CONFERENCE REPORTS                             RESEARCH                           
54 Spa Facts: Hours, Pay,
and Qualifications
Spa owners at ISPA annual conference at Colorado Springs hold up massage therapy as the model for setting employee standards in their industry.
By Brian Coughlan
78 From the Desert Below
Red Mountains Come Answers
to Questions About Disease
Little-known World Research Foundation can provide you with an information package about a specific disease or disorder.
By Mirka Knaster

62 Highlights of Dr. Chaitow’s
Myofascial Pain Conference
Meeting at Berkeley, five world-class bodyworkers discussed methods for relieving this widespread disorder through various modalities.
By Brian Coughlan
Photography by Stuart Brinin


72 Hospitals Are Learning How to Integrate Massage Therapy
Conference at Las Vegas told that
patients need easy access to therapists, while administrators need to be realistic about therapists’ hours.
By Brian Coughlan

TECHNIQUE:                      

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE                             
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Introduction

Taking Care of Business: The Successful Home Office
What you need to know before you launch a home business.
By Cherie Sohnen-Moe

40 Contraindications to Massage: Part III: Communicating with the Client’s Clinician
You need more information than is in a doctor’s permission note before working on a client with a medical condition.
By Tracy Walton

97 New Office-in-Home Office Tax Deduction Rules
New laws in effect since January 1, 1999, will affect your tax next return.
By Jan Zobel
99 Business Flash:
The IRS Gives Us HOPE
INTERVIEWS:                     
70 Benny Vaughn
on Continuing Education
This prominent sports massage specialist and educator questions whether quality is keeping pace with quantity.
By Brian Coughlan
Photography by Stuart Brinin

100 An Example of Achieving
Balance with Feng Shui
How a Lake Tahoe massage clinic and its therapists benefited.
By Carol Hamilton
110 Mind-Body-Spirit Guru Borysenko on Massage
Harvard’s author of Minding the Body, Mending the Spirit talks about the healing benefits of massage.
By Debra Brooks
104 Insuring Your In-Home Business
Coverages, liability, and other issues explained."
By Mike Mansel
107 Quick Business Tips

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