Massage Therapy Is Safe and Effective At All Stages of Pregnancy
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Massage therapy is a valuable health care option at all stages of pregnancy (🤰-🤱).
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A Contemporary Approach to Massage Therapy
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Massage therapy has been shown to be an effective non-pharmacological therapeutic intervention that is simple to carry out, economical, and has very few side effects.
Understanding the basic science behind massage and the guiding principles of adaptability enables massage therapists to think flexibly about what's going on, both in terms of specific and nonspecific effects.
Read MoreResearch Literacy For Massage Therapists
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Massage Therapy has exploded into mainstream healthcare, it is now a recognized treatment option for a wide range of injuries. This means the profession is moving into new formal settings, these changes to the profession have led to a need to adapt to an evidence based model of care.
In an effort to provide therapists with the tools to bridge the gap between research and clinical practice. I have complied resources to set the groundwork for evidence based practice.
Read MoreWhy do we get muscle cramps?
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"Many of us know the feeling of a cramp – whether you’ve been struck down on the sports field or woken with a start in excruciating pain in the middle of the night. A cramp is the involuntary contraction of our skeletal muscle, and it hurts."
Read MoreMassage Therapy for Anxiety
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It is not uncommon for people who suffer from anxiety to use complementary and integrative approaches to manage symptoms and improve their well-being.
Image Credit: Edvard Munch - Anxiety (1894)
Read MoreMassage Therapy for Tension-Type Headaches
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Massage therapy as a therapeutic intervention is being embraced by the medical community. This is in part because it is a non-pharmacological therapeutic intervention that is simple to carry out, economical, and has very few side effects. One area that is being explored is the use of massage therapy for patients who suffer from tension-type headaches.
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