Massage & Bodywork magazine promotes professionalism among practitioners and stimulates healthy dialogue about the field, while remaining mindful of the breadth of bodywork backgrounds, beliefs, and modalities. In this issue, explore everything feet—how to address lower extremity injuries dancers are prone to, providing careful foot care to our geriatric clients, great tips for working with ticklish feet, exploring the intricacies and importance of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe, and some self-care exercises to “future-proof” your own feet. Also in this issue: sidelying techniques, how to get the best client referrals, building professional support groups locally, retention strategies, why “undertreatment” is harmful to clients, a close look at the sciatic nerve, and how can we help clients with endometriosis.
The Summer 2025 issue of Massage & Bodywork magazine features contributions from various authors including Laura Allen, Dawn Castiglione, Cal Cates, Rachelle Clauson, Elicia Crook, Allison Denney, Matthew Gavzy, Whitney Lowe, Teresa Matthews, Mary Murphy, Joe Muscolino, Douglas Nelson, Laura Puryear, Heath and Nicole Reed, Nicole Trombley, Ruth Werner, Cindy Williams, and Davonna Willis.
In this issue, explore everything feet—how to address lower extremity injuries dancers are prone to, providing careful foot care to our geriatric clients, great tips for working with ticklish feet, exploring the intricacies and importance of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe, and some self-care exercises to “future-proof” your own feet. Also in this issue: sidelying techniques, how to get the best client referrals, building professional support groups locally, retention strategies, why “undertreatment” is harmful to clients, a close look at the sciatic nerve, and how can we help clients with endometriosis.
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