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Injury Prevention for Massage Practitioners

by Lauriann Green

The author relates her own experiences of injuries caused during her massage training, which prevented her from pursuing a career as a massage therapist, and supports the article...

Injury Prevention Massage

by Jennifer Longmore

Statistics estimate that about 1.2 million working people suffer from musculo-skeletal disorders and everyday about six workers give up their jobs because of RSI (Repetitive Strain...

Kahi Loa - Traditional Hawai'ian Healing Massage

by Cornelia Biegler

Kahi Loa is more than a massage technique. Translated it means "Oneness through the flowing of sacred energy". It concentrates on the skin with the recipient wearing light absorb...

Letter to a Newly Qualified Practitioner from a Massage Elder

by Su Fox

The information contained in Su Fox’s latest column are indeed exciting and valuable, and to be treasured by newly and experienced practitioners alike. She refers to herself as a M...

Lomi Lomi - Ka Huna Massage

by Stephen Langley

This healing system is derived from the ancient Polynesian methods of restoring balance to the body, mind and soul (Huna). Through this treatment of the physical body, powerful hea...

Manual Lymphatic Drainage - Therapeutic Applications

by Brina Eidelson. Photos by John Halford

Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) involves light, rhythmical massage that aids the body in collecting and moving lymphatic fluid, which plays a key role in delivering nutrients, anti...

Manual Lymphatic Drainage and its Therapeutic Benefits

by Anne Willis

MLD is a highly specialised form of massage, which uses light, rhythmical, very precise hand movements, pressures and sequences and requires the therapist to develop a great degree...

Massage and Cancer-Related Fatigue: Benefits and Cautions

by Gayle MacDonald

One of the most common symptoms associated with cancer and its treatment is fatigue. For many people, it is the major troubling symptom and the primary cause of distress, being even...

Massage and Complex Trauma: A Case Study

by Su Fox

In this column on Body Massage, the author presents a case study of massage techniques regarding a client who suffered complex trauma as a result of prolonged, overwhelming abuse a...

Massage and the Importance of Medical Input

by Su Fox

The author, a Massage, Craniosacral and Psychotherapist, focuses on the importance of medical input in relation to body massage. As her brother is a Medical Consultant, she is in t...

Massage is Relaxing. Discuss...

by Su Fox

The author touches on EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Therapy), the internationally recognized and well-researched treatment for trauma, and the Holosync technology - develope...

Massage Matters: Massage and Medication

by Su Fox

This column focuses on the use of proper medication and massage techniques on an elderly woman with a complex medical picture....as she suffers from lower back pain due to wear and...

Massage Techniques for Childbirth

by Linda Kimber

Touch, in the form of a positive massage during labour, was an area I wanted to explore to determine whether it is a useful way of shifting the focus of active support away from th...

Massage Therapy for people with Cancer: A Practitioner's Experience

by Louise Roy

In this article, Louise Roy describes her experience with one cancer patient and discusses the challenges facing massage practitioners. During training, many massage students are w...

No-Hands Massage

by Gerry Pyves

Gerry Pyves describes how pain in his hands and wrists did not stop him from continuing with his massage practice. Instead, he developed the injury-free No-Hands Massage technique,...

Not All Massage Tables Are Created Equal

by Spencer Randon

This article would be particularly invaluable for a newly qualified, or even more experienced person working in the healing professions using bodywork. It provides a careful, syste...

Nothing New Under The Sun

by Clare Maxwell-Hudson

Dr James Mennel, Head of the Department of Massage at St Thomas’ Hospital (London) early in the last century, first brought out his book on massage in 1934. In this, her first colu...

On-Site Seated Acupressure Massage

by David Woodhouse

That which has generically become known in the Western world as 'On-Site Massage' has its roots in the Orient, as indeed do many other therapies.

Rhythm Mobility

by Darien Pritchard

Darien Pritchard has been practising massage for 25 years, and describes how he developed the Rhythm-Mobility technique, having noticed how clients' often resist massage and are un...

ScarWork Treatment - Holistic Approach to Integrating Scar Tissue

by Emma Holly

A new holistic therapy has reached the UK for treating scars caused by accidents or surgery. This therapy, called ScarWork can be used on both new and very old scar tissue with grea...