Most people wouldn’t think that a relaxing massage can actually help you lose weight. But, after hearing the reasons why massage therapy can help take off the pounds, the conclusion should seem obvious, especially to those who read this blog and our Website regularly.
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Massage Therapy Can Help People Lose Weight
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010Exploring Massage Therapy: Face Massage
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010When 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. Indeed, the term gets 2,120,000 hits on Google, and there are numerous instructional videos on YouTube.
However, the exact benefits of face massage therapy, how, and to whom, it is performed, and even basic general information about the modality (from legitimate sources) are hard to discover. (more…)
Massage Therapy as a Complementary Treatment for Stroke Patients
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010Last 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.
Strokes are a leading cause of death and disability in the United States and world, and usually strike suddenly with dramatic consequences. Fortunately, massage therapy has been shown to ease stroke patients’ levels of pain and stress while improving their quality of life. (more…)
Massage Therapy in the Medical Field (Part III)
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010We’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 are beginning to use massage therapy for medical situations and in medical environments. (more…)
Massage Therapy in the Medical Field (Part II)
Monday, August 2nd, 2010Massage Therapy in the Medical Field (Part I)
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010We 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, and within, America’s 50 states. As we’ll explore in a series of blogs, there are many players who determine the current definition of medical massage therapy, and, so far, an exact definition of the term has yet to be reached.
It’s National Massage Week – Pass It On!
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Quick! 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! Every day, from July 18 to the 24, is special because it is ABMP’s National Massage Week (EveryBody Deserves a Massage Week). If you feel like a lazy or uninformed massage therapist for not knowing this, don’t worry: the event does not have a very large Web presence or general buzz about it. Indeed, searching for information about the week and events planned around it is extremely difficult. (more…)
Massage Therapy Growing in 2010 (according to the AMTA)
Friday, July 16th, 2010The 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 and trends outlined in the document, as always, but today I want to focus attention on the economic health of the massage therapy field.
The AMTA seems to think that the industry is growing and that massage therapists are making increasing amounts of money. This, of course, flies in the face of conventional wisdom as the recent economic downturn should mean that consumers are spending less on massage therapy. (more…)
Massage Therapy Good for New, Expecting Fathers, Too
Friday, July 9th, 2010This is somewhat of a follow up on last week’s entry about massage therapy and its benefits for pregnant women. As was reported in many news outlets across the country, around 10 percent of men experience serious depression either before or after their partner’s pregnancy. The benefits of massage therapy for women before and after their pregnancy thus seem to naturally extend to men. (more…)
Massage Therapy Beneficial for all Pregnant Women
Friday, July 2nd, 2010We’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 ease tension, lower blood pressure, reduce anxiety, and promote quicker healing. But as the Institute of Integrative Healthcare Studies points out in an article published this May, “[w]omen with high-risk pregnancies are often deprived of bodywork, even though they can benefit the most.” (more…)