TouchPro International

31/07/2025

Chair massage in the community.

In Fall 2024, Massage Therapy Foundation was pleased to award a $5,000 Community Service Grant to Oakland Communities United for Equity and Justice, Oakland, CA, for their project, “JUSTtouch: Community Access to Sustainable Healing.” Through the project, a supervising massage therapist, along w...

15/07/2025

Get a hug, stay healthy. This is a good summary of the science behing positive touch.

A simple embrace acts as free medicine, even against viruses.

14/05/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Airbnb wants to become the Amazon of massage and certain other services along with a 3rd category called Experiences.
The implications for the massage industry could be profound. If you own a regional or national referral service for chair or table massage practitioners, you might want to see if Airbnb wants to offer you an exit strategy...
Read the Wired story then check out the new Airbnb website.

Airbnb's CEO is spending hundreds of millions to relaunch his travel company as an all-purpose service app. Fitness! Food! Microdermabrasion? A WIRED exclusive.

19/03/2025

Breathlessly over-hyped product of the day...
Sorry folks, when you are talking about massage, there is still no substitute for the human touch.

Innovative Tool Designed by Inventor Chris Thompson Redefines Massage Therapy

17/03/2025

Thai massage is the only form of bodywork recognized by Unesco as an intangible cultural heritage item of humanity. Glad to see they are promoting practitioner rights arouind the world.

The Ministry of Labour will work with the Thai Massage Association in France to upskill spa workers , increasing their chances of securing jobs there.

11/03/2025

Good overview of the issue, at least for the next five minutes...

Find out how AI is revolutionizing the massage therapy industry. Will robots replace human touch? Discover the future of massage therapists and job security.

06/03/2025

For better or worse, it looks like AI-assisted massage is here to stay.

With fresh capital, we’re doubling down on these goals, catapulting growth for both our business and our partners as we expand into hospitality, professional sports, fitness, and mainstream markets.

30/01/2025

Sign of the times...Sigh.

A student misidentified a massage gun at West Haven High School as a weapon, the mayor says, prompting a lockdown that later was lifted.

16/01/2025

A true pioneer and gentle giant in the massage profession.

A successful educator for more than 30 years, Erik Dalton, PhD, created Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques, an innovative pain-relief approach.

12/08/2024

AI assisted robotic table massage continues to pick up media interest. This interview with the very personable founder of the current leader should be a wake-up call to the professional massage industry. I would encourage a discussion about the difference between chair massage and massage chairs, which have been around for decades, as a starting point. His choice of a (presumeably well vetted) name, should also be a clue as to where things are going. No "therapy" in this framing.

Robotic massage company Aescape, which promises “the world’s most advanced massage,” wants to be Uber for back rubs: An easy-to-book and affordable experience. Newly available at the spa of the Lot…

02/08/2024

Why everyone show know a little massage, even superstars...

Missy Elliott said Usher soothed her migraine with a pre-show massage. Get the details.

30/07/2024

If you want to see chair massage at the Olympics, check out this LinkedIn post. (Don't forget to hit the Translate button.)