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Massage Therapy as a Complementary Treatment for Stroke Patients
Last week we finished up a series of articles on medical massage therapy, and I can think of no better transition than to go from medical massage therapy to a medical condition that massage therapy has been demonstrated to help. … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage, Pain Management, Stress Reduction
Tagged anxiety, depression, health, Massage, massage therapy, pain, stress, stroke, stroke patients
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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
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Tagged anxiety, cancer, geriatric massage, health, Massage, massage therapy, osteoarthritis, pain, relaxation, stress, tension
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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
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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Tagged anxiety, health, holistic benefits, Massage, massage therapy, quality of life, stress, strong relationships
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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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Massage Therapy is an Unequivocal Stress Buster
Continuing on with our blog’s often-explored theme of the benefits of massage therapy for mankind, today’s blog focuses on an element that affects nearly all humans and that massage therapy has a great track record of treating effectively. That element … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, health, Massage, massage therapy, pain, repetitive stress injury, stress, tension
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Aromatherapy and Massage, an Easy Combination
We already wrote about the medicinal benefits of aromatherapy, coupled with massage therapy, over a year ago (see post). As it says in that entry, aromatherapy and massage can be used (and has been clinically proven) to reduce stress levels … Continue reading
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Tagged aromatherapy, chair massage, health, immune system, Massage, massage therapy, relaxation, stress, table massage, tension
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Massage: The Perfect Complement (and gift) for the Holidays
DISCLAIMER: I know in my previous blog I said I would offer some solutions for personal and professional boundary transference, but I wanted to squeeze in a quick entry about Thanksgiving and the holidays first. Please look for the blog … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Holiday, Massage, Stress Reduction
Tagged Christmas, gift, Holiday, Massage, massage therapy, stress, Stress Reduction, Thanksgiving
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Understanding Trigger Points (Part III)
In my last two entries about trigger points, I’ve discussed how they have been studied, some ways they are described clinically, and the type of pain they cause for the people who suffer from them. I’ve done this all while … Continue reading
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Tagged health, Massage, massage therapy, muscle pain, pain, stress, tension, trigger point
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Understanding Trigger Points (Part I)
Massage therapy has been demonstrated to help relieve chronic pain, stress, and anxiety, all in a non-invasive way. For this, it deserves praise as a profession. But there are, of course, limits to what massage can do. Often pain and … Continue reading
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Tagged health, immune system, Massage, massage therapy, pain, relaxation, stress, tension, trigger point
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