Posted September 30th, 2008
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Massage industry in California is strongly backing the idea of statewide regulations for massage therapists instead of the current city-by-city regulations. Governour Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill for creating these statewide regulations.
Although the industry is supporting this new idea, some smaller massage schools and independent practitioners have opposed the measure. One argument against this is reducing the creativity.
“California’s been a breeding ground for different types of massage,” said Selena Lee, director of the McKinnon Institute of Massage in Oakland. “It’s been a birthplace of creativity. When you start to regulate that, you reduce the creativity.”
Tags: california, therapists Posted in Community, Law
Posted September 25th, 2008
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Some woman find mammography - breast cancer screening - a stressful and uncomfortable procedure. A new study made in Wausau suggest that massage could reduce anxieties and improve test results for women who are about to undergo this process.
Tags: mammography, massage Posted in Studies
Posted September 17th, 2008
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According to a new study, massage therapy may offer relief from pain and improve mood. In the study massage therapy was compared with “simple touch” therapy, in which the therapist placed both hands on the patient for three minutes at 10 specific body sites.
The results showed that people who had massage showed greater improvements in pain and mood symptoms than did people who received simple touch therapy. However, the effects seem to be short term. This is suggested by the fact that after three weeks there were no statistically significant sustained changes.
Tags: cancer, massage therapy Posted in Studies
Posted September 15th, 2008
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The function of massage has been seen as a way to relax in the past. However, nowadays many Americans also use massage therapy for medical reasons and pain relief.
Statistics show that every fourth person in the United States had experienced joint pain, aching or stiffness, low-back pain, migraine and/or severe headache lasting a day or more in the past month. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics, 2006) Massage therapy has been shown to give considerable relief from many types of pain, and is well known for relieving stress and promoting relaxation.
Relaxing massage can be had in the comfort of one’s own home, and there are many products on the market designed for that purpose. Massage also has been shown to provide a number of health and performance benefits for athletes. The benefits of massage include improved focus on the specific muscle groups used in each sports activity, improving range of motion and muscle flexibility, reducing injury risk, and shortening recovery time between workouts.
Tags: Health, massage therapy Posted in Health, Statistics
Posted September 7th, 2008
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We all know massage feels good. But that’s not all, massage also holds therapeutic advantages. Massage may boost immunity and help people with a range of conditions from premenstrual syndrome to high blood pressure. It also seems to help soothe pain from arthritis, burns and even surgery. Newsweek listed five surprising facts about massage from the research findings at TRI and elsewhere:
Tags: massage, TRI Posted in Tips
Posted September 3rd, 2008
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It was noticed by a licensed massage teacher who also worked as massage teacher that many of her students completed their training successfully, but had no idea what to do once they became licensed. Now she employs many of her former students. Stepping Stones Massage Clinic offers an ability for graduated students to practise their massaging skills by working at them.
Tags: massage, therapist Posted in Facilities