Our $50,000 - $1000 k + Per Year Club Dr. Ben Benjamin Dr. Ben E. Benjamin has dedicated his life to helping clients cope with and overcome the pain and stress caused by injury to the body. He also teaches and coaches therapists in technique as well as business development. In sports medicine/muscular therapy private practice since 1963, Dr. Benjamin is the founder and President of the Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, MA., USA. As an educator and author, he conducts seminars and workshops across the country, serves as an instructor and trainer in a variety of settings, and has written several books and countless articles. His books include: Listen to Your Pain: The Active Person's Guide to Understanding, Identifying, and Treating Pain and Injury; Are You Tense?: The Benjamin System of Muscular Therapy; and Exercise Without Injury. Members can listen to his exclusive Interview here! A CD of Dr. Benjamin's interview will be mailed to you for free with a full years SMT membership or for purchase as a CD or download on our "Products" page. www.BenBenjamin.com       Kelly Jump How does a woman who co-owns a massage center do it? Kelly Jump will explain how she started and grew her practice, EVEN after a spa moved in on the floor right below her! Kelly Jump has been in private practice since 2002 and has been a co-owner of Montclair Massage Therapy in Montclair, NJ, USA since October of 2004. She specialize in therapeutic deep tissue but also offers hot stone, Swedish and rain drop therapy. Listen to how she has been successful with her practice even though a new spa opened up below her clinic! Her website is http://www.montclairmassagetherapy.com   Listen to our interview with Kelly here       Kathryn Merrow Kathryn established the Muscular Therapy Clinic Inc. in Trenton, Michigan, USA  in 1993. Moving every three years to larger facilities allowed her to eventually have 12 massage therapists working as independent contractors with her. Kathryn is a successful career massage therapist and business owner who enjoys sharing her wealth of knowledge about health, well-being and other topics through various media. Kathryn has since downsized and her clinic and now develops and authors self-help pain relief information products. Kathryn's credentials as a massage therapist include: • Treatment for individuals with pain and postural dysfunction • Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork since 1993 • Professional member of American Massage Therapy Association since 1990 • Advanced training with Kurashova Institute for Studies in Physical Medicine, St. John Neuromuscular Institute of Pain Relief, Center for Self-Healing and others. Listen to our interview with Kathryn here   Her websites include: http://www.CarpalTunnelPainReliefNow.com http://www.SimplePainRelief.com http://www.SimpleStrengthening.com         Tobi Wright Tobi Wright's clients include chiropractors, patients with various stages of spinal conditions, cancer and AIDS, the elderly, students, as well as athletes, dancers and personal trainers. Another cool thing about Tobi is she designs all her own ads for her practice and on this website, will give you some free samples to use. Tobi Wright has cultivated her private practice since her 2001 graduation from the Swedish Institute of Health Sciences and is licensed by the State of New York, USA. Possessing extensive training in Eastern and Western massage therapy and exercise science, Tobi's work is most aptly described as deep tissue medical massage and incorporates myofascial and neuromuscular techniques, as well as trigger point therapy, sports massage, palpation and assessment, lymphatic drainage, reflexology, shiatsu and Thai massage. As a massage professional, she understands that health and wellness are not only multi-faceted, but multi-disciplined. She therefore aligns herself with traditional medical doctors and a host of other practitioners, including chiropractors, osteopaths, personal trainers and nutritionists. Combining their expertise with hers, enhances her unique capacity to help her clients with their individual challenges and goals. Her website is:  www.wrightrelaxation.com Listen to our interview with Tobi here       Ian Kamm Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Ian Kam has lived and practiced in Toronto, Canada since 1990. He has been teaching at Sutherland-Chan School in Toronto since 1998. Topics include Business (what's ethically tax deductible?), Othopedic Assessment (why does this hurt?) and was also Clinical Coordinator (2001 to 2004) and Chief Examiner (2001-2003). Ian supervised specialty clinics at Princess Margaret Lodge (cancer care), Princess Margaret Hospital (palliative care) and PWA/Fife House (HIV/AIDS). Since 2005 Ian has taught Continuing Education workshops for Massage Therapists in Toronto, Chicago, Montreal, Ottawa and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. In addition he has contributed editorial assistance to several health-related textbooks (including the AMTA's Business of Massage) and prepared an expert witness report on Record Keeping for the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario. His website is: www.donvalemassage.com Listen to our interview with Ian here       Sue Painter For the last 10 years Sue Painter has been a licensed massage therapist in private practice who is consistently booked up to a year in advance. Using a few of her simple steps you can start doing the same today. Listen to her audio on the link below to see how she gets her current clients and encourages them to send their friend in to fill in all her appointment times. She owns the Touch Therapy Center in Knoxville, TN, USA and is the President and Founder of The Confident Marketer, an Internet-based business. Sue trains entrepreneurs, small business owners, and sole practitioners in marketing and customer service through her website at www.confidentmarketer.com. Sue is a former contributing writer to Massage Magazine and has been published in several books and websites on practice-building topics. A writer, speaker, student and teacher of mindful living, Sue holds a Bachelor's in sociology and Master's in rehabilitation counseling from Auburn University, and worked toward a doctorate in human resources management at the University of Colorado. Sue is board certified in neuromuscular therapy with advanced training in energetic healing, intuitive diagnosis, breath work, and medical massage for both humans and canines. Listen to our interview with Sue here       Jason Garcia Jason Garcia, co-owner of Hands-On Massage & Wellness Center in Millbrae, California, USA has been a massage therapy instructor and practitioner for the past twelve years. He is also a certified Feldenkrais practitioner and Awareness Through Movement instructor. He has trained numerous instructors and hundreds of practitioners in Deep Tissue, Sports Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release and Neuromuscular Techniques. Jason is passionate about bringing his unique insight of massage and other manual therapy techniques into a variety of environments. He works with the Touch Health Association by teaching teenage mothers how to massage their babies and build close bond's through positive touch. He coordinates with the Cancer Awareness Resources and Education (CARE) program to bring over fifty volunteer practitioners to the San Francisco General Hospital to massage and educate cancer patients and survivors about massage's role in their health. He also has designed the curriculum of a number of deep tissue and sports massage courses at various massage schools and actively participates with the schools in maintaining a high standard in their curriculum. Currently, he and his wife Melanie, a Physical Therapy Assistant, are dedicated to raising their one-year old daughter, Kylie, and expanding their community involvement at Hands-On Massage & Wellness Center. http://www.handsonwell.com Listen to our interview with Jason here