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February 12, 2012
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Most of the time when the media, or Hollywood, casts a light on massage, it seems to be a paraphrase of Rodney Dangerfield’s classic line, “We don’t get no respect.” The latest hue and cry is over the upcoming new lifetime series, The Client List, in which Jennifer Love Hewitt is a massage therapist/prostitute...
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Posted in Acupuncture & Acupressure, Billing & Insurance, Business, Personal Injury / Legal, Politics & Government, Practice Management, Research | 1 Comment »

Ethics Violation, or Communication Breakdown?

December 31, 2011
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This year I wrapped up five years of service on the North Carolina Board of Massage & Bodywork Therapy. Anyone who has ever sat on a board will probably agree with me that disciplinary hearings involving massage therapists are one of the most stressful parts of that job. It was for me. I estimate...
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“Ownership” of Clients

December 6, 2011
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If you’re an employer of massage therapists, or you are a massage therapist who’s is employed by someone else, who “owns” the client? The short answer is, no one. People have the right to go where they choose, and to patronize whatever massage therapist they choose to patronize. The long answer is a little...
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What If You Get Injured?

January 31, 2011
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What If You Get Injured?

Meet my “mallet finger”.  That’s what it is called when the DIP joint of your finger decides to curl up on its own.  Actually, it is a severed tendon and I woke up with it like that the other day.  No trauma, no injury, no fastastic story to go along with this deformity.  In...
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Posted in Health & Wellness, Personal Injury / Legal, Practice Management, Self care | 2 Comments »