About Dr. Mally

Dr. James Mally is a massage teacher, educational content producer, and creator of MassageLibrary.com. He has been doing massage professionally since 1976 and teaching massage classes since 1979. His initial training was a 1000-hour massage program at Lindsey Hopkins School in Miami. He later attended Bastyr University in Seattle, graduating as a Naturopathic Doctor in 1984.

In 1990, he founded Healing Arts Institute, a California state-approved massage therapy school. He owned and directed the school until 2011 and graduated over 3000 massage therapists.

He produced his first massage video, Deep Tissue Massage, in 1996. The video employed a 3-D computer skeleton and is believed to be the first massage video to use 3-D computer graphics. He produced other videos (now DVDs) and workbooks on Sports Massage, Swedish Massage, Side-Lying Massage, and Massage Cupping. These DVDs and workbooks are being used in massage schools worldwide. His Side-Lying Massage DVD has been translated into Japanese and is very popular in Japan.

Dr. Mally sold his massage school in 2011 to have more time to see massage clients and develop, practice, and refine massage techniques. He operates a teaching practice where he works with massage therapists and their problem clients, sharing assessment techniques and strategies to help the clients. Selling the school also allowed Dr. Mally to travel to teach his workshops internationally, produce more DVDs, and develop an online massage library at www.massagelibrary.com.

Dr. Mally is approved by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Provider #451329-10

Dr. Mally was inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame in 2018.

Massage Cupping – Hot Springs, South Dakota

Massage cupping is a powerful tool to enhance your practice. Adding movement makes it even more effective.

Kinetic Cupping is an innovative technique that involves moving flexible silicone cups over your client’s skin, along with stretching. The combined effect lifts the skin and superficial fascia over the underlying tissues.

Most massage work involves compressing tissues, but Kinetic Cupping lifts tissues. Along with soft tissue release, the synergy of these techniques helps to:

- Relieve chronic muscle tension
- Release adhesions
- Prepare clients for deeper work
The cups are transparent, simple to use, and don’t require heat or combustion. Best of all, they’re easy on your hands!

Workshop topics include:
- - History of cupping
  - Cautions and contraindications
  - Unique ways cups can be used with movement
You’ll leave the workshop with extensive notes, a set of four silicone cups, and a variety of ways to incorporate cupping with your next massage client.

Download a flyer to post at your workplace or share with your colleagues

The class size is limited to 16 students. Register now to hold your spot.

The workshop price and materials fee already includes the South Dakota sales and service tax, so there will not be an extra charge.

Click here or call 916-847-9304 to register.

Enjoy the Hot Springs!

Students on Sunday (Massage Cupping) can soak in the hot springs at a discounted rate.

Students on Monday (Trigger Point) or Tuesday (Low Back Pain) can soak in the hot springs for free on those days.

https://www.moccasinsprings.com/

Come early for the Buffalo Roundup and Arts Festival!

https://gfp.sd.gov/pages/buffalo-roundup/