/* Image w/ description tooltip v2.0 * Created: April 23rd, 2010. This notice must stay intact for usage * Author: Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ * Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code */ var ddimgtooltip={ tiparray:function(){ var tooltips=[] //define each tooltip below: tooltip[inc]=['path_to_image', 'optional desc', optional_CSS_object] //For desc parameter, backslash any special characters inside your text such as apotrophes ('). Example: "I\'m the king of the world" //For CSS object, follow the syntax: {property1:"cssvalue1", property2:"cssvalue2", etc} tooltips[0]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Aesthetic VideoSource is proud to be a Professional Partner in the exciting new Massage School Makeover Project. While massage therapists and students are constantly reminded about new products and equipment, the importance of continuing education and training often takes a back seat. That is why we have partnered in this project, and why it has been our mission for more than 16 years to produce and supply students and established therapists with the highest quality, results-driven, video education and training available. The industry's top doctors and experts star in our vast library of award-winning educational DVDs. Each presentation is a thorough examination of its subject, showing techniques in detail, performed by the expert (an experienced licensed massage therapist). The DVDs can serve as part of a training program or as an easy and economical way to refresh knowledge and skills with expert advice you can view anytime, anywhere. Come see what you can learn at www.videoshelf.com."] tooltips[1]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "The Alliance for Massage Therapy Education proudly supports Massage School Makeover (MSM) in its efforts to improve education in our industry. In our view, MSM provides a unique opportunity for the entire field of massage to come together in support of massage schools and the important work that they do. Every day massage schools across the country work diligently to deliver quality education to students that go on to become the practitioners of our filed. In doing so, schools are often faced with tough decisions such as choosing between updating their equipment, purchasing new teaching materials, and increasing the pay of their faculty and staff - just to name a few. MSM will assist the willing school by providing needed equipment as well as great visibility within the industry. Furthermore, MSM represents an opportunity for the rest of the profession to better understand the challenges that schools face on a daily basis. The Alliance is honored to be a part of this event!"] tooltips[2]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "ASOMAssage: Finding a diverse and growing music collection for your massage practice has just gotten a whole lot simpler. Now you can pick any tracks at any time from an ever-expanding library of music composed specifically for the needs of bodyworkers. You'll find music to suit the styles of all your clients in our Member's area, for a low monthly Membership fee! All tracks are royalty free, and we've got more artists and more music every month. Bonus features of our totally unique service include direct iPhone and IPod downloading, and access to our Premier Music Stream. This means you'll be able to turn us on and leave us on; yourself, your clients and your staff will enjoy a continuously changing chill-axin' music mix you won't find anywhere else!"] tooltips[3]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals membership provides the most comprehensive liability insurance package in the profession, along with a host of practice management support systems."] tooltips[4]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "At Peace® Media is proud to be a contributor to the first Massage School Makeover. Congratulations to Angie Patrick, Massage Warehouse and Massage Today for bringing this exciting project together for the massage school community. As producers and distributors of educational massage DVD programs and specialized massage music for the last twelve years, we applaud the efforts of Angie and her team to further the on-going learning and skills acquisition of new massage school students and supporting the careers of professional massage educators nationwide. We invite you to visit us at www.atpeacemedia.com to learn more about the programs we have contributed. At our website you will find many informative, fun and interesting video clips as well as music clips."] tooltips[5]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "One Benefect: The Massage School Makeover exemplifies a fresh start, looking forward and supporting change. ONE Concept is proud to support this project by providing products to this makeover that are socially responsible and represent forward thinking. ONE Concept's vision is to educate people in the health and wellness industries on the benefits of using environmentally friendly products and healthy practices in order to protect yourself and your clients, preserve and restore our ONE planet for our children and future generations. ONE Concept is your portal to the green products, education and support system that you need for your business to be healthy, successful and good for our ONE planet. Congratulations to the wonderful team that put this project together and to all the participants!"] tooltips[6]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Bon Vital: Every Bon Vital' product you will find is ours, and ours alone. We create and manufacture our products in-house from formulas that we have developed, in our own laboratories, using the finest all natural oils and ingredients. Also, every jar, bottle and tube is filled, packaged, and shipped directly from our production facility right here in Hartland, Wisconsin. Because we have remained a small family-owned business, we have the ability to stay in close touch with our customers' requests, and give you the best customer service that you deserve!"] tooltips[7]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Castine Consulting is a small company comprised of current and former massage therapists. We have up to 22 years in this business, and an understanding of what MTs need career wise, and also an understanding of the challenges that we face as therapists. We have a love for the industry; an industry that has treated us well. It has allowed us an opportunity to make sufficient income, while maintaining flexibility in our schedule that is not available in all career paths. We believe in this industry, and the benefits we can pass on to our clients-- whether physical, emotional, or spiritual. We support this industry, and are giving back in the form of educating massage professionals, and assisting them in their personal and professional goals."] tooltips[8]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Core Products: Core Products' goal is to "Make lives more comfortable". We are pleased to supply the Jeanie Rub Massager, the best professional grade massager on the market today and for over 25 years. It's a tool that's beneficial to patients and therapists alike. As a preliminary warm up to hands on massage techniques, the Jeanie Rub Massager relieves tension and relaxes tight muscles, which makes the massage therapists' job easier, and the patients just love the way it feels. It's ideal for personal health, fitness and sports massage. Each massager supplied for the school, will come with an educational DVD to help the students learn proper Jeanie Rub techniques. We are proud to supply the Jeanie Rub massagers to the "School Makeover project" with confidence they will provide a positive impact on teachers, students, & patients. We are also proud to say that the Jeanie Rub Massagers are made in America by Core Products, the brand you know and trust."] tooltips[9]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Custom Craftworks: "Everyone talks about quality. We deliver it." While many other companies strive to be first in sales and market share, our aim is to produce the finest quality products - period. Our commitment to quality reflects our desire to serve practitioners with a professional dedication to their clients. This commitment has earned our reputation for producing the finest products in the industry."] tooltips[10]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "EarthLite: We manufacture the highest quality massage equipment including, stationary and electric lift massage tables, massage chairs, massage accessories and massage therapy supplies of all kinds. We have a wide selection of products for all of your various massage therapy needs. Our products and supplies combine the superb value of unparalleled performance for the massage professional, student or at home user. All of our tables have time proven designs and engineering. We hand make all of our massage tables with love, which ensures the highest quality equipment. We have so much faith in our products that we offer a lifetime warranty on many of our products."] tooltips[11]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Elsevier Publishing: Elsevier's roots are in journal and book publishing, where we have fostered the peer-review process for more than 125 years. Today we are driving innovation by delivering authoritative content with cutting-edge technology, allowing our customers to find the answers they need quickly. Elsevier develops online information solutions that help professionals achieve better outcomes. We publish around 2,000 journals and close to 20,000 books and major reference works."] tooltips[12]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Evzone Music: PBS selected George's music for three nationally televised documentaries "Visions of Greece," "Visions of Italy," and most recently "Brava Italia." You may have also heard George's music on XM-SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Music Choice, iTunes and Martha Stewart Living Radio All of George's music can be found on his website and shipping within the contiguous U.S. is still free. Thank you for supporting independent music. We encourage you register with our mailing list so we can keep you informed of the latest releases and future performances in your area."] tooltips[13]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Fingerprintz: Professional. Quality. Beautiful. Affordable. Create an inviting environment with beautiful massage themed artwork, promote your business with gorgeous postcards and play/work comfortably in our all natural fiber t-shirts. Fingerprintz t-shirts, posters and cards are the perfect choice to promote your practice and profession."] tooltips[14]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "GWG Group, LLC: The marketing experts who have helped hundreds of graduating and established bodywork professionals build profitable businesses through their CD ROM, Grow Your Bodywork Business for Pennies, proudly supports Massage School Makeover (MSM) in its efforts to improve marketing training and success of students. By supporting massage schools and the important work that they do, the donation of Grow Your Bodywork Business for Pennies CD ROMs will provide the winning school the opportunity to offer its students simple marketing ideas that will jump-start careers upon graduation. For graduating students, the need for immediate business-building ideas is imperative; however monies to spend on those ideas are usually non-existent. By having access to the low to no-cost, practical marketing ideas in Grow Your Bodywork Business for Pennies, faculty will have more training available to help students embark on long, prosperous and gratifying careers in this important industry. The GWG Group, LLC, developers of Grow Your Bodywork Business for Pennies is proud to be part of this important event. Good luck to all of its participants!"] tooltips[15]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Kent Health Systems is proud to be a supporter of the Massage School Makeover program as we are committed to helping massage therapists develop, promote maintain a successful career by developing products, seminars, articles, video pod casts and more to meet the need for therapists to easily assess and implement a measurable outcome based series of treatments while providing patient education and self-care. All Kent Health Systems products are therapist and patient friendly quick reference visual aids that place a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips instantly helping you educate and develop customized treatment plans for your patients. Kent Health System products work in any environment from medical doctor, chiropractic, physical therapy or massage therapy clinics to spas and outcall practices. Each Kent Health System product functions independently and is designed to work within an integrated system as your practice grows. This system allows you to focus on patient treatment and education. The Massage School Makeover Program will elevate the profession by raising schools standards, providing better education and graduating therapists that are better prepared in all aspects of the profession. Learn more at KentHealth.com or call 888-574-5600."] tooltips[16]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "BarCharts, Inc. is an educational publisher featuring over 50 medical & health/wellness titles, ranging from Anatomical guides to Medical Terminology. We hope that this helps in your Project, and we encourage all to visit www.barcharts.com to see our entire catalog of offerings in this category."] tooltips[17]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "KOOL 'N FIT: It is with great pleasure the Kool Fit America Inc. supports this great project. We have been associated with the Massage Therapy market since our founding 26 years ago and find the industry to be a worthy cause to support. Being from Europe and having experienced the many benefits of Massage we are delighted to have seen this Profession grow and prosper into a vital part of the overall Healthcare Market here in the US. Massage and Massage Therapists play a major role in keeping us healthy, limber and relaxed. Nothing beats a soothing Massage at the end of a stressful day or week and should be incorporated into everybody's busy life. Whether you use Massage as an occasional treat to relax or as a valuable tool to better your health, the many benefits derived from Massage are plentiful."] tooltips[18]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Paul Lewis, RMT: While in Japan teaching my workshop on Advanced Treatment Techniques for the Table, I received notice of this wonderful opportunity for a school to receive this fabulous gift from the community at large. I felt compelled to help with this inspiring initiative. I will donate two of my Instructional DVDs for In Chair Massage to the winning school. Many schools do not include chair massage as part of their curriculum so I thought this DVD would help give the viewer some unique and vital suggestions about body mechanics, safe and effective effortless massage techniques to help reduce stress on the body. The 7 language (English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Cantonese, and Mandarin) single disc DVD has won two Telly Awards; one awarded by an expert panel for Instruction on a DVD and one by the people's choice suggesting it's technical accuracy and usefulness should also appeal to the winning school. Sharing knowledge and helping others is just a good thing to do."] tooltips[19]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Massage Insurance Billing: If you intend to work with insurance billing and physician referrals and expect to be paid for your services, prevent raising red flags with insurance companies that can destroy our opportunities and to help you to build your massage therapy business to all new levels, consider a small investment to take you to new levels of being independent and building your massage therapy practice."] tooltips[20]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Mother Earth Pillows: As a Corporation supporting research and education...we applaud this effort to help prepare students for greater success after graduation with improved product knowledge."] tooltips[21]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Oakworks has been supporting massage schools with professional products for over 30 years. In that time, Oakworks has developed the strongest brand name for professional USA made portable massage tables. We are committed to creating professional tools that help massage therapists achieve better results and stay healthy through ergonomically advanced designs. Our collaboration with the school market and leading professionals has helped Oakworks to develop into the top innovative design company for massage accessories and positioning tools with many patented designs in wide use. Such cutting edge products have greatly improved the way massage therapist deliver massages today. The most recent product introduced is the affordable Side Lying Positioning System which allows the therapist to easily position and supports those clients that cannot comfortably be placed in the prone position. It is this very long-term relationship that Oakworks has shared with massage schools over the years that makes participating in the Massage School Makeover so exciting."] tooltips[22]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Pearson Publishing: Each of Pearson's massage therapy products is carefully designed to enrich the massage therapy classroom, save instructors valuable time, and improve students' learning, understanding, and grades. We recognize that all students do not learn in the same way, so our products are available in a variety of different formats, such as customized learning solutions, and CourseSmart eTextbooks. We also recognize that educators have less time than ever, so our teaching resources are designed to help educators be more effective and efficient."] tooltips[23]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Performance Health, Inc. is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad portfolio of products for the therapy, rehabilitation, massage, health and wellness markets. Maker of market-leading Biofreeze® Pain Relieving Products and Thera-Band® Systems of Progressive Exercise products, Performance Health provides evidence-based protocols, education, turn-key dispensing and pain management solutions."] tooltips[24]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Resource ETC LLC is a company whose mission is to help institutions and organizations be better at what they do. We, the principals of Resource ETC, began our education and leadership careers as vocational instructors in massage therapy programs and we have a special place in our hearts for massage therapy schools and educators. While we have progressed as advanced training and consulting specialists, we've never forgotten that massage therapy schools are essential for advancing the profession. We want to make a positive impact for the massage profession and it is our opinion that every stakeholder should and must support high standards and quality education in these institutions."] tooltips[25]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "RMT Students.com is an online study resource center designed specifically for massage therapy students providing accurate and reliable independent study resources to help them prepare for exams."] tooltips[26]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Sa-wan: The herbal ball treatment traditionally is a hot treatment. The Herbal Ball is soaked for up to five minutes, and then steamed in a steamer for 10-20 minutes before use. It is pressed along the Sen Sib lines, or acupressure zones of the body in a series of motions that include: a pressing with steady downward pressure; a "rock 'n roll," or back and forth motion; a "rolling" or orbital circular motion; and a "dragging" motion which is used to increase blood flow and lymphatic drainage. The herbal ball is used in combination with traditional Thai or Swedish massage or as a tool to work on specific parts of the body that need special attention for muscular tightness or pain."] tooltips[27]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Soothing Touch has worked with massage therapists for the past 30 years to create the highest quality professional massage products available. Our complete line reflects our dedication to quality and includes: massage creams, salt and sugar scrubs, oils and lotions. Soothing Touch massage creams offer a deeply moisturizing, long lasting glide that is enhanced with herbs and essential oils and easy to clean up. Each of our massage creams is matched with a pre-mixed salt scrub for the perfect combination package. Our therapeutic water-dispersible massage oils are Ayurvedically balanced and highly absorbent for healthier skin and a deeper massage. Soothing Touch massage lotions are nutritious, non-greasy and infused with pure herbal extracts for a perfect massage tool."] tooltips[28]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Softees with DuraGuard, is a line of luxury, full-sized salon and manicure towels made from long-lasting microfiber. These microfiber towels are 6 times more durable and 3 times more absorbent than cotton, and resist stains from salon chemicals. What's more -- Softees dry in half the time of cotton towels and the generous 16" x 29" doesn't shrink! Softees with DuraGuard Salon Towels are available in 6 popular colors: black, gray, chocolate, evergreen, plum and navy. Salons love Softees' feel, ease and savings.

Softees with DuraGuard Nail & Spa Towels are lint-free. With virtually no fiber loss, Softees Nail & Spa Towels keep polish and top coats glistening and perfect. Softees with DuraGuard Nail & Spa Towels are available in 4 beautiful pastel colors: white, lilac, pink and aqua. Softees is a division of FROMM INTERNATIONAL, a leading designer and manufacturer of world class salon products. FROMM INTERNATIONAL has been bringing the most technologically advanced shears, sundries, salon and hair apparel to the professional beauty industry for 100 years. The company's major brands include Perfect Results, André Salon Apparel, Softees Towels, ColorSafe Towels, Fromm Premium Shears, Mebco Combs, Diane Essentials, and Solis Professional Hair Dryers. All Fromm products are made from the finest materials and workmanship, and carry warranty protection against manufacturer defects. For additional product information, please call 800.323.4252 or visit www.frommonline.com."] tooltips[29]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "SpiriPhysical: Bruce Baltz and SpiriPhysical are committed to supporting the massage industry and its many facets. Massage schools are the foundation of our ever-changing business and assisting them in moving forward is essential to the progression of our passion and livelihood. We are honored to stand beside such great industry leaders such as; Massage Warehouse, Massage Today, and World Massage Conference. We look forward to doing our part in supporting the future of massage therapy."] tooltips[30]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Therabath Professional Paraffin Products is proud to sponsor The Massage School Makeover project, celebrating successful students as the future of the massage industry! Students will have the tools they need to begin their professional careers with confidence, experience and knowledge that come from an interactive, hands-on education. How about a service that leaves a big impact at a low cost? Warm paraffin therapy treatments used on sore, stiff, or cold muscles use a moist heat effectively, and efficiently, to warm the muscles prior to a massage session. Paraffin is also used by therapists to ease and rejuvenate sore, tired hands and joints at the end of each business day. Professional paraffin products offer quality, reliability and safety - all essentials when choosing equipment to outfit a salon or spa. Who can afford the downtime or inconvenience that non-professional products can spring on them? By starting off these students with professional products and equipment used professionally each and every day, we can be sure that we are helping to set new, higher standards in the massage industry."] tooltips[31]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "TH Stone: Our hot massage stones harvested from high energy basalt sources around the globe and our hot stone sets are created with the unique requirements of the therapist in mind. Basic hot stone sets include stones for leg, arm, and head message; and our more advanced massage kits include hot stones for toe massage (pedicure), hot stone facials, trigger points, contour stones, a hot stone heater, and chakra stones. All of our hot stone massage kits include an instruction manual and a hot stone massage DVD or VHS instruction video."] tooltips[32]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Thumper Massager Inc in pleased to support the Massage School Makeover project. The use of our massage products by Massage Therapists can help them to provide better patient outcomes and allow them to have an effective tool to provide selfcare.

Early exposure to our massage modalities while still in school can be a valuable experience. learning how and when to use our massagers can help the therapist to have a complete skill set that will allow them to provide the very best care to their clients.

A Thumper Massager is a valuable asset for self care. many Massage Therapists who use our products never use it on their clients, but keep it only for themselves. This gives them the ability to give themselves a little "TLC" between clients keeping them in peak condition."] tooltips[33]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Soundings of the Planet is an award-winning record label founded in 1979 by husband and wife musicians Dean and Dudley Evenson. When the Evensons decided to blend their peaceful music of flute and harp with the sounds of nature and start their own record label, little did they know they were pioneering a whole new musical genre. With a Masters in Molecular Biology and a half-century of flute playing, Dean has been able to combine his scientific and artistic backgrounds to produce a vast array of music that is extremely popular with massage therapists and healers. Their over 60 albums include collaborations with musicians from around the world, including Hungarian born pianist Tom Barabas, trance guitarist Scott Huckabay, Chinese zither master Li Xiangting, Native elder Cha-das-ska-dum and even the Dalai Lama of Tibet. What started out as interest from a few alternative health care practitioners has grown to an important adjunct to healing in mainstream as well as alternative medicine. Music can even have a calming effect on emotions of grief and trauma. Their use of the Earth Resonance Frequency (ERF) is unparalleled in the recording industry. This natural, relaxation-producing vibration of the planet is carried on the waves of Soundings' music."] tooltips[34]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Laura Allen will travel to your school and teach these two classes on the same day for travel expenses only. These two classes are normally offered for 100. So you may use them to raise money for your school. Since they are lecture/discussion classes, you may accept as many students as your facility will hold. Approved Provider under the NCBTMB #328461.

The Double Whammy Class: 3 hours of Standard V Ethics (Roles and Boundaries)

Based on Standard V of the NCBTMB and The Educated Heart by Nina McIntosh (3rd ed, LWW, 2010). This class is a close examination of the importance of maintaining proper roles and boundaries in order to insure the safety and comfort of the client and for the benefit of the mental health and prosperity of the massage therapist. When roles and boundaries are muddled, we don't perform to maximum success, and our clients don't receive maximum benefit. This interactive class is fun and informative.

3 hours of Marketing for MTs: Based on my own book, One Year to a Successful Massage Therapy Practice (LWW, 2008), this class will jump-start a new therapist and breathe new life into an older one who's become stagnated in practice. No-cost and low-cost strategies for marketing your practice and growing your business at a healthy pace."] tooltips[35]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Save Your Hands!: We've been involved in massage education since 1995, when the Save Your Hands! book was first introduced into hundreds of massage classrooms. Fifteen years later, we are still dedicated to advancing education on this essential subject with our all-new Save Your Hands! 2nd Edition. To remain competitive and protect their investment in their education, massage students must know how to prevent the work-related injuries that are so common among massage therapists. In Save Your Hands! 2nd Edition, students will find the most comprehensive, accurate and authoritative information available today, with proven strategies and tips they can use in school and throughout their careers.

We are very pleased to support the mission of this project by providing a copy of Save Your Hands! 2nd Edition and its Instructors' Guide to the winning school's library. We're also donating a package of courses to allow one of the school's instructors to become a Certified Injury Prevention Instructor (CIPI) and knowledgeably teach self-care, body mechanics and injury prevention in the school's curriculum and CE program."] tooltips[36]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "The Upledger Institute: The Still Point Inducer was specially designed to create a pause in the rhythm of the craniosacral system - a soothing still point - like those achieved during a CranioSacral Therapy session.

A still point encourages the movement of fluid through your system, which can alleviate tissue tension and improve your body's natural ability to relieve pain and stress.

Simply lying on your back in a relaxed position with the base of your head on the Still Point Inducer for 10 to 20 minutes a day can:

* Help relieve headaches
* Ease chronic musculoskeletal pain
* Enhance immune system efficiency
* Facilitate your body's self-correcting abilities
* Provide deep relaxation and a reduction in stress
* Promote an overall sense of well-being

The Still Point Inducer is manufactured and distributed by The Upledger Institute. To purchase the Stillpoint Inducer or to learn more about CranioSacral Therapy or The Upledger Institute's educational programs, call The Upledger Institute at 800-233-5880 or visit www.upledger.com."] tooltips[37]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Massage Envy: Love what you do. Love where you do it. Massage Envy is committed to offering massage therapists supportive and caring environments where they can share their gift of touch with our members and guests. We know you take good care of your clients - we pledge to take good care of you.

At Massage Envy, we know that every time a trained therapist, with caring hands and a compassionate heart, touches someone - they make a difference. We honor the work you do and want to personally invite you to explore a career with Massage Envy so you can bring the therapeutic benefits of massage to your own community."] tooltips[38]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Wolters Kluwer Health/ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Rely on the Leader for Massage Therapy Resources

LWW is the leading provider of massage therapy resources, offering a line that is comprehensive, high quality, and accessible to meet the needs and challenges of today's massage instructor, school owner, student, and working therapist. When you rely on the expertise and experience of LWW, you gain access to:

* Free supplemental resources that engage students of multiple learning styles
* New and innovative ways to incorporate technology into your curriculum
* Instructor resources designed to lessen your planning time and give you more time with your students

Visit http://thepoint.lww.com for more information on our available massage titles. To contact your representative, call 1-800-399-3110."] tooltips[39]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "The CranioCradle is an easy to use, effective home therapy system. In minutes, it can help relieve your stress, tension and pain so you can thoroughly relax. Reducing stress frees up the body's energy to improve its natural capacity to repair itself.

Based on osteopathy, craniosacral and massage therapy techniques, the CranioCradle home therapy system was tested and fine-tuned with the collaboration of a team of experienced hands-on therapists."] tooltips[40]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "OMERI: Whitney Lowe and the Orthopedic Massage Education & Research Institute are excited about supporting the Massage School Makeover project of Angie Patrick, Massage Warehouse, and Massage Today. Championing this on-of-a-kind effort will help further the professional goals of both the school and their students, further enriching the massage profession as a whole. OMERI's primary goal is to expand the professional development of massage therapists through high quality educational programs and materials for both schools and practitioners. Today's massage professionals face many career challenges and establishing a successful practice relies on a well-grounded, solid education. Lowe's highly regarded expertise in assessment and pain and injury treatment has benefited schools for 15 years. Schools across the US, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere stimulate the growth of their students through Lowe's well-known textbooks, Orthopedic Massage: Theory & Technique and Orthopedic Assessment in Massage Therapy. Schools are increasingly integrated Lowe's online Orthopedic Massage program as part of their basic or advanced training. Lowe's DVDs, CE programs, and books are designed to advance the massage professional and schools to new levels of opportunity and success. For more information, go to www.omeri.com."] tooltips[41]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Natural Touch Marketing for the Healing Arts: Students are the future of the massage profession. Professional standards have become quite high, and schools are now doing an impressive job teaching competence, safety, and effectiveness. Still, students often graduate and find it challenging to get a handle on the business side of their practices. That is where Natural Touch Marketing for the Healing Arts comes in. We support both new and veteran practitioners with tools to grow their businesses. Our marketing products represent massage therapists and bodyworkers both professionally and profitably -- and save the time and money it would take to create them from scratch.

We have supported schools with educational materials including free resources for many years, and invite educators to take advantage of these resources. We are now excited to gift The Massage School Makeover with products to be used by the winning school's educators and students. It is a wonderful chance to give back to an industry that has given so much to us."] tooltips[42]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Hello. I am Karina Braun, owner of Get In Touch. I want to be a part of the Massage School Makeover because I strive to educate massage therapists and bodyworkers on personal body maintenance. Students and therapists alike need to make self care and body maintenance a part of their lifestyle to succeed in this field. I teach massage therapists and bodyworkers how to develop body awareness with each massage. The Braun Method of Personal Body Maintenance assists with proper technique, alignment, and self careÊso that each person can prosper in their career and stay healthy! The massage field has come a long way in the last decade; it will be a step in the right direction if schools include injury prevention as a foundation in the curriculum. I feel my book "Creating Peace With Your Hands" and my method of personal body maintenance will help set that foundation for students so they can have a healthy, long career in this great profession. I am pleased to be a part of this wonderful program, the Massage School Makeover. Thanks Angie! -- Karina Braun"] tooltips[43]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Cary Bayer"] tooltips[44]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Ann Catlin, LMT, NCTMB, OTR"] tooltips[45]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Shellie Enteen, RA, BA, LMBT"] tooltips[46]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Whitney Lowe, LMT"] tooltips[47]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Vivian Madison-Mahoney, LMT"] tooltips[48]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Ralph Stephens, BS, LMT, NCTMB"] tooltips[49]=["/images/site/mt/spacer1px.gif", "Angie Patrick"] return tooltips //do not remove/change this line }(), tooltipoffsets: [20, -30], //additional x and y offset from mouse cursor for tooltips //***** NO NEED TO EDIT BEYOND HERE tipprefix: 'imgtip', //tooltip ID prefixes createtip:function($, tipid, tipinfo){ if ($('#'+tipid).length==0){ //if this tooltip doesn't exist yet return $('
').html( '
' + ((tipinfo[1])? '
'+tipinfo[1]+'
' : '') ) .css(tipinfo[2] || {}) .appendTo(document.body) } return null }, positiontooltip:function($, $tooltip, e){ var x=e.pageX+this.tooltipoffsets[0], y=e.pageY+this.tooltipoffsets[1] var tipw=$tooltip.outerWidth(), tiph=$tooltip.outerHeight(), x=(x+tipw>$(document).scrollLeft()+$(window).width())? x-tipw-(ddimgtooltip.tooltipoffsets[0]*2) : x y=(y+tiph>$(document).scrollTop()+$(window).height())? $(document).scrollTop()+$(window).height()-tiph-10 : y $tooltip.css({left:x, top:y}) }, showbox:function($, $tooltip, e){ $tooltip.show() this.positiontooltip($, $tooltip, e) }, hidebox:function($, $tooltip){ $tooltip.hide() }, init:function(targetselector){ jQuery(document).ready(function($){ var tiparray=ddimgtooltip.tiparray var $targets=$(targetselector) if ($targets.length==0) return var tipids=[] $targets.each(function(){ var $target=$(this) $target.attr('rel').match(/\[(\d+)\]/) //match d of attribute rel="imgtip[d]" var tipsuffix=parseInt(RegExp.$1) //get d as integer var tipid=this._tipid=ddimgtooltip.tipprefix+tipsuffix //construct this tip's ID value and remember it var $tooltip=ddimgtooltip.createtip($, tipid, tiparray[tipsuffix]) $target.mouseenter(function(e){ var $tooltip=$("#"+this._tipid) ddimgtooltip.showbox($, $tooltip, e) }) $target.mouseleave(function(e){ var $tooltip=$("#"+this._tipid) ddimgtooltip.hidebox($, $tooltip) }) $target.mousemove(function(e){ var $tooltip=$("#"+this._tipid) ddimgtooltip.positiontooltip($, $tooltip, e) }) if ($tooltip){ //add mouseenter to this tooltip (only if event hasn't already been added) $tooltip.mouseenter(function(){ ddimgtooltip.hidebox($, $(this)) }) } }) }) //end dom ready } } //ddimgtooltip.init("targetElementSelector") ddimgtooltip.init("*[rel^=imgtip]")