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Douglas Nelson provides tips on building a thriving business in this week's Advice from the Pros.

This week's featured expert in Advice from the Pros is business coach, spa owner, massage therapist, and author Felicia Brown.

Til Luchau, lead instructor at Advanced-Trainings.com, is our featured expert in this week's Advice from the Pros.

The next featured expert in our Advice from the Pros series of blog posts is Laura Allen, the massage division director of Soothing Touch.

Take a look at our first in a series of blog posts that will highlight one of the leaders in the massage and bodywork field. Whitney Lowe is our featured expert this week.

As I leave my work day here at ABMP and head to one of my volunteer commitments, I’m often conflicted with the desire to instead head home, see my family, and put my feet up for the evening.

A couple years ago, I got a call from a massage therapist who had a very special transgender client who’d educated him about how important massage therapy was to his surgical recovery and self-esteem.

The trend continues, and accelerates: fewer schools, fewer graduates. The number of massage therapy training programs in the United States is at its lowest since 2003, and the number of graduates from those programs is the lowest since ABMP began conducting the survey in 1998.

Today I have the honor of raising my glass to toast Mari Gayatri Stein, a gifted illustrator who spent years drawing mirthful, insightful images educating others about ethics in the massage therapy field. Mari passed away last week on March 2 after a journey with cancer; today would have been her 70^th birthday.

The 2017 NFL Scouting Combine wrapped up Monday in Indianapolis, and the sports massage therapists who helped facilitate the training of these elite athletes can begin breathing a sigh of relief.