Posts Tagged ‘massage’
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
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 the Aurora Awards at the Aurora Ceremony.
This seemed like big news, and I hurriedly tried to dig up information about this movie, hoping to find rave reviews and interest about either a compelling story surrounding a massage therapist or the field of massage therapy itself. (more…)
Tags: film, massage, massage therapy, movie, video
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Wednesday, June 9th, 2010
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 adolescents with sickle cell anemia (also called sickle cell disease – SCD). (more…)
Tags: anxiety, depression, health, massage, massage therapy, pain, sickle cell anemia
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Thursday, May 27th, 2010
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. I know this was our thinking when we first wrote about the emergence of pet spas last year.
However, writing off animal massage therapy as an unnecessary luxury is somewhat like writing off massage therapy for humans as an unnecessary luxury; yes, massage therapy can be an indulgent treat, but it can also be a medically beneficial procedure that can improve the health and quality of life for animals, pet or otherwise. (more…)
Tags: animal, animal health, animal massage, animal massage therapy, health, massage, massage therapy, pet health
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
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 preserve with handlers and presumably in relatively little danger, the massage therapist was helped by the fact that her massage therapy techniques helped endear her to the fast cats. (more…)
Tags: animal, cheetah, massage, massage therapy, pet
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
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, for at least the past 18 years, Axl Rose, frontman for 80’s hard rock group Guns N’ Roses, has had a massage therapist on call as the band tours. (more…)
Tags: concert, Guns N' Roses, massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, on tour, rock star
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
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 or work of professional organizations.
But then stories like this one from the Arizona Daily Star come along and remind you exactly what the proven benefits of massage therapy translate to: an improvement of the human condition.
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Tags: anxiety, health, hospital, massage, massage therapy, massage's power, relaxation, therapy
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
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, it is easy to forget the impressive collection of benefits that massage therapy provides.
Fortunately for this week’s report, another writer has pulled together a pretty thorough list of massage therapy benefits for us. (more…)
Tags: anxiety, cancer, geriatric massage, health, massage, massage therapy, osteoarthritis, pain, relaxation, stress, tension
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
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 Integrative Healthcare Studies recently wrote that massage therapy has been shown to provide dramatic results in pain and anxiety reduction for post-operative pain associated with many different surgeries, especially heart surgery. (more…)
Tags: anxiety, cancer, health, massage, massage therapy, pain, post-surgery care, post-surgery pain, surgery
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
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 massage therapists because of the varied nature of their business. (more…)
Tags: April 15, massage, massage therapy, stress, tax week, taxes
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