Tips & Tricks

By Joyce Gauthier, LMT 2015 was a rough year for me personally and professionally. I was up to my eyeballs in financial debt and was learning how much of an emergency that was. I did not want to be paying off student loans for the rest of my life along with carrying a...

No client is worth your sanity and self-worth.

A guest post by Ali Boehm The Massage Business Mama I am honored that Ali Boehm has written this guest post exclusively for TSMT community. Ali is a leader not only in the massage therapy world, but an expert in guiding massage therapists that are moms first. So...

https://youtu.be/pdiu10A9jjU Are you looking for a fast way to get your clients to relax? Do you feel like the first fifteen minutes of the massage is wasted because it takes that long for your clients to calm down and settle into the massage? This technique is a body...

OHMYGOSH. Your muscles are. So. Tight. You are just loaded with knots! Has anyone ever said this to you? Have you ever said this to a massage client?  A simple statement like this may seem like a great way to get repeat customers, but it can have a profound...

https://youtu.be/FhIiYH1RCyU Setting the Massage Table Have the sheet stick out slightly beyond the blanket and fold over once and then one more time to have clean edges. Pull the sheets and blankets up to the top of the table and make sure it looks neat, clean, and...

I will never forget it. I was a teenager watching Oprah after school. Oprah told a story about how she was getting a massage, and suddenly, she started crying. I did not understand what she was talking about until I began my journey as a massage student and my...

1. Set up your space 2. Present yourself as a professional 3. Make a connection 4. Call to Action 5. Email follow up It is extremely easy to find companies, events, and charities that are looking for volunteer massage therapists to provide chair massage. If you are...

            I was a brand new, rising star of a massage therapist. Ok, who are we kidding, I was just starting off and only had two regular clients. I had all the time in the world, and I had an awesome connection...

If it hasn’t happened to you already, it will. You are giving a relaxing  massage and your client’s breath is taken away by the sudden pain of a muscle cramp. You spring into action and quickly guide your client in a way that stops the charley horse in its...