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		<title>Massage Therapy Shown To Be the Best Choice of Treatment for Lower Back Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massage therapists often gush about the therapeutic properties of massage therapy, saying it can lower levels of anxiety and stress, improve wellness, and even reduce pain. And for the most part, they’re right.
Indeed, many academic studies have demonstrated the therapeutic properties of massage therapy, but these studies are usually small in their number of participants, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Massage Therapy: Myofascial Release (Part II)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 16:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our previous entry we described myofascial release, how it compares to structural integration, and the need to be highly trained in the modality in order to know how to manipulate fascia in the correct way so it creates an optimal pattern, allowing for natural, effortless movement. This week we’ll look at some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Massage Therapy: Myofascial Release (Part I)</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/exploring-massage-therapy-myofascial-release-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 23:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the more therapeutic side of massage therapy, many modalities exist that focus on specific health benefits. We have written before, for example, about acupressure, structural integration, and the effectiveness of massage therapy as a Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) treatment. The modality we’re looking at this week, myofascial release, is another massage therapy technique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massage Therapy Shown To Be Effective in Relieving Back and Neck Pain</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/massage-therapy-shown-to-be-effective-in-relieving-back-and-neck-pain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 20:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another week, yet another really great article and conclusion to reference from the Massage Therapy Journal. From page 97 of its Winter, 2010 edition, there is an excellent article demonstrating massage therapy’s proven effectiveness in relieving chronic neck and lower back pain, and its possible effectiveness in relieving a slew of other ailments as well.
Indeed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massage Therapy for Pain Relief from Scars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 01:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we wrote generally about how sports massage therapy can help football players, stating that regular massage can help keep players fresh during long periods of training, as well as help players avoid or manage their injuries. Yet another way massage therapy can help all athletes – and especially football players – is in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sports Massage Therapy and Football</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The large, hulking physique of a professional football player usually doesn’t illicit images of a massage therapist, but to the writers of this Blog it most certainly does. Why?
As we’ve outlined in previous postings (click here, for example) massage therapy is a highly effective treatment for athletes who are constantly in training, and football players [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compiling Data from the AMTA’s and ABMP’s 2010 Massage Therapy Fact Sheets: Money and Massage Therapists</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/massage/compiling-data-from-the-amta%e2%80%99s-and-abmp%e2%80%99s-2010-massage-therapy-fact-sheets-money-and-massage-therapists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we looked at the ABMP’s and the AMTA’s fact sheets for 2010 (click here and here) and found that the industry is a multi-billion-dollar one that is growing quickly in the amount of money it generates per year. We also looked at data suggesting that a sizable number of businesses and individuals receive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compiling Data from the AMTA’s and ABMP’s 2010 Massage Therapy Fact Sheets: Money</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/massage/compiling-data-from-the-amta%e2%80%99s-and-abmp%e2%80%99s-2010-massage-therapy-fact-sheets-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:09:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forgive me again for being late in exploring this (we’re way into 2011 already!), but I wanted take a look at the industry fact sheets for massage therapy of 2010 from two major professional organizations, the AMTA and the ABMP. Both organizations provide really great statistics and data each year in their fact sheets, presenting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massage Therapy and the Skin (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/massage-therapy-and-the-skin-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week we wrote a post about an article in the AMTA’s Massage Therapy Journal about massage therapy and the skin, describing how the article does a good job of listing what therapists should look for when massaging and doing an intake of their clients&#8217; skin.
This week, I want to continue our discussion of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massage Therapy and the Skin (Part I)</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/massage-therapy-and-the-skin-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often a massage therapy career can be a bit of a grind, especially when a full schedule of regular clients keeps you seeing the same people and performing the same intake/massage. Fortunately, most licensing bodies require massage therapists to take continuing education credits in order to have their licenses renewed. Another way to stay fresh [...]]]></description>
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