. . . and Corn Flakes, too!

John Harvey Kellogg's accomplishments are impressive by any measure: Superintendent and surgeon at the Battle Creek Sanitarium2; inventor of [a] myriad [of] medical and surgical instruments; the man behind the discovery of the therapeutic value of electric light and sinusoidal current; founder of the health food industry at Battle Creek and last, but certainly not least, author of the ground breaking book The Art of Massage, written in 1885. [And hey, don't forget the inventor of Kellogg's Corn Flakes!]1

Notable massage quote:
Kellogg wrote the Art of Massage to, "eliminate the unnecessary and inefficient, and to develop and perfect those methods capable of securing most definite and prompt results."

Kellogg's quote has always been one of my goals as a massage therapist. In the field of massage therapy there is an almost endless supply of therapy styles and procedures. I am always looking for new ideas that can be used to help my clients find faster relief to muscular tension and pain as well as find a better piece of mind. That's why I always say, "At BGMT I'm always studying and striving to bring you a better massage.

1 Calvert, Jodi; John Harvey Kellogg: M.D. ; Massage Today, July 2011, page 14.
2 i.e. a convalescent center as well as health resort.