From AMTA: Recovery is a process, and a difficult one. “Often, the client cannot even articulate what is going on,” Broadwell says. “Because massage is not a talk therapy, it can meet them wherever they are, even if they don’t have the skills to tell us.” Maureen Schwehr, NMD, a naturopathic physician and craniosacral instructor who works at the integrative clinic…
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Stress and Massage
You notice that your credit card bill is due and you won’t have enough money to cover it and your shoulders begin a slow ascension towards your ears. A little later you see the check engine light is on for the third time in the last month and you start to feel a gnawing sensation…
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Clinical Massage Therapy: Massage with a Purpose
Massage means many different things to many different people. When most people think of massage they think of a relaxing spa setting, with candles, oils and soft music playing. Perhaps they’ve upgraded to hot stones, or maybe a little aroma therapy, and as you lay on the soft table all of your tensions simply melt…
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7 Self-Care Strategies for Massage Therapists
One for All and All for One from the AMTA Like other health care providers, massage therapists are often guilty of burning the candle at both ends. Between packed schedules, caring for clients and an overzealous desire to build a stronger career, sometimes even the smallest reprieve is mistaken as slacking off. In fact, Jim…
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Massage is an “invaluable resource” for hospitals
From Massage Magazine: The general public understands that massage is good medicine, and this is reflected in the growing use of massage therapy and energy work in U.S. hospitals. According to research conducted in January 2017, 82 percent of hospital patients claimed massage therapy was the most helpful form of hospital therapy. The patients in…
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