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What is “The Big Idea” of Massage Therapy?

By Ivy Hultquist 4 Comments

Every year, during the second weekend in August, my family loaded up the minivan (which replaced our awesome Caprice Classic).  We drove 90 miles west to Davenport, Iowa, for Palmer College of Chiropractic’s annual homecoming celebration.

My dad attended continuing education classes with friends and colleagues.  My mom and I went shopping for school clothes and supplies.  Back at the hotel, I played with the offspring of other chiropractors.  We ran around, swam in the pool, and pretended to give each other adjustments (that’s what the little kids of chiropractors do for fun).

On one of these trips I read a piece written by one of chiropractic’s early developers, BJ Palmer. At that time in my life I was thinking about becoming a chiropractor. “The Big Idea” was written in 1944, and is about chiropractic philosophy. I remember being very impressed and intrigued by this idea of BJ Palmer’s.

Today, I still love this piece, and its big idea.  Maybe it just me, but I think there is a lot that massage therapists can take from it.

If you ever doubt the power and effects from ONE massage, or if you are unfamiliar with this piece, here it is in video form.

 

Filed Under: Massage Therapy Tagged With: chiropractic

About Ivy Hultquist

Thank you for reading this post! In addition to writing here at Massage and Bloggywork, I write specifically about barefoot massage at Ashiatsu.net, as well as teach massage continuing education at Advanced Massage Techniques.

 

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Comments

  1. Emma William says

    August 24, 2020 at 2:01 am

    Hi Ivy!
    It was a great read and truly inspiring. Thanks for sharing it.

    Reply
  2. Ian Svid Masseur London says

    April 9, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    Thank you very much for sharing this useful information. I was doing a project and for that I was looking for related information. Some of the points are very useful.

    Reply
    • Ivy Hultquist says

      April 10, 2013 at 9:34 am

      You are welcome!

      Reply
  3. prenatal massage says

    October 30, 2012 at 12:54 am

    Hello, just wanted to mention, I enjoyed this post. It was inspiring. Keep on posting!

    Reply

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