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Music Touches Usby Gargi Talukder, Ph.D. Intuitively, we know that certain kinds of music are soothing while others are energizing and research shows that music does have a distinct effect on our physiological state. Learn about research related to music; and meet some of the people who create healing music, and some who combine music with touch. |
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Pet Massage Covers New Ground Emelio Burkhamer's business, Certified Paws, offers on-site massage to pets seven days a week in a territory that spans the Hollywood Hills to San Diego. |
Practice
Building Minnesota Bill Would Regulate ABTs/MTs Reflexologists Win in Iowa Accreditiation Program Approved Arizona Regulatory Briefs |
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and Spa: Shirodhara: Heavenly Head Massage by Naomi Serviss Shirodhara, an element of Ayurvedic medicine, has been used for 5,000 years in India but has only recently been "discovered" by Western massage therapists eager to expand their knowledge and client base. Fittingly, shirodhara today combines ancient Ayurvedic wisdom with modern health-and-beauty techniques in a winning spa combination. |
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Reports Massage and Healing Touch Ease Cancer Symptoms Five days of Massage Benefit Preterm Infants Massaging Kids Lowers Parents' Anxiety Pages
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| SpaTalk: Meeting A Sales Quota by Melinda Minton The expectations placed on massage therapists really vary from spa to spa, as do the resources made available to the therapist that will enable to the therapist to sell retail more easily. Spa directors are focused on making money, and roughly 20 percent of the money that a spa generates comes from retail sales. |
Body language is an every-other issue column where we explore the alphabet in terms of the body and bodywork. Here, the letter M; motion; and the movement work of Caryn McHose. |
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Well: Therapist Self-Care Good Humor, Good Health Calcium for Weight Loss: Nature's Rx Don't Shun the Sun Your Turn Live Long and Well Aroma Corner Self-Acupressure for Insomia |
SpaMassage
News Bringing the Spa Home The Top Ten Spa Trends New Spa Class Targets Massage Therapists Spa Treatments Purchased by Spa-Goers Orangutans Get Spa Treatments |
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Circulation Between Cerebrospinal Fluid, Cerebral Interstitial Fluid
and Lymph, Part One by
Bruno Chikly, M.D.This article will inspire massage therapists interested in lymph and cranial work, or those just seeking to deepen their knowledge of the fascinating anatomy related to the connections between the central nervous system and the periphery of the body. |
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| Reader Expression: If you could give a massage to any historical figure, who would you pick, and why? | Table Talk: Poised For An Insured Future |
| Conferences & Conventions Calendar | Laws and Regulations |
| Innovations | In Review |
| Research Matters: The AMTA Foundation | Guest Editorial: Caroline Warner |
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One
of the most commonly occuring upper-extremity injuries is lateral
epicondylitis, also called tennis elbow. These days it is more often
seen as a repetitive-stress injury from various occupations.