by David Palmer | May 15, 2012 | Chair Massage, History
While dozens of massage chairs have been developed since the first one debuted in 1986, today there are only four basic designs that have survived the intense competition of the marketplace. What distinguishes each design is the unique metal frame to which all of the...
by David Palmer | Feb 27, 2012 | Chair Massage
This week I got an email from Katy who writes: “I was about 20 minutes into the chair massage when the massage therapist began to work in and around my right shoulder blade. I began to feel clammy and tried to breathe deeply and out of nowhere, I began to black out....
by David Palmer | Feb 27, 2012 | Bodywork, Business
I was a mama’s boy. The youngest of four males born to my parents within five years, I was the baby of the family and spoiled rotten. There are a number of family stories dramatizing that fact, my favorite of which is how I bravely got on the school bus for my...
by David Palmer | Feb 27, 2012 | Business
The first professional massage I ever received was around 1970 in an old Russian Banya on the near-North Side of Chicago called the Luxor Baths. The clientele was a mix of the old Jewish expats who had moved to the suburbs (Nelson Algren used to hang out here) and the...
by David Palmer | Feb 5, 2012 | Chair Massage, Fitness
While I am a big believer in making every moment a fitness moment (see Creating a Fitness Lifestyle), the reality is many people don’t have even the most basic motivation to move to a healthier lifestyle. That’s where chair massage fits in because it not...
