I found the MTF filling my need for our profession and industry to establish and grow a body of scientific knowledge about the effects of massage therapy on the human body and the positive applications of massage for addressing and improving health conditions that many of my clients experience regularly. I thought, “how can I assist in building this library of massage therapy research?”
Ever experienced a nagging ache, just at the base of your thumb?
About 200,000 people, annually, report this pain symptom to their doctors - you're not alone!
Find out how Massage Therapy can assist in relieving painful symptoms.
Where massage therapy is concerned, there is some day-brightening data that might convince you that a good massage (and even regular massage) can help get a person out of a state of SAD and through this type of funk a little faster. Find out what S.A.D. is and how, exactly, a massage can help sufferers.
In 2016, I had the pleasure of not only financially supporting the funding of Community Service […]
If a life event, news, or illness is leaving you unusually, deeply, irreconcilably, or incorrigibly depressed, leaving you absent, disabled, or unproductive, then you may be experiencing Clinical Depression - talk with your doctor about how massage therapy may be able to assist in keeping the symptoms of Depression fewer and/or less intense - many doctors know about how massage therapy can assist in reducing the effects of Depression and will be able to refer you to a massage therapist.
Research studies do suggest that massage therapy can positively impact and manage inflammatory and auto-immune conditions in the human body. What does this mean...exactly?
A healthy mind and body can make your day more productive: massage therapy can bring back or maintain an optimal range of motion to that chronic shoulder or hip injury site or repetitive motion, and it may help you do more of the things you want.
Massage therapy can be a method of release of muscle memories resulting in (possibly) either physical or emotional discomfort or trauma but definitely reprogramming – the intent of the work is to balance the chemical, virtual, real, and spiritual body and the methods used to achieve balance are some of the most diverse and effective known to humans – from touch therapy (bodywork) to medical massage (soft tissue manipulation).
What it “could be”. Most times, it is the non-verbal communication by the client that presents a challenge to the therapist in understanding what muscles and systems need and have the ability to be addressed on a deeper level, by both the client and the therapist. I believe that effective, non-verbal communication is crucial to delivering a well-planned and effective deep tissue session.
Massage Therapists are trained to do abdominal and pelvic massage – this type of massage on the area of the torso can be physiological or energetic in nature. A therapist can assist in the movement of blood, toxins, muscle tissue, and visceral structures physiologically, and move energies related to the Hara, kidneys (Jing), and aura.
