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Category Archives: Chair Massage
How Massage Became Therapy
The year was 1983 and the oldest national association of massage practitioners was about to change the face of an industry by turning “massage” into “massage therapy.” This is the story of what led up to that moment. The association … Continue reading
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Tagged AMTA, David Palmer, history, massage, massage therapy
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How Steve Jobs Revolutionized the Massage Industry
The first time we nervously walked into Apple Computer’s Macintosh division in 1984 to provide seated massage with our matching grey slacks, white polo shirts and blue blazers, we felt overdressed. At a time when the largest computer company in … Continue reading
Posted in Chair Massage, History
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584 People Receive Seated Massage on Thai Beach
Last week Phuket, Thailand, featured two of its most famous tourist attractions–beaches and massage–as the Ministry of Health hosted one of five preliminary events leading up to an official attempt in November to break the Guinness World Record for most simultaneous … Continue reading
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Quality Control Through Katas
When I first began developing chair massage sequences in 1982, one of my students was also a student of Haruyoshi Ito, who had introduced a Japanese movement form called Shintaido to the United States and Europe during the mid 1970s. … Continue reading
Posted in Bodywork, Business, Chair Massage, Education
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Why I Do Chair Massage – Part Two
When I was a kid, my Mom and I used to lie at opposite ends of the couch with our legs entwined. When I was a kid my Dad used to kiss me goodnight. Then, somewhere around ten or eleven, … Continue reading
Posted in Chair Massage, Touch
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The Story of the First Massage Chair
My love affair with chair massage began in 1982, four years before the first professional massage chair came on the market. This is the story of what it took to get that first massage chair built. The problem The team … Continue reading
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The Best Technique for Chair Massage
Oils and lotions were out. That seemed obvious back in 1982 when I first began exploring the idea of massaging people in a seated position. Fortunately, because I had been trained in traditional Japanese massage (Amma), that was not a … Continue reading
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Why I do Chair Massage – Part One
“You can’t call that massage!” The year was 1984 and the irritated voice on the other end of the phone was the owner of a well known massage school in New York objecting to my description of chair massage. “A … Continue reading
Posted in Chair Massage
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