Meet Jeffrey Jacoby of Massage Inspires in Smyrna

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jeffrey Jacoby.

So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
In early 1999, I experienced a life-changing event. A family member was living with crippling back pain, receiving little or no benefit from traditional medical techniques. I felt compelled to do something to help, so I took basic massage training. I was inspired by the results and the reaction from my teacher, who told me I had a natural gift for massage. I then decided to become a licensed massage therapist and graduated from the Wellness program at the Atlanta School of Massage in 2001. I have been a professional massage therapist in the Atlanta area since then specializing in Wellness Massage. My clients have found relief from many symptoms, including muscle pain, stress, anxiety, depression, headaches, and much more. I am trained to address these and other issues and am certified in a variety of massage techniques.

Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
The biggest challenge I have ever had to face as a massage therapist was deciding to become independent and work for myself. My original idea was to work in the spa industry and did exactly that for about 6 months before deciding it was not where I wanted to practice. The pay was very good as well as benefits, it was regular money and there was vacation time as well not to mention a 401K. It all sounded great until I saw what was going on behind the scenes. There was such an emphasis on upselling clients on products that they may or may not need. There was so little time to discuss the important parts of a massage already. Things like why the client booked a massage that day? Back pain? Stress? Relaxation? This is very important to know in order to do an effective session. As a therapist if you spend your time trying to sell products you may end up doing a cookie cutter massage to every client to save time and not even bother to find out why they came in. The worst thing that happened was the day they made me do a massage with sheets that I had just used on a previous client. I tried to refuse but they told me I had to do it. I brought my letter of resignation in the next day. I found my current office in Smyrna outside of the non-compete that the spa had made me sign and started my practice there. Starting a practice from nothing took a while but immediately I had time to do thorough consultations, a full session, and follow up with a quick discussion at the end on what I noticed during the session and see if the client has any questions or feedback for me about the session. It is just the scenario I had pictured when I decided to become a massage therapist.

Please tell us about Massage Inspires.
Prior to each massage, I conduct a consultation with you to discuss your problem areas along with your pressure preferences and your personal likes and dislikes. Utilizing a combination of Swedish, Shiatsu, Acupressure, Reflexology, Polarity, Reiki and Reflexology techniques, I design a session tailored to your needs and vary the pressure – from a light touch, to medium or even deep tissue. I ask my clients to tell me about any areas that need attention, or they can allow my intuitive abilities to find the areas that need attention the most and apply the technique that will work best. My clientele is varied and I have worked with many different kinds of people- male, female, athletes, computer workers, hairdressers, seniors, students, military personnel, waiters, waitresses, mothers-to-be (as well as mothers), and many more. No matter what your profession or age I have probably met someone like you during my years of practice and provided relief and healing with massage therapy.

If you had to go back in time and start over, would you have done anything differently?
I can’t think of anything I would do differently. Even the negative experience I had working in the spa industry gave me a lot of good experience and helped me to know what it was that I was looking for as a practicing therapist. I love the school I attended. Atlanta School of Massage was amazing! I was almost disappointed when the program ended, it was so interesting, challenging, and fun. Not to mention that we had to practice on each other as students so I was getting anywhere from 1-3 massages a week! I miss that but still make sure I get at least 2 massages a month.

Pricing:

• $75 – 60 Minute Session (time for consultation, results and a full 60 minutes of bodywork)
• $100 – 90 Minute Session (time for consultation, results and a full 90 minutes of bodywork)
• $55 – Foot Reflexology

Contact Info:

• Address: 1424 Spring Street
  Suite B
  Smyrna, Georgia 30080
• Website: MassageInspires.com
• Phone: 770-337-9426
• Email: JeffreyLMT@MassageInspires.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/massageinspires/
• Twitter: https://www.amtamassage.org/famt/JeffreyJacoby
• Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/massage-inspires-smyrna-2
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