Daily Archives: July 2013

A Massage Therapist’s Guide to Constipation

July 30th, 2013

When a healthy diet and exercise do not successfully relieve constipation for your clients, learn which massage techniques you can use to help relax their abdomen, reduce their discomfort, and encourage regular defecation.

The Healing Powers of Water Massage

July 9th, 2013

Water is the most important element, next to oxygen, needed to sustain life as we know it. The human body is more than 60 percent water. Blood is between 80 and 90 percent water, the human brain is 70 percent water and our lungs are close to 90 percent water. Human blood is also remarkably like sea water with a similar pH range and a similar mineral content, so much so that at one time sea water has been used in emergency transfusions when blood or plasma was not available. Learn about how hydrotherapies (therapies using water externally) can also be of value in keeping a person healthy.

Aromatherapy Massage for Alopecia Areata

July 8th, 2013

The purposeful application of human touch alone may lessen the psychological distress of alopecia areata. Discover how bodyworkers with training in aromatherapy can turn a massage for alopecia areata into an especially therapeutic session.

Blueberries in Massage?

July 2nd, 2013

July is National Blueberry Month. For some people going out to pick ripe blueberries with the family in an open field is almost a rite of passage. Eating and gathering those plump, sweet morsels will put a smile on anyone’s face. But did you know that blueberries also have some important therapeutic value? Learn how blueberries are good to eat – but keep you healthy as well.