Massage therapy students know the impact that their skills can have on individuals who are facing all types of challenges, including critical illness, physical disabilities or exhaustion from hard physical labor. Cortiva Institute, Schools of Massage Therapy, students often volunteer their time and considerable skills with organizations that support and serve individuals with special … read more »
It’s not unusual anymore to find a massage therapy storefront opening in a town or city near you. Massage has become so popular and so much a part of people’s daily approach to maintaining health and wellness that main street massage is becoming as ubiquitous a café or book store.
One reason for the rise … read more »
The numbers of people enjoying the benefit of massage is on the rise and according to the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP) organization, the growth in the number of massage therapists in the United States by more than 37,000 in the past two years reflects that trend. The biennial research has been conducted by … read more »
If you’re among the nearly 10 percent of Americans who have lost your job during the economic downturn, encouraging news about the recession easing may be hard to believe. Under today’s gloomy headlines, you might expect services like massage therapy to take a big hit, but according to a recent report on National Public … read more »
The more you learn about massage and bodywork, the more you learn about life as a whole. I have been a therapist now for 30 years and a teacher for 25. I have run my school, The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin, Texas, for nearly 20 years. I’ve learned that the same principles that apply … read more »
Grant Lessard has been on a journey of personal and professional growth, profound healing, and world travel. It all started with one massage. His journey began on a playground, and has taken him across Canada, through the US, to the African Kalahari desert and Hong Kong. Grant grew up in Saskatchewan, the center of the … read more »
The joy of giving relief and comfort to people in pain has long been part of Donna Schiller’s life. At age 8, Schiller’s grandmother showed her how to massage, in hopes of gaining reprieve from the pain of arthritis.
“She had really bad arthritis in her shoulders, and she thought if I would rub them they … read more »
(ARA) – The recession is turning out to be a great equalizer, rearranging our priorities so that recent college graduates and seasoned professionals now share a single top concern – job security. Many of them will likely find what they’re looking for in the health care industry, where overall employment is expected to rise 21 percent … read more »
The fact that Carlos Soto could stay awake during class is proof of his passion for massage. A December 2008 graduate of Cortiva Institute – Florida massage school, Soto attended the school full time during the day, while at night he worked at Wal-Mart – from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.
The quality of education at … read more »
A week after Anthony graduated from Cortiva Institute – Chicago massage school, he was deployed to Iraq where he served in the 327 MP Battalion. His unit was comprised of over 250 men and women representing 15 states and each night they could hear the blades of circling helicopters and blaring sirens in the … read more »
