Category: Massage Therapist

Relaxation Massage Therapy  When you think relaxation massage, you know that you are on the right track to a stress-free life, giving rise to rest. The technique is not necessarily designed to treat pain or sickness but helps one forget about the problems and let relaxation take over. During a relaxation massage, patients are advised to remove any or all items of clothing on their person. They lie down on a massage bed with a sheet strategically placed on certain parts of the body. One can wear on underwear if one pleases or not – it is advisable to keep them on. The licensed massage therapist then works her magic on ridding the stress from the body. Every session requires a peaceful ambiance. If required, one may even have lighted…

National Headache Foundation Research According to the National Headache Foundation, approximately 28 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches. Often, migraines are triggered or exacerbated by stress and poor sleep. In a study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine, researchers found that participants who received bodywork like Cranial Sacral Therapy had better quality sleep and fewer migraines than participants who didn't. Effects even lasted up to three weeks after therapy ended. Cranio Sacral Therapy (CST) Cranio Sacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, hands-on approach that releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance. Craniosacral Therapy is becoming a treatment of choice in areas of pain, rehabilitation and neurology.  It was pioneered and developed by Osteopathic Physician John E. Upledger after years of…

Depression Treatment Massage therapy by a licensed massage therapist can do wonders to improve the condition of the body and the mind. Working to melt away at daily stresses, massage therapy rejuvenates the soul and has a calming effect on the mind. This can later work towards making a person suffering from depression feel better about their situation. It is important to understand what exactly depression is, before you use massage therapy to try and alleviate the symptoms. There are many dictionary definitions, but what is essentially entails is a constant condition where the individual is left feeling withdrawn and dejected – sometimes for no apparent reason. There usually is not any one specific trigger that is causing the sadness, but rather a constant state of being that people find…