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Barefoot Massage & Illness: What Therapists Need to Know About Antibiotics

Working closely with clients means we’re exposed to everything — their stress, their pain… and sometimes, their germs. Knowing when it’s safe to work on someone who’s been sick (or taking antibiotics) is essential for protecting yourself, your clients, and your practice. The basics: Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, not viruses (like colds or flu). Massage is contraindicated during active infection…

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Antibiotics, Bacteria, and Barefoot Massage: A Therapist’s Guide to Working Safely

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Which Massage Table Is Best for Barefoot Massage?

Not all massage tables are created equal—especially when it comes to barefoot massage. Whether you’re preparing for FasciAshi training or upgrading your setup, choosing the right table can make a big difference in safety, comfort, and performance. So what exactly makes a massage table “barefoot-ready”? 🦶 FasciAshi-Specific Considerations At the Center for Barefoot Massage, we teach a gravity-based, myofascial approach…

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Rethinking “Deep Tissue” Massage

Are You Working to Your Detriment? Let’s get honest: if you’re pushing through pain, contorting your body, or grinding your hands into clients just to deliver “deep tissue” work… you might be sacrificing your own well-being for the sake of theirs. And it’s probably not even getting the results you think it is. Deep doesn’t have to mean destructive. At…

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Why Your Barefoot Massage Approach Matters 2

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Why Your Barefoot Massage Approach Matters

It’s easy to think barefoot massage is just about using your feet instead of your hands. But the truth is, how you approach barefoot massage is just as important as what techniques you use. When you deliver sustained pressure with purpose, understand fascial relationships, and meet clients where they are—your work goes from “deep tissue” to deep transformation. This is…

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The reSOLEution Barefoot Massage Challenge: part 2

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The reSOLEution Barefoot Massage Challenge

Ready for a reboot of your marketing? Let’s make a new resolution, or reSOLEution, regardless if it’s the New Year or a new moon to actually support your body, your business, and your barefoot massage practice? Welcome to the ReSOULution Challenge: a foot-focused, feel-good reboot that helps you create content that brings you back to your why—why you started doing…

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Can You Feel “Knots” During Barefoot Massage? The science behind feeling with your feet.

(This article was originally published on 6/11/2024 by Jeni Spring here, and the social media recap from Julie Marciniak was posted 4/16/2025 here and here.) One of the questions that we Barefoot Massage therapists get asked VERY often is “Can you actually feel knots when you massage with your feet?” Yes, we can! OF COURSE we can feel things through our feet! It’s…

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Barefoot Massage Open Challenge 2024: coming in March!

Get ready for this years Barefoot Massage Open Challenge! This year’s topic for the “Open” is on common physical imbalances of Barefoot Massage Therapists that could result in injury. Our instructors have been talking behind the scenes A LOT about all the things that make up “body mechanics“… things like your alignment while working, as well as what movement possibilities and…

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