Massage Professionals Update

To Gift or Not to Gift: That Is the Massage Question

November 14th, 2014

Find out if gift giving and receiving between us as massage therapists and our clients is appropriate. What’s your stance?

Trigger Point Therapy and the Weekend Warrior

October 14th, 2014

We all know someone, a co-worker or a friend, who is a weekend warrior. They are tied to a desk all week and then spend all weekend engaged in extreme sports, getting hurt and injured for their efforts. A common result of this weekend warrior strategy to fitness is acute trigger point activation. Let’s look how trigger point therapy can be used to treat the wounded weekend warrior.

Massage Therapy Aids Fertility Treatment

October 1st, 2014

Fertility clinics are starting to include massage therapy in their practices, because its inclusion increases the likelihood of conception.

Unusual Massages Around the World: Fire and Water

September 16th, 2014

Developed in different parts of the globe, huǒ liáo and Watsu® utilize the power of fire and water to deliver another dimension of healing to massage therapy.

Why Get Involved in Research?

August 27th, 2014

Massage therapy research will continue to have significant impact on the practice of massage in the United States and beyond. Massage therapists will quickly find themselves left behind if they do not make an effort to become involved in the research that will define our success, our best treatment practices – and increase our body of knowledge within the field.

Living Despite Arthritis

August 19th, 2014

Living with arthritis pain can be difficult and limiting. Encouragingly, there are many things you can do to manage the pain without medication. Massage therapy, supplements and a healthy diet go a long way toward reducing the inflammation that accompanies painful arthritic flare ups.

Unusual Massages Around the World: Surprising Massage Tools

August 5th, 2014

From islands in the Indian Ocean, to Taiwan, to Russia, bodywork techniques around the globe employ some interesting devices.

Massage Therapy and Cancer – Is it Becoming More Accepted?

July 23rd, 2014

While massage therapy has gained greater acceptance in recent years with regard to its therapeutic value, one area still remains somewhat controversial. It is the field of massage for individuals with cancer. As time goes on though, the therapeutic value of oncology massage, or massage for those with cancer, is gaining recognition. Learn how the possible benefits of massage are currently being studied and used in oncology.

Massage Cupping: Feeling Issues in the Tissues

June 19th, 2014

Over the last decade, cupping therapy has moved rapidly into the mainstream of Eastern bodywork therapies. Once seen as an ancient healing technique used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) from as far back as five centuries, modern cupping therapy introduces a wide array of instruments – as well as application techniques – to treat soft tissue presentations that massage therapists see every day on their massage tables.