Lucas Therapeutic

02/09/2026

Continuing the Journey on the Long Road to Healing

There’s a part of this road no one advertises.
Not the beginning. Not the victories. The middle—the long, grinding middle—where the work stops being romantic and starts demanding a toll.

Fortitude isn’t loud. It doesn’t show up with speeches or milestones. It shows up early in the morning, when the hands are stiff, the joints negotiate terms, and you ask the only question that matters: Can I still do this well? Can I still do it honestly?

So far, the answer has been yes.

That didn’t come from luck or denial. It came from making peace with the craft. Somewhere along the way, I stopped confusing endurance with virtue. Burnout isn’t a rite of passage—it’s a failure of boundaries. And boundaries, I learned, are as essential as anatomy.

This work is a war of attrition. Time always wins something. At 57, the hands know more than they ever did, but they also remember everything. Strength now isn’t force—it’s economy. Precision. Knowing when not to push. Listening to my own body with the same respect I give the people on my table.

What stayed with me most over the years wasn’t the number of clients—it was the number of colleagues who vanished.

Some burned out. Some broke down. Some simply walked away. First the classroom, then the clinic, then the profession altogether. Many of them were good—damn good. But they were never taught how to last. They were trained to give, to fix, to endure—never to protect themselves.

That reality shaped how I teach.

Safety and self-care come first. Before technique. Before outcomes. Before ego. I don’t teach heroes. I teach sustainability. How to go home intact. How to build a career instead of becoming a cautionary tale.

Teaching became my way of staying in the fight without becoming another casualty. Not because I have all the answers, but because I’ve lived enough of the wrong ones to recognize the signs. If I can be a light on the path—scarred, weathered, still standing—then maybe fewer people have to learn the hard way.

My resolve has been tested. By institutions that value numbers over people. By systems that quietly punish integrity. By the slow erosion that comes from caring in a profession that rarely cares back.

But the work still matters.

I’ve seen pain loosen its grip. I’ve seen bodies remembered instead of abandoned. Those moments never stopped being real, and they never stopped being worth it.

So here I am.
Older. Still willing. Still learning.

The hands have the skill.
The heart remains.
The knowledge keeps growing.

As long as that holds, I’ll keep my hands on the table. I’ll keep teaching others to help others. Not because it’s noble. Not because it’s easy. But because it’s honest.

This road doesn’t end.
You just learn how to walk it better.

Sincerely,
Edward Lucas
LMT NMT ma36222 #50-15025

01/23/2026

Maintain integrity by trusting your heart.

Connection is an easy ask.

12/29/2025

The most urgent necessity is, not that the State should teach, but that it should allow education. All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of them is the monopoly of education.
Frederic Bastiat

07/18/2025

Hey y’all
You ever get a call
from a number you don’t recognize?

Middle of the workday.
I’m dialed in. Focused.
But I step out. I return the call.
Because I’m a professional.
And professionals respond—
even when the unknown number feels like a trap.

What I got wasn’t a call.
It was chaos.

A woman picks up—
scattered, unsure, like the phone started ringing
before she figured out what she was doing with her life.

No greeting.
No name.
Just me… trying to decode a stranger in real time.

It was like trying to get blood from a bureaucratic stone.

Eventually—after enough awkward silence
to age a bottle of wine—
she drops it:
Program Chair.

Like that title is supposed to clarify everything
when she still hasn’t told me what planet she’s calling from.

Her name?
Some aristocratic, hyphenated mash-up that didn’t survive caller ID.
I try to address her—
“Ms. [First Half]”—
and BOOM. She corrects me, mid-sentence,
then pivots to blame her phone carrier for… something.
I honestly lost track.

We were off the rails
before the conversation ever began.

Then—get this—
she gets so tangled in her own weird, nervy energy,
she says:
“I’ll have to call you back.”

Sure.
Go ahead.

But between you and me?
I don’t expect that call.

Because I upset her apple cart.
I didn’t play the part.
I didn’t bow at the altar of ambiguity.

You see, it’s not about her.
It’s about what she represents.

How a system hands out titles
faster than it teaches people how to use them.
How a woman can be placed in a position of influence—
and still call a man
with the clarity of a malfunctioning GPS.

Let’s be real:
You can slap “Chair” on your email signature,
but if you can’t say your name,
state your purpose,
and hold a basic phone call
without spiraling into a signal-strength monologue?

Then maybe you’re not leading anything.

We talk a lot about inclusion.
Empowerment. Equity. Representation.

And hell yes, we should.
But if we don’t pair that with actual competence—
we’re just changing the names on the office doors
while the dysfunction stays parked at the desk.

This isn’t about gender.
It’s about basic respect.
It’s about not wasting people’s time
under the guise of authority.

You called me.
You came unprepared.
You folded.

And now you won’t call back.
Because I didn’t make it easy for you.
Because I expected clarity.

Say your name.
Say your purpose.
Or get off the line.

Because the revolution?
It won’t be hyphenated.
And it sure as hell won’t be flustered.

This has happene

06/13/2025

I took a call from a potential employer.

What I got was a flustered, title-wielding mess of a phone conversation that left me wondering:

👉 Why are we handing out leadership titles to people who haven’t mastered the basics of communication?

This wasn’t just bad etiquette—it was a case study in how performative professionalism can undermine real respect.

She said she’d call me back.
I won’t be waiting.

The revolution won’t be hyphenated.
And it sure as hell won’t be flustered.

06/13/2025

Hey y’all
You ever get a call
from a number you don’t recognize?

Middle of the workday.
I’m dialed in. Focused.
But I step out. I return the call.
Because I’m a professional.
And professionals respond—
even when the unknown number feels like a trap.

What I got wasn’t a call.
It was chaos.

A woman picks up—
scattered, unsure, like the phone started ringing
before she figured out what she was doing with her life.

No greeting.
No name.
Just me… trying to decode a stranger in real time.

It was like trying to get blood from a bureaucratic stone.

Eventually—after enough awkward silence
to age a bottle of wine—
she drops it:
Program Chair.

Like that title is supposed to clarify everything
when she still hasn’t told me what planet she’s calling from.

Her name?
Some aristocratic, hyphenated mash-up that didn’t survive caller ID.
I try to address her—
“Ms. [First Half]”—
and BOOM. She corrects me, mid-sentence,
then pivots to blame her phone carrier for… something.
I honestly lost track.

We were off the rails
before the conversation ever began.

Then—get this—
she gets so tangled in her own weird, nervy energy,
she says:
“I’ll have to call you back.”

Sure.
Go ahead.

But between you and me?
I don’t expect that call.

Because I upset her apple cart.
I didn’t play the part.
I didn’t bow at the altar of ambiguity.

You see, it’s not about her.
It’s about what she represents.

How a system hands out titles
faster than it teaches people how to use them.
How a woman can be placed in a position of influence—
and still call a man
with the clarity of a malfunctioning GPS.

Let’s be real:
You can slap “Chair” on your email signature,
but if you can’t say your name,
state your purpose,
and hold a basic phone call
without spiraling into a signal-strength monologue?

Then maybe you’re not leading anything.

We talk a lot about inclusion.
Empowerment. Equity. Representation.

And hell yes, we should.
But if we don’t pair that with actual competence—
we’re just changing the names on the office doors
while the dysfunction stays parked at the desk.

This isn’t about gender.
It’s about basic respect.
It’s about not wasting people’s time
under the guise of authority.

You called me.
You came unprepared.
You folded.

And now you won’t call back.
Because I didn’t make it easy for you.
Because I expected clarity.

Say your name.
Say your purpose.
Or get off the line.

Because the revolution?
It won’t be hyphenated.
And it sure as hell won’t be flustered.

This has happened more than once with similar issues …Rock On People🤘😎🦝!

04/30/2025

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04/17/2025

As a Licensed Massage Therapist and educator with over 25 years in the field, I feel compelled to speak out about a hiring practice I recently encountered—and one that I believe disrespects the very heart of our profession.

During a recent interview for a massage therapy position, I was asked to provide a full 50-minute massage, unpaid, as part of the hiring process. The recipient? A current employee of the business. No compensation, no professional consideration—just a full session given freely as a “test.”

Let’s be clear: Massage therapy is a licensed healthcare profession. It is not a free audition. To require highly trained professionals to give away their labor without pay during an interview, especially in a full-length session that benefits the business or its staff, is unethical. It violates professional boundaries, disregards the value of our training, and contributes to a culture that exploits rather than respects massage therapists.

Yes, skill demonstrations can have a place in hiring—but only when handled ethically. A brief, supervised skills review? Reasonable. A full therapeutic session on an employee with no pay and no respect for the therapist’s time or expertise? Absolutely not.

I urge spas, clinics, and wellness centers in Florida and beyond to re-evaluate these outdated and unethical interview practices. Respect begins before the first client is seen. It starts with how you treat your applicants.

If we, as professionals, don’t speak up for the value of our work—who will?

Let’s raise the standard. Let’s honor the work. And let’s build a profession that respects those who’ve dedicated their lives to healing others.

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Edward Lucas, LMT, NMT

Educator | Advanced Bodywork Specialist

Founder, LucasTherapeutic & Adaptive Treatment Technology

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