Massage Therapy for Children

Babies who do not receive adequate touch do not thrive and in some instances, a lack of touch can even be fatal. A child’s sense of touch is the primary interface between the child and the world. Touch gives children valuable information through twenty different types of nerve endings that lead directly to the brain.…

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Decrease Shoulder Pain with Massage Therapy

Shoulder pain can occur for a number of reasons. When it does, it can range from mildly annoying to debilitating. Most of these shoulder pains can be helped with massage therapy. Reasons for shoulder pain Almost anything ending in ‘-itis’ can be the cause of shoulder pain: arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, and osteoarthritis are a few…

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Massage Therapy Helps Arthritis

Massage therapy can be a great helper with arthritis.  Arthritis is a generic term used to identify more than 200 conditions that affect the joints of the body, the tissues adjacent to those joints, and connective tissue. Fibromyalgia, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis are some of the more common manifestations of arthritis. Causes…

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Read This before You Get a Post-Marathon Massage

If you have ever been a recipient of massage therapy, you know how good it feels to have someone work your muscles and heal through touch. Massages can make you feel more relaxed, less stressed, and they can help you get better sleep. When done right, massage can aid in achieving fewer headaches and looser…

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Massage for Chronic Pain

If you have ever lived with chronic pain, you know how frustrating life can be. Every day, you deal with aches that have little or no relief, and your body never seems to be at peace. You are not alone; in 2011, a study from the Institute of Medicine found that over 100 million Americans…

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Massage Therapy Keeps You In The Game

There are so many benefits of massage therapy, we don’t have time to capture them all today.  But, for my athletes out there, I’d like to hit on a few advantages that may help your training this summer and keep you firing on all cylinders.  Massage therapy can reduce muscle tension, prevent injuries and improve…

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