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.

Nerve Glide Techniques – Iowa AMTA Convention – Cedar Falls, Iowa

Nerve impingement issues can mimic musculoskeletal problems. Some examples are tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), which may be from entrapment of the radial nerve, or Iliotibial band tightness or pain from an impingement of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. In this workshop, you will learn ways to assess whether a problem is caused by nerve impingement […]

Massage Cupping – Anamosa, Iowa

Carlson College of Massage Therapy 11809 County Road X-28, Anamosa, IA, United States

Massage Cupping
Carlson College of Massage Therapy - Anamosa, Iowa
March 12, 2025
Wednesday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
$180 + $25 materials

$205.00

Cupping Applications – Anamosa, Iowa

Carlson College of Massage Therapy 11809 County Road X-28, Anamosa, IA, United States

Carlson College of Massage Therapy
March 13, 2025
Thursday, 9 am - 6 pm (8 hours)
$180 + $10 materials

$190.00

Trigger Point and Counterstrain – Anamosa, Iowa

Carlson College of Massage Therapy - Anamosa, Iowa

Trigger Point and Counterstrain
Carlson College of Massage Therapy - Anamosa, Iowa
March 14, 2025
Friday, 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($180 + $10 materials)

$190.00

Sports Massage – Anamosa, Iowa

Carlson College of Massage Therapy 11809 County Road X-28, Anamosa, IA, United States

Sports Massage
Carlson College of Massage Therapy
Saturday & Sunday, March 15 & 16, 2025
9 am - 6 pm
16 hours ($360 + $20 materials)

$380.00

Massage Cupping – Falls Church, Virginia

Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 840, Falls Church, VA, United States

Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage
March 28, 2025
Friday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($180 + $25 materials)

$205.00

Assessment and Treatment of Shoulder Pain – Falls Church, VA

Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 840, Falls Church, VA, United States

Assessment and Treatment of Shoulder Pain
Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage - Falls Church, VA
Saturday, March 29, 2025 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($180 + $10 materials)

$170.00

Soft Tissue Release – Falls Church, Virginia

Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 840, Falls Church, VA, United States

October 30, 2025
Sunday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($180 + $10 materials)

$190

Nerve Glide Techniques – Falls Church, Virginia

Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage 6402 Arlington Blvd., Suite 840, Falls Church, VA, United States

March 31, 2025
Monday 9 am - 6 pm
8 hours ($180 + $10 materials fee)

$190.00

Anatomy for Bodyworkers – Arcata, California

Loving Hands Institute of Healing Arts 32 Sunnybrae Center, Arcata, CA, United States

May 5 & 6, 2025 - Upper Body
May 7 & 8, 2025 - Lower Body
Monday through Thursday 9 am - 6 pm (32 hours total)
Upper or Lower Body - $300
Both Classes - $550
$25 for materials

$575.00
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