Tend Your Garden: Go to Live Events to Grow Your Relationships that Grow Your Business By Irene Diamond

 

Building your massage therapy business is easier, faster and less costly when you incorporate a healthy dose of building relationships. Your relationships with people are what ultimately drive the success (or worse, the failure) of your massage business, because it is the people you interact with who will become your customers, refer others to you, and help you run your business when it is time to expand.

You've probably heard these three phrases before regarding business:

“People

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Join Oakworks at IECSC booth #2547Las Vegas, June 13-15, 2009
get a FREE massage and check out our NEW tables

Clodagh LeoAvailable Now! Add modern design to any spa at an affordable price! The completely electric top with electric/hydraulic lift system supports every kind of body and esthetic work. The beautiful hardwood shelf and one piece welded steel frame deliver strength, value and design. Click here for more details or visit our booth at IECSC to experience the Clodagh Leo in person.

Fully Powered ProLuxe Europa For those looking for an affordable, all electric table that offers a dynamic height range while still having the comfort of a salon top, the ProLuxe Europa with electric top is for you. Call us for details or see it at the show.

Cabana Lounger This forward-thinking creation by Oakworks combines the art of leisure with refined functionality. Designed to be located outside in a covered location, the lounger is convertible from bench with or without backrest, to chaise with backrest, to full size adjustable height massage table. Perfect choice for pool side massages and relaxation. And great for spa guest suites too! Click here for details or see it at IECSC, Vegas.

Clodagh Libra Finally, an integrated pedispa/massage table built to the quality standards of the most demanding high volume spas! The Clodagh Libra is designed to handle the rigors of a high volume spa and is ready for any type of treatment. Featuring a high quality, full sized Sanijet® pedi-spa with their exclusive pipeless technology, this table is designed to convert from a pedispa to a massage table in seconds. See it for yourself at IECSC.

Bamboo Clinician with 6" AeroCel Padding The beauty and strength of bamboo come together to form a new Clinician design at a great price. Shown here with 6" AeroCel padding. Now, the Clinician is available in multiple top options including flat, backrest or flextop. The Bamboo Clinician will also be offered in 8 beautiful finsihes. The 6" AeroCel padding is available as an optional upgrade on many of our spa tables. Experience both the Bamboo Clinician and 6" AeroCel padding for yourself at IECSC.

All of the Oakworks Products you see listed here are Made in the USA.

The new Oakworks Pregnancy Bolster was designed specifically with input from professionals in the massage therapy field and using our years of extensive knowledge in body mechanics. This unique product is designed to fit any size client in any stage of pregnancy and anyone who can't lie on their stomach. Designed to ergonomically support the individual lying on their side, the intuitive design is easy to understand and use. The bolster is made from super soft and supportive AeroCel™ padding to conform to the body. The shape of the Pregnancy Bolster helps keep the body in alignment and offers good access for the therapist. If you are pregnant or have ever been pregnant, you can attest to how hard it is to get comfortable during the last trimester. The Pregnancy Bolster head rest, arm rest and leg rest are all adjustable to enable you to achieve perfect positioning and making this product well suited to clients of all sizes from short to tall.

Pregnancy massage is growing in popularity as more moms-to-be discover the healthy healing benefits a professional massage therapist can provide. We are very excited about the enormous benefits the Pregnancy Bolster can offer. Lower back pain and spinal pain are two of the commonly reported problems expectant mothers face. A specially trained licensed massage therapist can help lessen both of these.


You can visit our website at http://www.massagetables.com/massage-accessories/Pregnancy-Bolster.asp to get more information and to purchase one today! We also offer many other bolsters that have been widely used with pregnancy massage. Among those are the BodyCurve™ bolster and the Butterfly Cushion™. Each of these massage therapy bolsters can provide comforting support during your next massage therapy session. They're also great to take with you on long trips for supporting the head, neck and lower back.

Massage Table Factory Tour

For over 30 years, OAKWORKS^® has taken great pride in building you the finest portable and stationary massage tables, spa tables, athletic training tables, medical tables and table accessories. In our New Freedom Pennsylvania factory we take only the finest globally sourced materials and craft them into the highest quality tables and accessories available. Check out our factory tour and see how we build the finest massage tables and massage table accessories.

Oakworks continues to be environmentally friendly!

Restoring our environment, one tree at a time…In an effort to stop global warming and reduce our carbon footprint, Oakworks has become a Corporate Sponsor of Trees for the Future, an ambitious non-profit organization established in 1988 to help reforest the earth. Trees for the Future has created programs which restore forests on degraded lands, thereby improving the overall quality of life of indigenous people in developing countries. As part of our sponsorship, Oakworks donates enough money to plant a tree for every table sold, and has committed to 50,000 trees in 2008! Help Trees for the Future by visiting www.treesftf.org for more information.Check out our other sustainability efforts at www.oakworks.com.

Oakworks Wins coveted "Best Treatment Table" Award!

Oakworks is proud to announce that we have been chosen as the 2007 Professional Choice Award winner for best Treatment Table Manufacturer by American Spa Magazine readers. We believe our quality craftsmanship and excellent customer service made the difference. We are committed to excellence! Thanks to everyone who voted and for once again proving that OAKWORKS builds some of the finest quality massage tables and massage therapy products.

NEW! Memory Plus Face Rest Crescent - Added comfort for longer treatments! It's what you all have been waiting for! ... Our latest and greatest accessory is our new Memory Plus Face Rest Crescent. The 4" multi-layered memory foam crescent improves comfort and support while still offering the same adjustability as our aero-cel crescent. At only $49 it's a perfect upgrade to any face rest platform. Check out our website for more details.

FREE Access End Panels and Shiatsu Cables - All our portable wooden tables now come standard with our Ultimate Access End Panel and Shiatsu Cables, at no extra charge! Go ahead; get the ultimate access to your clients, and practice your Shiatsu massage with the table flat on the floor. Get the options that fit your needs!

DON'T FORGET TO CHECKOUT OUR WEB SPECIALS! - Go to our specials on www.oakworks.com. Be sure to check out the deal on our Comfort that Cares bolsters! And help in the fight against breast cancer!

Oakworks thanks you for your business and continued interests in our award winning products!

OAKWORKS^® Unveils Major Philanthropic Effort

OAKWORKS^®, Inc., the premier U.S. manufacturer of spa, massage, and medical equipment, today announced its Comfort that Cares™ campaign in partnership with The National Breast Cancer Foundation™. As an official Corporate Sponsor, OAKWORKS^® will promote the sale of specially marked bolsters to help raise awareness for the disease and support the search for a cure.

According to the American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women between the ages of 15-54 and the second cause of cancer death in women 55-74. “As a leading manufacturer in the wellness industry, we believe this program presents a unique opportunity to support a cause that is truly meaningful to so many,” says CEO Jeffrey M. Riach.

Since its inception 30 years ago, OAKWORKS^® has been committed to creating products that promote comfort, relaxation, and healing during various therapeutic treatments. The Comfort that Cares™ campaign is a unique embodiment of the company’s ideals, blending corporate giving with Oakworks’ hallmark product comfort and the opportunity to encourage thousands of hands-on healing practitioners to talk with their clients and raise awareness.

“The National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc^® is thrilled to be working with OAKWORKS^®. The fact that they have access to the wellness community is especially important in our quest to raise awareness for Breast Cancer. We expect a long-lasting and fruitful partnership,” says Brent Hail, Director of operations for NBCF.

For more information, visit http://www.oakworks.com/

About OAKWORKS: OAKWORKS^® is the premier manufacturer
of spa, massage, and medical equipment with 30 years of precision manufacturing experience and the best quality control in the industry. Known for design innovation, sophisticated engineering, quick turnaround time, and a unique commitment to U.S. manufacturing and environmental wellness, OAKWORKS^® is setting the global standard for spa equipment.

Oakworks Offers UL Listed Products
March 14, 2007 Shrewsbury, PA - Oakworks, Inc, the premier US manufacturer of spa and massage equipment, announced it has received UL listing for two additional products in its full spa table line. The Celesta Gemini™ and Clodagh Signature Series tables are now UL listed products. UL listing is a safety and performance rating conducted by renowned outside quality testing agency Underwriters’ Laboratories. Oakworks is the only manufacturer in the spa and massage industry to offer comprehensive UL listings, offering a unique level of quality, reliability, and safety. The hospitality and medical sectors in particular are sensitive to UL listing where certificates of occupancy frequently require that all products within the treatment areas are UL listed. In the massage and spa industry, many products offer UL listed electrical components, but Oakworks is the only manufacturer who submits its products for a full, comprehensive evaluation from UL. This ensures that the design and engineering of the total product, including the electrical components as a part of the table design, is safe for its intended use. The quality of individual components, the product’s overall strength and stability, as well as the compatibility of electrical and structural elements, is thoroughly tested in order for an item to be UL listed. “We are committed to developing products with superior engineering capabilities and consistent quality so that they perform safely and function at a higher level over time,” says CEO and Chief Product Designer Jeff Riach.

Oakworks, Inc., is the largest US manufacturer of treatment tables with global distribution in the spa, massage, physical therapy/athletic training, and medical diagnostic markets. Since its inception in 1978, the Company has been owned and operated continuously by its founders, Linda and Jeff Riach.