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Getting a massage at home can be a great way to enjoy the pleasure and health promoting benefits of professional massage right in your own living room. However, massage at home is different in many ways from the traditional spa or massage establishment experience. (I would argue better in many…

When companies consider offering office chair massages to their employees on a regular basis, the first question is often not just how much it will cost, but who will be paying for it! The company decision-makers usually envision it working in one of two ways: A. the company pays 100% of…

It is bittersweet as we bid Body Well’s most prolific and dedicated massage therapist ever, Linda Wilson, M.D., LMT, farewell, as she formally retires in a few days. Linda, who turned 65 this year, will return to her home state of Michigan where she will share a house with a…

In the past few weeks, the FBI shut down Backpage or Backpage.com, a widely used online classifieds site, due largely to the allegation that the site was being used predominantly to promote sexual services. Many of these services were advertised in a “massage” related category and many of those offering…

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 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…

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…

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…

With each passing day, people across The United States from all walks of life increasingly realize that we have a major opioid addiction epidemic in this country. In this article I will explore the notion that massage therapy should be part of the serious conversations that public health officials, medical…

Our amazing therapist Willy based in Hollywood – Broward County Florida talks about why he enjoys working for Body Well as well as his personal style of massage. Also explains one of them in his native French! To book Willy, give us a call or complete our online booking form!…