Zubio And Other New Trends In Massage

New trends in massage therapy, like Zubio, have been developing and are featured in various massage therapy magazines.

David Palmer, known for 21 years as the father of chair massage, has invented this next step in chair massage. Back in 1986, he invented the first massage chair, feeling that massage should be taken to the masses instead of just a few who would go and get full body massages. His idea was to make massage convenient, more wide-spread, and affordable. He succeeded. Now he has thought up something new in keeping with chair massage.

Zubio Inc. is an onsite massage company. David Palmer has hired massage therapists and trains them in his chair massage routines. They are fulltime employees of Zubio Inc. Palmer feels this benefits the massage therapists by providing fulltime employment right out of school. They do not have to go into business on their own after massage school and find their own clients.

What new massage trends are going on in your town? Have you practiced them? Did you receive these treatments? If so, how were they?

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Building up a fulltime practice on your own can take two to three years before it can support you. In the meantime, the massage therapist who goes this route must also work another fulltime job to pay for living expenses. Not an easy road which explains why so many leave the business after a few years of this difficult life.

Zubio Inc. also benefits clients by giving consistent massage at each of their stations. Since all of their employees go through the same 50 hour training program, they are all taught to give the same highly professional chair massage to clients. Clients know what they will get when they see the brand name.

The problem with the routine used is that it cannot be changed or modified to fit each individual client. So if the client is having pain in a specific body part, the painful area is not targeted to be worked on. Therefore, this routine is good for relaxation massage, but not so good for therapeutic massage.

Learn more David Palmer's latest massage routine here.

The massage cubicle can be found now in the San Francisco area in some malls and office buildings. Their booths can be brought to a place of business to give massage in the workplace as well.

Appointments can be booked online or clients can go by a booth and wait for an available time. The massages given are 10 or 20 minute sessions. They are performed in enclosed kiosks for privacy. This makes them unique. That way, clients are not gawked at by passersby which makes the clients feel more relaxed.

The 10 minute massage session costs $16. The 20 minute session costs $28. From what I have read on the internet, some clients love the massage and think the price is very reasonable. Other clients, especially those who are in pain and think the massage will help the pain, are very disappointed and say it is not worth the high price.

Palmer uses the name Zubio for his chair massage routine within a kiosk. This comes from the Japanese word Tsubo. Tsubo refers to acupressure points on the body which are worked in his massage routines.

Another hot new trend in massage therapy is the herbal compress ball.

A combination of yoga and massage therapy is called yogassage.

One of the newest ideas in massage therapy in the United States is the bamboo massage or bamboossage.

Another new treatment is the Coffee Massage.

Jade stone massage is quickly becoming a top treatment in many spas.

Currently, there are only a little over 100 certified push therapists in the United States.

A massage therapist named Margie Meshew developed Swe-Thai Massage.

For the ultimate in massage, try Four Hand Massage.

A lot of massage therapists are now including spa services with their massages.

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