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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 for Pain Relief from Scars</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/massage-therapy-for-pain-relief-from-scars/</link>
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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>Massage Therapy as the Aspirin of CAM Therapies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAM therapies are Complementary and Alternative Medicine treatments that help alleviate symptoms without relying on pharmaceuticals or more invasive medical treatments like surgery. While there are many CAM therapies out there, I wonder if any have as many potential diagnoses as does massage therapy.
Consider that:
o Massage therapy has been demonstrated to help treat symptoms of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Office Massage Therapy Can Reduce Stress, Pain and Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/office-massage-therapy-can-reduce-stress-pain-and-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/?p=806</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week we wrote about how office massage therapy can help reverse postural problems and the pain associated with them. While there is research that has been done showing that massage therapy can help in many different areas (relieving stress, reducing pain, etc.) it’s always nice to read up on studies that show effective massage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Office Massage Therapy Can Help Employee Posture and Well-Being</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/office-massage-therapy-can-help-employee-posture-and-well-being/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that we promote strongly is office massage, as it can be extremely beneficial to employees. We have discussed how workplace massage can be unobtrusive to the general set-up of an office, and how it can help diffuse stressful work environments (see our post here). But office massage is even more important today than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sports Massage Therapy for Runners</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/sports-massage-therapy-for-runners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 23:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve written generally about massage therapy and its benefits for athletes (see our entry on Sports Massage), but often times a description of the general benefits can gloss over the specific positives sports massage provides athletes of a specific sport. Today’s Blog will focus on running and how sports massage can help runners.
Sports massage therapy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Massage Therapy: Acupressure (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/exploring-massage-therapy-acupressure-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about acupressure, defining the modality and describing its benefits generally. This week I want to examine the specific benefits acupressure provides, as detailed in recent scientific research.
The first study comes from a 2010 issue of the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which demonstrated acupressure’s ability to decrease pain levels in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Massage Therapy: Acupressure (Part I)</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/exploring-massage-therapy-acupressure-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acupressure is an intriguing modality of massage therapy as its methods and potential benefits are extremely expansive. It’s also hard to get a precise definition of what acupressure actually is, which is what we will try to do in today&#8217;s blog post.
Simply put, acupressure is the placement of pressure on pressure points of the body. [...]]]></description>
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