year cheer, but also when I start noticing my skin reacting to the cold.  Dry, rough hands, cracked skin around my...
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The lazy days of summer - How to keep your momentum AND enjoy it!

The lazy days of summer - How to keep your momentum AND enjoy it!

Ah summer, the time of year when we try to cram 6 months worth of activities into 2 months.  Gardening, weddings, camping - who has time for massage?  Whether you’re...
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How Many Sheet Sets Do You Need?

How Many Sheet Sets Do You Need?

For a massage therapist, properly maintained sheets from Massage Therapy Supply Outlet will last 5 years as long as you have the proper number of sheets being rotated. And for...
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