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Autism, Asthma, Children and Massage (Part I)
Over the next two weeks I want to take a specific, then more holistic, look at how massage therapy helps improve health conditions by using specific studies that explored the benefits of massage therapy for children with autism and asthma.
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Tagged anxiety, asthma, autism, children, health, Massage, massage therapy
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Simple Massage Therapy Techniques Improve Symptoms of Cancer Patients
I wrote recently about the positive effects that massage therapy has for people suffering from breast cancer. Massage therapy has been proven to help women going through cancer treatment, both in improving levels of important compounds in their blood as … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage, Pain Management
Tagged cancer, health, Massage, massage therapy
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Wintertime Blues and Massage Therapy
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged cold, depression, funk, gift, health, Massage, massage therapy, relaxation, snow, stress, winter
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Why do People Choose Massage Therapy?
Massage therapy’s great. And there are numerous studies outlining why, most coming from a medicinal point of view (we’ve written about a lot of them: massage therapy’s helpful to cancer patients, people who are stressed, people suffering from jaw pain, … Continue reading
Massage Therapy Festival and Hall of Fame
We wrote recently about NFL football player Errick (Ricky) Williams wanting to become a massage therapist after he finished his impressive football career. On a lighter note, there’s also been some news about Britney Spears wanting to become a professional … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday, Massage
Tagged festival, hall of fame, Holiday, Massage, massage therapy
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Massage for Valentine’s Day: A Gift to be Given Professionally
A lot of content seems to appear around the holidays for massage therapy-related services, for Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, even Valentine’s Day. Advertisements and articles about gifts and gestures that couples can give each other for Valentine’s Day extend … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Holiday, Massage
Tagged gift, Holiday, Massage, massage therapy, Valentine, Valentine's Day
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Massage Therapy’s Many Benefits for Breast Cancer Patients
Massage therapy can have tremendous benefits for people generally, for example, in dealing with stress (see last week’s entry). But massage’s therapeutic benefits extend to specific groups of people as well. This week I want to focus on how massage … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Pain Management
Tagged breast cancer, cancer, health, Massage, massage therapy, pain, women
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Massage Therapy is an Unequivocal Stress Buster
Continuing on with our blog’s often-explored theme of the benefits of massage therapy for mankind, today’s blog focuses on an element that affects nearly all humans and that massage therapy has a great track record of treating effectively. That element … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage, Pain Management, Stress Reduction
Tagged anxiety, health, Massage, massage therapy, pain, repetitive stress injury, stress, tension
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Jaw Pain and Massage Therapy
Over the past few weeks, I have written about the therapeutic benefits of massage therapy, specifically for infants and adolescents. Now I want to focus on the therapeutic benefits of massage therapy for all people, children and adults. This entry … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage, Pain Management
Tagged ethics, health, Massage, massage therapy, muscle pain, pain, trigger point
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Adolescents, Aggression, and Massage
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescent aggression, anxiety, chair massage, health, Massage, massage therapy, relaxation
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