This blog has been used a lot over the past year and a half of its existence to trumpet the therapeutic benefits of massage. And while this is a good site to find yet another ailment that massage therapy can help cure, the Touch Research Institute is the gold mine of scientific research into the therapeutic benefits of massage therapy.
This week I’m writing about another study from their resources, this one demonstrating the benefits of touch and massage therapy among infants. (more…)
What images do see when you think of massage? Is it an athlete receiving a healing and performance-improving sports massage? Or is it a mom getting a well-deserved massage at a spa? There are many different images we associate with massage – be it athletes, tables, moms, chairs, oils, backs, hands, feet, etc. But one of the last images that I am sure would come to anyone’s mind would be the image of a baby.
But it should be as massage can be an integral part of bringing babies into the world healthily, as well as building a successful relationship with the parent as the baby goes through its first year of life.
Several Tennessee hospitals have begun offering therapeutic massage to women who are delivering babies within their network of facilities. (more…)