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Volume #16, Issue #4, Winter 2015
© 2015 All rights reserved.
Body Sense
massage, bodywork & healthy living
How often do you feel it is
necessary to receive massage to
reap its long-term health benefits?*
There's something I've wanted
to tell you, so let's just get it out
of the way: get
a massage in
the next year.
There. I said it. I feel better.
I could write this letter to
you—the readers—with the
obligatory New Year's resolution
plea. But instead of rattling off an
impossible-to-accomplish to-do list
for the upcoming year, I want you
to know that I'm also a realist.
Stats show that of the 45
percent of us who make a New
Year's resolution (lose weight,
get organized, spend less/save
more, etc.), only 8 percent will stay the course. This number is
most likely so low because we've set ourselves up to fail from
the get-go. Too lofty a goal. Too nondescript to pin down.
A few years ago, I made a resolution to stop drinking soda for
an entire year. I accomplished the feat, but it was tough, tough,
tough.
So, that's why I'm asking you to put one very doable thing
on your resolution list this year: get a massage. You already
know about its myriad health benefits. Relaxation, check.
Pain management, check. All-around awesomeness, check.
Your practitioner and that oh-so-wonderful feeling
await your phone call or online booking.
Happy New Year!
Need to find a practitioner? Start by using our
service online at www.massagetherapy.com.
E D I T O R ' S N O T E
D A R R E N B U F O R D , E D I T O R
D A R R E N @ A B M P . C O M , @ D A R R E N B U F O R D
DARREN BUFORD, Editor
darren@abmp.com
LESLIE A. YOUNG, Contributing Editor
leslie@abmp.com
K ARRIE OSBORN, Senior Editor
karrie@abmp.com
BR ANDON TWYFORD, Associate Editor
brandon@abmp.com
MARY BARTHELME ABEL, Contributing Editor
marya@abmp.com
TR ACY DONLEY, Advertising Manager
tracyd@abmp.com
JEFF CUNNINGHAM, Advertising Coordinator
jeff@abmp.com
AMY KLEIN, Art Director
amy@abmp.com
JAMES SUTHERLIN, Senior Designer
james@abmp.com
NGUYEN PHAM, Graphic Designer
nguyen@abmp.com
staff
29%
Every couple
of weeks
6%
Once every
2–3 months
or more
35%
Once
a month
30%
Every
week
*Results from www.massagetherapy.com poll.
Body Sense Editor Darren Buford
