Massage and Medical Marijuana: Different Medicines, Similar Challenges

It recently occurred to me that medical massage and medical marijuana have a lot in common. They both offer tremendous therapeutic and medicinal benefits, yet also face similar challenges in gaining wider acceptance within the medical world (including among insurance companies). This article takes a glance at some of the…

Massage for Pain Management & Opioid Addiction Through Insurance?

Massage Providers Ready to help Tackle Opioid Epidemic Medical and healthcare policy experts are increasingly coming into agreement about the cost-effective benefits of using massage therapy as a noninvasive and extremely safe treatment for chronic pain management.  The clear driver behind this growing consensus has been the nation’s efforts to…

How to Give a Massage and Avoid Cross Contamination with Cream

Can we talk about double dipping? When I say “double dipping”, probably what comes to mind is potato chips and carrots sticks. Or maybe the famous Seinfeld episode where George commits the faux pas of double dipping at a party. What most people would not think about is how to give…

BODY WELL SPONSORS NON-PROFIT MONARCH CARE TO AID VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS

Florida-Based In-Home Therapeutic Massage Company Becomes Premier Sponsor at Annual Events, Sharpens Focus on Supporting the Elderly, Disabled and More FORT LAUDERDALE, FL (May 24, 2017) — Body Well Therapy, a provider of on-site managed massage therapy services in Florida since 2005, announced that it has become an official premier-level…

Transgender Massage or Just a Girl Named “Jeremy”?

About a year or two ago I composed a blog that talked about the idea of getting a massage from a transgender massage therapist. The main question that I was curious to get some feedback on was how a situation would be addressed where you have a customer requesting either a…