Category Archives: Health & Wellness
Sports Massage Therapy and Football
The large, hulking physique of a professional football player usually doesn’t illicit images of a massage therapist, but to the writers of this Blog it most certainly does. Why?
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage, Pain Management, Sports Massage
Tagged football, health, Massage, massage therapy, Sports Massage
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Massage Therapy and the Skin (Part II)
Last week we wrote a post about an article in the AMTA’s Massage Therapy Journal about massage therapy and the skin, describing how the article does a good job of listing what therapists should look for when massaging and doing … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage
Tagged AMTA, infections, Massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Journal, skin, skin conditions
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Massage Therapy and the Skin (Part I)
Often a massage therapy career can be a bit of a grind, especially when a full schedule of regular clients keeps you seeing the same people and performing the same intake/massage. Fortunately, most licensing bodies require massage therapists to take … Continue reading
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Tagged AMTA, Massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, Massage Therapy Journal, skin
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Massage Can Help Those Suffering From PTSD
Over the past two weeks we’ve been looking at the increasing popularity of attending massage therapy school, and earlier this year we wrote an entry about massage therapy being named one of the top careers out there. The U.S. News … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage, Stress Reduction
Tagged altruism, health, high blood pressure, Intensive Care Unit, Massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, medical massage therapy, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, stress, veterans
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Equine Massage: Not Just for Elite Horses
We’ve written before about horses and animal massage therapy, mainly that animal massage is a growing industry among pet owners and that even some famous owners (Kentucky Derby winners and the Queen of England) spring for massage therapy for their … Continue reading
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Tagged animal, animal massage, equine massage, health, horse massage, Massage, massage industry, massage therapy, medical massage therapy, pet
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Exploring Massage Therapy: Rolfing (Part II)
Last week we looked at Rolfing, explaining that it focuses on fascia manipulation that can be somewhat painful, and that some claim it can relieve pain and improve wellness. Indeed, the creator of Rolfing, Ida Rolf, was a biochemist who … Continue reading
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Tagged deep tissue, health, history, Massage, massage therapy, medical massage therapy, pain, Rolfing, structural integration
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Exploring Massage Therapy: Rolfing (Part I)
National Public Radio recently reported on Rolfing as a type of massage therapy that was becoming more popular among the “yoga-Pilates-acupuncture crowd.” While we’re big fans of NPR any way, we’ve linked the story to this post because it does … Continue reading
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Tagged deep tissue, health, Massage, massage therapy, medical massage therapy, pain, Rolfing, structural integration
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Sports Massage Therapy and Baseball
As we’ve written in past entries, sports massage can be extremely beneficial to all athletes as massage therapy targeted to key areas of the body can help improve an athlete’s range of motion and flexibility, helping to reduce the chance … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball, health, Massage, massage therapy, medical massage therapy, pain, sports, Sports Massage
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Massage Therapy as the Aspirin of CAM Therapies
CAM therapies are Complementary and Alternative Medicine treatments that help alleviate symptoms without relying on pharmaceuticals or more invasive medical treatments like surgery. While there are many CAM therapies out there, I wonder if any have as many potential diagnoses … Continue reading
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Tagged acupressure, arthritis, CAM Therapy, cancer, depression, health, Massage, massage therapy, medical massage therapy, muscle pain, neck pain, pain, stress
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Office Massage Therapy Can Reduce Stress, Pain and Costs
Last week we wrote about how office massage therapy can help reverse postural problems and the pain associated with them. While there is research that has been done showing that massage therapy can help in many different areas (relieving stress, … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Massage, Health & Wellness, Massage, Pain Management, Stress Reduction
Tagged chair massage, health, Massage, massage therapy, muscle pain, office massage, pain, stress, workplace massage
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