Business and Professional Skills for Massage Therapists - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Sandy Fritz, MS, BCTMB, CMBE

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ISBN: 9780323168366

Publication Date: 12-14-2009

Page Count: 368

Imprint: Mosby

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Trust expert massage author, educator and business owner, Sandy Fritz, to prepare your students for the business world of massage therapy. This authoritative guide delivers a working knowledge of the skills and concepts massage students need to become successful employees or business owners. Its engaging, student-friendly approach, accompanied by comprehensive support tools, helps you save time and prepares students for whatever real-world professional challenges they may encounter.

Key Features
- Renowned massage educator and business owner Sandy Fritz presents a practical, proven business philosophy for success in massage therapy practice.
- Focus on need-to-know business skills for complete success as an employee or the owner of a massage therapy practice.
- A companion CD with practice management software provides hands-on experience creating client records, setting appointments, entering documentation, and more.
- Self-Reflection boxes put concepts into a realistic context through Sandy Fritz's personal experiences in massage practice.
- Learning Activity boxes reinforce your students' understanding and challenges them to apply what they've learned in an engaging workbook format.
- Good Stuff from the Government boxes alert your students to helpful government resources and help them ensure compliance with federal regulations.
- Mentor boxes provide real-world insight and advice from experts in massage and business management for successful practice.
- More than 200 realistic photos and illustrations clarify concepts and familiarize students with typical practice settings and essential forms, records, office equipment, and supplies.
- Evolve Resources link your students to templates for building resumes, letters, advertisements, forms for documentation, and client histories, plus small business resources, annotated web links, a glossary of key terms from the text, and additional exercises and case studies.
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Contents

1. The Business of Massage Therapy

2. Being a Professional

3. Focus on the Client

4. Legal and Ethical Issues in the Massage Professional Practice

5. Technology in the Massage Practice

6. Massage Business Office Design

7. Documentation

8. Storage of Business Records

9. Written Communications

10. Telecommunications for the Massage Business

11. Appointment Management Systems

12. Marketing the Massage Therapy Business

13. Inventory Systems and Supply Ordering

14. Insurance Reimbursement for Massage Therapy Services

15. Accounting Concepts

16. Managing Money

17. Maintaining a Safe Work Environment

18. Planning and Managing Your Career Path
Authors

Sandy Fritz, MS, BCTMB, CMBE, Founder, Owner, Director, and Head Instructor, Health Enrichment Center, School of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, Lapeer, Michigan, USA
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