Tag Archives: massage therapy
The Art of Massage: Looking for some Honest Opinions
While perusing various news outlets for massage therapy news, I happened upon a story from MassageMag.com that was initially very interesting. It said that a movie titled “The Art of Massage” had received a prestigious Best of Show award from … Continue reading
Massage Therapy Shown to Benefit Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
The words massage and therapy seem to go together more and more the more one researches the therapeutic benefits of massage. The latest medical benefit we’ve found that massage therapy provides is an improvement in the health of children and … Continue reading
Posted in Massage, Pain Management
Tagged anxiety, depression, health, Massage, massage therapy, pain, sickle cell anemia
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Animal Massage Therapy is more than just Pet Spas
When most people think of massage therapy for animals, especially pets, the first thing that comes to mind, I think, is a pampered exuberance – dogs who get $200 spa treatments and cats who get manicures while eating $10-a-can meals. … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage, Pets
Tagged animal, animal health, animal massage, animal massage therapy, health, Massage, massage therapy, pet health
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Cheetah Massage Therapy
Continuing on the theme from the past few weeks of massage therapists doing extraordinary things in extraordinary places, today’s entry features a massage therapist from Boulder, Colorado who went to South Africa, visiting a cheetah preserve there. While touring the … Continue reading
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
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage
Tagged concert, Guns N' Roses, Massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, on tour, rock star
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Massage Therapy’s True Power
Often, especially when writing about massage, the human angle of the benefits that massage therapy provides can be lost. This blog is surely guilty of this crime, extolling the proven virtues of massage therapy by noting the publication of studies … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage, Pain Management
Tagged anxiety, health, hospital, Massage, massage therapy, massage's power, relaxation, therapy
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Therapeutic Massage Therapy in More Ways than One
Every couple of months we try and pull together a list of the many benefits of massage therapy (click here or here). We do this because, while writing individually about different benefits of massage therapy week in and week out, … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage
Tagged anxiety, cancer, geriatric massage, health, Massage, massage therapy, osteoarthritis, pain, relaxation, stress, tension
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Massage Therapy Dramatically Reduces Post-Surgery Pain
We’ve written about massage therapy’s effectiveness in helping reduce post-operative pain in breast cancer patients (click here), however, recent studies have shown that massage therapy’s pain-reducing properties are in no way limited to just breast cancer patients. The Institute for … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, cancer, health, Massage, massage therapy, pain, post-surgery care, post-surgery pain, surgery
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Massage Therapists and Taxes
It’s tax week, with all taxpayers having until Thursday, April 15 to file their income taxes for 2009. While this is a stressful time for all industrious Americans, it is especially taxing (ha!) for massage therapists. Taxes are difficult for … Continue reading