Massage
Massage Therapy for First-Timers
Massage therapy is an accepted treatment modality. Massage therapists are licensed in all of the states in the U.S. except Alaska, Kansas, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Vermont, and Wyoming. The earliest licensure law enacted for massage therapists was in Florida in 1943, followed in 1947 by Hawaii, then Oregon and Arkansas in 1951. People who need to…
Read MoreMassage 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.…
Read MoreDecrease 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…
Read MoreMassage Therapy as an Adjunct to Physical Therapy
Many physical therapists are also trained in massage therapy. They realize that soft tissue work, such as massage therapy, extends the benefits of physical therapy. When physical therapists, occupational therapists, and massage therapists work together, they can assist their patients with dramatic improvements from injury to many areas of their bodies. Conditions that benefit from…
Read MoreImprove Your Health with Deep Tissue Massage
The first time you have a deep tissue massage, you may walk away swearing never to go back again because IT HURT! But a day or so past that first session, and you will begin to realize how much better you feel. Deep tissue massage reaches into the deepest layers of muscle tissue, fascia, and…
Read MoreUsing Medical Massage Therapy as a Treatment for Fibromyalgia
OK, we’re going to get a little technical on you today! 🙂 I think you’ll appreciate the info. though. Many massage schools teach Medical Massage as a specific technique, but Medical Massage as such simply means that the massage therapist uses standard massage techniques to help resolve or alleviate a medical problem. Other names for…
Read MoreSpecial Uses for Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is an effective intervention in a wide variety of situations. Beyond just making you feel good, it has important applications in assisting with healing from many traumas. Massage therapy for hospitalized patients In a project headed by Marlaine Smith of the University of Colorado done in 1999, Smith and her colleagues in the…
Read MoreMassage 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…
Read MoreBenefits of Massage Therapy
In case you hadn’t noticed, we love talking about all the benefits of massage!! Living in today’s world is a stressful thing for each of us on some level, whether we realize it or not. We have deadlines, difficulties, frustrations and demands on our time. Stress isn’t all bad, though. It can help us give…
Read More4 Tips When You Are Searching for a Massage Therapist
Whether you are a longtime devotee to massage therapy for its many health benefits, or you have never had one massage, there will come a time when you need to find a qualified massage therapist. There are several bad ideas for finding a massage therapist: pointing one out in the phone book, scouring social media,…
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