Hand & Stone featured in Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine

Hand & Stone was featured in Advance for Physical Therapy & Rehab Medicine February edition. The article focuses on how massage has become an extension of physical therapy in an article titled “A Market for Massage: How physical therapists have integrated massage therapy into their careers.” Founder of Hand & Stone John Marco explains how his background in physical therapy helped him pursue an entrepreneurial career in massage therapy. Click here to view the full article!

A Market for Massage: How physical therapists have integrated massage therapy into their careers
By BRIAN W. FERRIE

Massage Therapy

Massage has long been recognized as a beneficial treatment to relieve muscle tension and provide general relaxation of body and mind. But what correlation does massage have to physical therapy? To learn their thoughts on the topic, ADVANCE spoke to PTs on both coasts who have embraced massage in different ways.

Neil Bastian, PT, LMT, owner and founder of Bastian Physical Therapy in Lake Oswego, OR, became a licensed massage therapist in 1985 before earning his physical therapy degree in 1989.

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