by David Palmer | Dec 27, 2025 | Bodywork, Chair Massage, Politics
Why the regulations designed to protect the profession actually limit its reach By David Palmer The American massage profession has spent decades fighting for legitimacy. At the heart of this struggle has been a critical mission: separating professional massage from...
by David Palmer | Oct 22, 2025 | Bodywork, Science
A new study explores how “smart touch” technologies could expand the reach of manual therapy The Chinese been working hard for the past few years on practical applications for robotics and artificial intelligence. One of the areas of focus has been improving...
by David Palmer | Dec 6, 2017 | Chair Massage, Touch
Last Saturday I had the opportunity to share chair massage at a PTO fundraising event for our local Annie Vinton Elementary School. It felt good to be promoting positive touch in this era of such nasty news. For some subliminal education, in the background I looped a...
by David Palmer | Dec 6, 2017 | Fitness, In the News
Jane Brody, the legendary health journalist for the New York Times, recently wrote an article extolling the virtues of the Feldenkrais approach to pain management and recovery. Lesser known is the work of Thomas Hanna, who introduced Moshe Feldenkrais to the United...
by David Palmer | Mar 9, 2017 | Touch
I met Janet Courtney in 2015 through a small working group that was exploring the feasibility of creating an interdisciplinary, international conference on touch. On so many levels I find her amazing. She is an internationally recognized expert in developmental play...
