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C h e c k o u t A B M P 's l a t e s t n e w s a n d b l o g p o s t s . Av a i l a b l e a t w w w. a b m p . c o m . 27 BUSINESS SIDE Laura Allen, an educator and the massage division director of Soothing Touch, has been a massage therapist for 18 years. She is the author of five textbooks and is a regular contributor to trade publications. www.lauraallenmt.com Ben E. Benjamin holds a doctorate in sports medicine. He has been in private practice for more than 50 years and teaches throughout the country on orthopedic massage. He is the author of Listen to Your Pain (Penguin Books, 2007), Are You Tense (Pantheon, 1978), and Exercise Without Injury (MTI, 1979), and co-author of Ethics of Touch (Sohnen-Moe Associates, 2013). www.benbenjamin.com. Felicia Brown, author of Creating Lifetime Clients (Spalutions, 2016) and Free & Easy Ways to Promote Your Massage, Spa & Wellness Business (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013), provides business and marketing coaching for massage professionals. A licensed massage therapist, she also owns a wellness spa in Greensboro, North Carolina. www.spalutions.com Clint Chandler has over 27 years of both clinical practice and teaching experience in massage and manual therapies, with an additional eight years working as a multidisciplinary team member and case manager in various physical rehabilitation settings. www.myofinder.com and www.bionexusllc.com Susan Epperly, and her husband, Shane, are clinical massage therapists in private practice and the owners of Tiger Lily Studios, LLC, through which they produce educational products for fellow health and wellness practitioners. Their boutique bodywork clinic is in East Austin, Texas. www.tigerlilystudios.com. Allissa Haines owns a thriving massage practice and wellness center in Plainville, Massachusetts. She creates business and marketing resources for other massage therapists and is known for being ridiculously in love with massage, scotch, and cupcakes. www.massagebusinessblueprint.com Jennie Hastings is a board-certified massage therapist, writer, and teacher. She is the author of The Inspired Massage Therapist (Massage Blossom Books, 2012). For her, massage therapy is the foundation all her dreams are built on. www.inspiredmassagetherapist.com Whitney Lowe directs the Academy of Clinical Massage and is the author of Orthopedic Assessment in Massage Therapy (Daviau Scott, 2006) and Orthopedic Massage: Theory and Technique (Churchill Livingstone, 2009). He teaches continuing education in advanced clinical massage through the academy and offers an online certification program in orthopedic massage. www.academyofclinicalmassage.com Til Luchau is lead instructor at Advanced-Trainings.com. With a diverse background that includes manual therapy, somatic psychology, transformative education, and management consulting, his ability to connect interdisciplinary, big-picture ideas to practical, real-world applications has made his articles, books, trainings, and videos popular worldwide. www.advanced-trainings.com Douglas Nelson celebrated multiple anniversaries in April 2017. He began his 40th year of practice; his 18-therapist massage therapy clinic in Champaign, Illinois, celebrated its 35th anniversary; and his teaching institute began its 20th year of existence. He is also president-elect of the Massage Therapy Foundation. www.nmtmidwest.com and www.bodyworkassociates.com Eric Stephenson creates continuing education focused on career longevity, working with some of the most respected names in the wellness industry throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and the Caribbean. His new video, "Intelligent Deep Tissue Massage," was released in May 2017. www.imassageinc.com