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		<title>Massage Therapy’s True Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 16:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Therapeutic Massage Therapy in More Ways than One</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wintertime Blues and Massage Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the East coast shovels out from yet another brutal winter storm, and places as far south as Florida see snow, many of us are left to wonder exactly how much longer winter can last. The shorter days and limited sunshine can leave people depressed, lethargic, and illness-prone, looking for something to give them a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adolescents, Aggression, and Massage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 23:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I wrote about a study posted on the Touch Research Institute’s Web site about the effect massage therapy and touch can have on infants (massage therapy, according to the study, was shown to improve responsiveness among infants. Click to see my post).
This week I want to focus on a different study, also posted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aromatherapy and Massage, an Easy Combination</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:46:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We already wrote about the medicinal benefits of aromatherapy, coupled with massage therapy, over a year ago (see post). As it says in that entry, aromatherapy and massage can be used (and has been clinically proven) to reduce stress levels and help the immune system.
But in that entry, we glossed over the fact that making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Trigger Points (Part I)</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/understanding-trigger-points-part-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/?p=252</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Massage therapy has been demonstrated to help relieve chronic pain, stress, and anxiety, all in a non-invasive way. For this, it deserves praise as a profession. But there are, of course, limits to what massage can do. Often pain and discomfort is caused by something (such as an internal injury, certain chemical imbalances, etc.) that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hands-Free Massage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much money will a client pay for a hands-free massage? Different massage modalities require different levels of exertion and forms of application by massage therapists. Often times a deeper, Swedish massage can involve a lot of force from a therapist’s hands, knuckles, and elbows. But some forms of massage therapy actually allow some therapists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massage Means Less Stress, More Math</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/massage-means-less-stress-more-math/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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I do not think there is anyone who would be reading this blog and would not agree that stress is a major problem in modern society, and that massage is a great way to get rid of it. However, if you are one of those people, please let me refer you to some introductory resources [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Self-Massage (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/the-art-of-self-massage-part-ii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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As promised, I will continue outlining the ways to give self-massage on different parts of the body. Last week, I wrote about giving self-massage to your head, shoulders, and feet. This week I will write about self-massage for your hands and torso. I will end with some general guidelines for self-massage.

 
For  your hands:
-       Stroke the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Self-Massage (Part I)</title>
		<link>http://www.joylifetherapeutics.com/massage/health-wellness/the-art-of-self-massage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common lament about massage is the price. And there is also the I-don’t-have-enough-time excuse that many use to justify not getting a massage, even though their feet and head ache, their shoulders are tense, their hands hurt, and their torsos are cramp-ridden. Fortunately, there is a pretty well founded set of guidelines (found on [...]]]></description>
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