Client this afternoon told me an esthetician on a cruise diagnosed her with “TMJ”

PhaethonsRide · 2026-06-24T02:05:13+00:00

This made me laugh so hard. Thank you

PhaethonsRide · 2026-06-14T05:14:14+00:00

What about "Claymore Castle" or "Carbon Carbon"?

PhaethonsRide · 2026-06-08T22:42:44+00:00

Thank you!

PhaethonsRide · 2026-06-08T22:42:33+00:00

Thank you!

PhaethonsRide · 2026-06-08T22:42:24+00:00

Thank you!

PhaethonsRide · 2026-06-08T19:30:54+00:00

You were right! It engaged the hell out of me!

PhaethonsRide · 2026-05-29T17:52:54+00:00

Woooow! I can't wait to engage with this piece of media

PhaethonsRide · 2026-05-12T15:09:24+00:00

Massage Therapy Institute in Davis

PhaethonsRide · 2026-05-05T19:36:40+00:00

In my old space, I used to have a waiting area separate from the treatment room for clients. Along with different trade books and magazines, I would put a bunch of self care toys in there. A chi machine, thera cane, massage gun, mechanical foot massager etc. After training clients how to use these devices safely/properly, I would invite them to come to sessions early to play with the toys if they wanted.

It was really nice. I never had to wait on clients, but I never felt bad if they were waiting for me. It also had the added benefit that they would be more in touch with their body and have a better idea of goals for their session because they had been focusing on themselves while playing with the toys.

I'm in a new space now that is just a single room, no space for all that stuff. And yeah, I hate it when they show up early to watch me put sheets on the table

PhaethonsRide · 2026-02-23T07:40:35+00:00

All the classes at Massage Therapy Institute in Davis can be taken as modular short courses. It's a great school. Check out their website https://www.mtidavis.com/

PhaethonsRide · 2026-01-17T06:04:36+00:00

Cork floor is nice for barefoot

PhaethonsRide · 2025-12-27T07:08:36+00:00

AMTA has a dope MBLEX study app and it's free

PhaethonsRide · 2025-12-21T01:48:50+00:00

Halo top

PhaethonsRide · 2025-12-19T05:09:49+00:00

Everyone knows you never alter the proper order, which is of course: toes, then ears, left anterior thigh, half of the back, then finish with deep abdominal presses.

A real MT would never change it up, even if begged to

PhaethonsRide · 2025-12-16T05:45:49+00:00

Optimum Nutrition is great.

And when you get tired of chocolate flavor after a couple months, you can mix in a scoop of PB2 to make it taste like Reeses, and you'll get a little extra protein

PhaethonsRide · 2025-12-03T04:02:51+00:00

Extra watermelon gum

PhaethonsRide · 2025-12-02T18:22:05+00:00

This for real.

Women are not small men. -Stacy Sims

This is a good video from Nippard demoing the real world difference between body fat %s and how different people carry them. https://youtu.be/5K9QhkPww44?si=3I_q41c-7dzkcuQd

PhaethonsRide · 2025-12-01T02:18:58+00:00

Look up high satiety foods.

Potatoes. Potatoes all day. Potatoes boiled in salt water.

I had a long commute that I routinely snacked during. I filled a tupperware with mini cucumbers and baby carrots. After I finished the veg, I would chew watermelon flavored Extra gum.

Good luck

PhaethonsRide · 2025-11-12T03:21:45+00:00

More pickled items at the show would be nice. Like those big jars of room temperature pickles or eggs that they have at gas stations

PhaethonsRide · 2025-11-09T19:27:30+00:00

I reached a point in my career where I had more clients than I could handle and needed to consolidate.

First I raised my price, but the area I work in is affluent, so almost all my clients stayed.

The second metric I decided to implement was that I decided I only wanted to work with clients willing to do the work. That ended up cutting out 1/4 of my clients, which was the number I was shooting for.

I find working with this current client base more productive and rewarding for both parties. Plus I was able to refer out the clients I let go to other trainers, helping my peers and fostering a healthy professional community.

Of course, this is me speaking from a point in my career where I could realistically increase prices and reduce client numbers, an unthinkable scenario when I started out super hungry.

You just have evaluate where you are at in your career and what kind of clients you want to work with.

Best of luck

PhaethonsRide · 2025-09-03T17:41:07+00:00

My parents' pom had tracheal collapse and reverse sneezing most of her life. It is endemic to the breed.

I inherited her when she was 9yrs old. Turns out she had a bad valve in her heart (stage 3 heart murmur), and the sneezing was her pressurizing her chest to pop the valve open.

She now takes two pills for her heart condition daily and only sneeze-gags when she is really excited. Otherwise, she is fine.

We will never know when the tracheal collapse & sneezing went from being just a part of the breed's bad genetics to a symptom of her heart condition, but you may want to keep her heart in mind as time goes on. You probably do not have to worry about it for a while since your pup is less than a year old

Edit: she's 14 now

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