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Massage Therapy Industry Trends Difficult to Predict (Part I)
Last week I wrote a somewhat disparaging entry about the Massage Therapy Journal, and how it made a claim (that workplace massage is increasing) and then failed to back it up. After examining the AMTA Consumer Survey Fact Sheets from … Continue reading
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Exploring Massage Therapy: Face Massage
When getting a massage, most people focus on the bigger areas, such as the back, neck, shoulders and arms. Face massage doesn’t seem to be too common, but, in fact, there is a lot of information out there about it. … Continue reading
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Massage Therapy in the Medical Field (Part III)
We’ve been writing over the past few weeks about medical massage therapy and the difficulty of defining what it is exactly. While we reached a fairly bland definition last week, what’s more important is that now, more than ever, people … Continue reading
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Massage Therapy in the Medical Field (Part II)
We wrote last week about the difficulty of defining medical massage therapy, as its definition can vary state-by-state or by municipality. Indeed, the lack of a national or professional definition leaves medical massage therapy’s determination very nebulous.
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Massage Therapy in the Medical Field (Part I)
We talk about the therapeutic and medicinal benefits of massage therapy so often that it seems important to actually define what medical massage therapy is exactly. The hard part, of course, is that medical massage therapy lacks clear definition across, … Continue reading
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It’s National Massage Week – Pass It On!
Quick! Why is this day, and every day this week, so special? What incredibly important field, medical treatment, and profession will be commemorated and celebrated all week? That last question probably gave it away. The answer: massage therapy, of course! … Continue reading
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Massage Therapy Growing in 2010 (according to the AMTA)
The American Massage Therapy Association came out with its 2010 Massage Therapy Industry Fact Sheet. And while it was released in February of this year, I’m just now beginning to look it over. There are a lot of interesting statistics … Continue reading
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Massage Therapy Beneficial for all Pregnant Women
We’ve mentioned earlier how massage therapy has benefits for women who are pregnant, and we’ve even written about hospitals in Tennessee that offer massage therapy to women who are delivering or have delivered babies there, noting that massage therapy can … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, health, Massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, muscle pain, pregnant, women
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Guns N’ Roses N’ Massage Therapy
Last week we referenced a news article about a massage therapist volunteering at a hospital, helping a 13-year-old through his painful condition. This week another story caught our eye, this time from the Saskatoon StarPhoenix (in central Saskatchewan, Canada). Apparently, … Continue reading
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The Great Recession and Massage Therapy
Good news for massage therapists – the amount of job opportunities in the field of massage therapy may be increasing during the recent economic downturn. According to an article by the Detroit Free Press, there is a strong demand for … Continue reading
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