May 19, 2026

After years of misdiagnoses, medication sensitivities, injuries, and setbacks, a massage therapist is diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND), a condition that causes non-typical seizures and intermittent paralysis-like weakness. Despite being unable to work, she continues advocating for the FND community...

Apr 21, 2026

Do you have clients who are athletes? This is something you won’t want to miss.

Dr. Portia Resnick is an associate professor at Cal State Long Beach, who loves working with athletes, both as a trainer and as a massage therapist.

Her new book, The Anatomy and Physiology of Sports Massage is published by Human Kinetics....

Mar 24, 2026

A client asks for a specific technique on their face. They have a bad reaction. Then they say they didn’t want work in that area anyway, and by the way, they had a skull fracture four years ago. Now they’re leaving because they feel a migraine coming on.

The therapist is left wondering what just happened.

In this...

Feb 24, 2026

A school administrator and massage therapist wants guidance on how to respond to a student who is reluctant to work with clinic clients who report a history of herpes. Is this a significant risk for massage therapists?

The reality is that anyone with a history of herpes simplex can shed the virus intermittently, even...

Jan 27, 2026

Ruth is learning, writing, and teaching about thyroid disease in lots of different places, so IHACW is coming along for the ride.

Hypothyroidism: the thyroid gland doesn’t produce enough of the right hormones to stimulate healthy metabolism—a person has a hard time turning fuel (that’s oxygen and food) into...