Category Archives: Massage
It’s National Massage Week – Pass It On!
Quick! Why is this day, and every day this week, so special? What incredibly important field, medical treatment, and profession will be commemorated and celebrated all week? That last question probably gave it away. The answer: massage therapy, of course! … Continue reading
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Tagged Holiday, Massage, massage industry, massage therapist, massage therapy, National Massage Week
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Massage Therapy Growing in 2010 (according to the AMTA)
The American Massage Therapy Association came out with its 2010 Massage Therapy Industry Fact Sheet. And while it was released in February of this year, I’m just now beginning to look it over. There are a lot of interesting statistics … Continue reading
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Tagged AMTA Fact Sheet, Massage, massage industry, massage therapist, massage therapy
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Massage Therapy Good for New, Expecting Fathers, Too
This is somewhat of a follow up on last week’s entry about massage therapy and its benefits for pregnant women. As was reported in many news outlets across the country, around 10 percent of men experience serious depression either before … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Wellness, Massage, Pain Management
Tagged anxiety, health, Massage, massage therapy, men, newborn, postpartum depression, pregnancy, prenatal
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Massage Therapy Beneficial for all Pregnant Women
We’ve mentioned earlier how massage therapy has benefits for women who are pregnant, and we’ve even written about hospitals in Tennessee that offer massage therapy to women who are delivering or have delivered babies there, noting that massage therapy can … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, health, Massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, muscle pain, pregnant, women
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The Art of Massage: Looking for some Honest Opinions
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 … Continue reading
Massage Therapy Shown to Benefit Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, depression, health, Massage, massage therapy, pain, sickle cell anemia
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Animal Massage Therapy is more than just Pet Spas
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. … Continue reading
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Tagged animal, animal health, animal massage, animal massage therapy, health, Massage, massage therapy, pet health
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Cheetah Massage Therapy
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 … Continue reading
Guns N’ Roses N’ Massage Therapy
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, … Continue reading
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Tagged concert, Guns N' Roses, Massage, massage therapist, massage therapy, on tour, rock star
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