Brandon Thomas

Choosing A Chicago Massage Therapy School: Location, Cost and Program Type

Like many other major cities in the U.S. (Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami), Chicago has numerous massage therapy schools that potential students can choose from, all located within the city. Unlike many other major cities, Chicago does not have many nationwide... Read >

Choosing A Los Angeles Massage Therapy School

A recession can be a good time to reassess and possibly change one’s occupation, and massage therapy is a good career choice for the 21st century. Indeed, U.S. News & World Report recently named massage therapy one of the top 50 careers of 2011 because th... Read >

The Benefits of On Site Massage: Therapy and Convenience

On site massage can take several forms – chair massage, table massage, special event massage, sports massage – and can happen in many different settings – at the office, home, convention, party, athletic event, etc. Ultimately, on site massage therapy pro... Read >

Ask for a state certificate when hiring a Los Angeles corporate massage therapist

Hiring a massage therapist for chair massage at your office(s) can be somewhat difficult (1), and in Los Angeles it used to be downright impossible. Fortunately, the California state massage therapist certificate has made life a lot easier for those looki... Read >

Sports Massage Therapy Keeping Chicago Teams Strong

Sports massage therapy has been demonstrated to be effective for athletes competing at the highest levels. But it’s also been in the news recently in the Chicago sports world as two of the city’s baseball stars are using massage therapy to limit the impac... Read >

What to look for when hiring a corporate massage therapist

Corporate massage has been demonstrated to be an effective motivational tool in offices. However, when wellness directors make the wise decision to bring chair massage therapy into their offices, what should they look for in a therapist? First and fore... Read >

Chicago Massage Therapists Unable to Thwart Misguided Massage Therapy Regulation

Illinois is like most other places in the United States, with the government helping to regulate and ensure the professional quality of the massage therapists who live within its jurisdiction. Indeed, 40 of 50 states now have statewide regulations of thei... Read >

Massage Therapy and Chicago: The Cure for a Stressed-Out City

Some may argue that stress is prevalent in all areas of the world, but most would agree that big cities, with their concentrations of traffic, unemployment, and pollution, feature more stress than most other areas. While Los Angeles is usually at the top ... Read >

Los Angeles, Massage Therapy, and California’s Statewide Certification

Nearly two years after State Bill 731 was signed into law, the process of becoming certified as a massage therapist in the state of California is still somewhat tenuous. But the momentum in the Los Angeles massage therapy world - and really across the sta... Read >

Wellness Programs: Tests to Determine Scale, Scope, and Strategic Goals

Starting a wellness program can seem a daunting task but, in reality, it can be a very simple process. While executive approval, support, and consultation is extremely important and the actual first step, once it is gained, laying the groundwork for a suc... Read >

Corporate Wellness Programs: Dollars and Sense

A lot of articles talk broadly about the overall benefits of corporate wellness programs for businesses, how they can save companies money while leading to higher employee productivity, job satisfaction, and morale. This article will only focus on specifi... Read >

In Home Caregivers and Families: The Medical Information Glut

Stress is a common factor facing primary caregivers who take on the responsibility of providing homecare for a loved one. Furthermore, families as a whole - and not just the primary caregiver - also face stress when a loved one needs homecare, as medical ... Read >

Homecare, Financial Stress, and Families

Many articles have been written about the stress primary caregivers encounter when taking on the responsibility of providing homecare for a loved one. Much less attention, however, is paid to the stress that families as a whole encounter when one of its l... Read >

Corporate Wellness Programs Bring Big Benefit to Business

Health care and businesses have been two of the dominant topics over the past year, and rightfully so. Companies are trying to recover from The Great Recession, and the passage of healthcare legislation means a dramatic change in a sector that represents ... Read >

Using Corporate Massage to Strengthen Business

With the stock market up 35 percent over the past 15 months and employers beginning to hire again, analysts are saying that a recovery in the U.S. economy has arrived. In a span of two-and-a-half years that has seen the markets shed over half of their val... Read >