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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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Healthcare and Massage Therapy
President Barack Obama signed historic healthcare reform last week, ending a yearlong debate over exactly how the U.S. healthcare system should be reformed. What does this mean for massage therapists? Not too much apparently.
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Autism, Asthma, Children, and Massage (Part II)
Last week I wrote specifically about two studies that demonstrated massage therapy’s marked ability to improve the symptoms of autism and asthma. These bring up the perspective of massage therapy as a holistic therapy in the overall conclusions that they … Continue reading
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Autism, Asthma, Children and Massage (Part I)
Over the next two weeks I want to take a specific, then more holistic, look at how massage therapy helps improve health conditions by using specific studies that explored the benefits of massage therapy for children with autism and asthma.
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Simple Massage Therapy Techniques Improve Symptoms of Cancer Patients
I wrote recently about the positive effects that massage therapy has for people suffering from breast cancer. Massage therapy has been proven to help women going through cancer treatment, both in improving levels of important compounds in their blood as … Continue reading
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Wintertime Blues and Massage Therapy
As the East coast shovels out from yet another brutal winter storm, and places as far south as Florida see snow, many of us are left to wonder exactly how much longer winter can last. The shorter days and limited … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, depression, funk, gift, health, Massage, massage therapy, relaxation, snow, stress, winter
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Why do People Choose Massage Therapy?
Massage therapy’s great. And there are numerous studies outlining why, most coming from a medicinal point of view (we’ve written about a lot of them: massage therapy’s helpful to cancer patients, people who are stressed, people suffering from jaw pain, … Continue reading
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Massage Therapy Festival and Hall of Fame
We wrote recently about NFL football player Errick (Ricky) Williams wanting to become a massage therapist after he finished his impressive football career. On a lighter note, there’s also been some news about Britney Spears wanting to become a professional … Continue reading
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Massage for Valentine’s Day: A Gift to be Given Professionally
A lot of content seems to appear around the holidays for massage therapy-related services, for Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, even Valentine’s Day. Advertisements and articles about gifts and gestures that couples can give each other for Valentine’s Day extend … Continue reading
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Massage Therapy’s Many Benefits for Breast Cancer Patients
Massage therapy can have tremendous benefits for people generally, for example, in dealing with stress (see last week’s entry). But massage’s therapeutic benefits extend to specific groups of people as well. This week I want to focus on how massage … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, cancer, health, Massage, massage therapy, pain, women
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