Despite seeming to be a simple, straightforward complaint, joint pain can have several different origins. Bodyworkers who are familiar with the five most common causes of joint pain and their respective implications on massage therapy can be especially useful to joint pain riddled clients. Read More...A Well-Rounded Plan for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Manual release of the carpal tunnel is helpful, but adding other strategies to the mix escalates a practitioner's effectiveness in addressing carpal tunnel syndrome.Read More...Treating Fibromyalgia with Massage
Most massage therapists and bodyworkers have seen the effects of fibromyalgia on at least some of their clients' bodies and minds. Often unable to find help elsewhere, fibromyalgia sufferers have been known to seek out alternative methods to find lasting pain relief. Understanding the disorder more comprehensively and discovering how massage can be applied to a particular client may benefit all who suffer from it.
Read More...Small Doses: Aromatherapy for Children
For both parent and practitioner, there's often no greater frustration than being unable to soothe a child's pain, especially an infant. A 1-year-old child's cries tell us so much, and yet so little. Body language is often the biggest clue as to what ails him. And while Tiffany Field, a researcher at Miami's Touch Research Institute, and others have scientifically proven that massage can provide great comfort to a young child, touch can be an even stronger therapeutic tool when combined with aromatherapy.
Read More...Thai Massage: More than Just a Spa Treatment
When traditional Thai massage first landed in the Western world, many people thought it was the next hot spa treatment that would run its course as a "fad" and quickly slip into the distant past, never to be heard from again.
Now, a couple of decades later, traditional Thai massage?or "nuat phaen boran"?is still here with no signs of slowing down in popularity. In actuality, clients are flocking to get treatments and, often times, seek out Thai massage from their therapists.
Read More...Touch Therapy With Infants and Their Mothers
Most massage therapists are used to working in relaxing and soothing surroundings. Therefore, making the transition into an impersonal environment typical of most hospitals requires patience. The venture can be challenging, particularly if you are the first massage therapist the hospital has brought on board, as was my case.
Integrating into a hospital setting can make any massage therapist feel like the Lone Ranger, yet those sentiments are quickly overcome by experiencing the impact one can have on the lives of patients and their families. This is compounded even more when working with expectant mothers and their newborns. Knowing you are able to bring comfort to these families through the simple act of touch is a great feeling. Read More...Qigong Massage Reduces Severity of Autism
Qigong massage has been tied to a reduction in the severity of autism among children ages 6 and younger, according to recent research.
The study, Qigong Massage Treatment for Sensory and Self-Regulation Problems in Young Children With Autism: A Randomized Controlled Trial,? involved 46 children with autism, between the ages of 3 and 6, who were eligible for early intervention services for autism.
The children, 37 boys and nine girls, were randomly assigned to either a Qigong Sensory Training group or a wait-list control group. The researchers define Qigong Sensory Training as a ?qigong massage intervention based in Chinese medicine.? Read More...
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