THIS IS WHAT BRINGS THEM BACK FOR MORE
The reason I got into massage therapy was due to my own chronic headaches. Working in the medical world at that time and having all the modern medical conveniences available to me was still not helping to relieve my headaches. It was then that I walked away from Western medicine and tried what Eastern medicine had to offer in massage therapy. I clearly remember after my first massage the feeling of headache relief, which was a miracle for me to finally be experiencing.
Having worked as a massage therapist for the past 15 years, I don’t think I've had one week go by where I haven’t had a client come in who was looking for some relief for a headache or migraine. I truly believe that it was because of my own treatment for headaches that I received my greatest education on how to treat headaches. My formal training, combined with what I knew from receiving massages, has really been the key in helping others.
The last client I treated for headaches stated that she had been going to the chiropractor and what he did for her felt good for a very short time but it didn’t last as long as she had hoped it would. After she described the pain being located in her upper traps, near the top of her spine, I was able to concentrate my efforts in that location, along with trying to loosen the muscles groups both above and below where she had pinpointed.
When her massage was over, she kept repeating that she could already feel relief and couldn’t believe how much that it had her helped her right away. The following morning I was pleased to receive a text from that client telling me how much better she was feeling and what a wonderful massage therapist I was. It is stories and experiences like this that gives me great job satisfaction and makes me look forward to seeing my next client in hopes that I can also make them feel much better when they leave my office.
When her massage was over, she kept repeating that she could already feel relief and couldn’t believe how much that it had her helped her right away. The following morning I was pleased to receive a text from that client telling me how much better she was feeling and what a wonderful massage therapist I was. It is stories and experiences like this that gives me great job satisfaction and makes me look forward to seeing my next client in hopes that I can also make them feel much better when they leave my office.