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Therapeutic touch: how different forms of massage therapy can help

pt Health — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:28:00 +0000

Massage therapy promotes healing by acting on the muscular, nervous, and circulatory systems in the body. It offers many therapeutic physical, mental, and emotional benefits including improving circulation and reducing swelling, decreasing muscle stiffness to promote relaxation and stress relief while reducing pain. It is often used as a valuable component of treatment for various health conditions such as back ...

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Feel your best for the holidays with these 5 stretches

pt Health — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 15:53:13 +0000

The year flies by and before you know it, it’s autumn heading into winter. As we rake leaves, put away outdoor furniture, and start our holiday shopping, we might be left with sore and overworked muscles. Before you find yourself rubbing your neck and shoulders, consider booking a massage therapy session to help alleviate the built-up tension so you can ...

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How Active Release Techniques can relieve sore muscles

pt Health — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 15:46:44 +0000

Muscles are incredible things. These soft tissues, found in most animals, are what allow us to move. We can improve their strength through exercise, allowing us to produce more force to push harder or run faster. But no matter how strong your muscles are, they can still become tense and sore through stress or acute injury. The ART of healing ...

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Different Types of Massage Therapy – Which One is Right for You?

pt Health — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 18:46:55 +0000

Getting a massage is an excellent way to rejuvenate yourself! Massage therapy should be thought of as essential, healthy management rather than last-minute crisis management. After all, it’s cheaper to change your oil than your engine. And yet, most of us look at it as an indulgent treat we don’t have time and money for. But massage therapy isn’t just ...

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What exactly is cupping therapy?

pt Health — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:04:30 +0000

Cupping therapy (aka myofascial decompression) can be traced back to ancient Chinese, Egyptian and Middle Eastern cultures. The technique is even described in one of the oldest medical textbooks in the world, the Ebers Papyrus, which means that ancient Egyptians may have been using cupping therapy as early as 1550 B.C. In cupping therapy, the therapist places cups (which can ...

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How to fix a knot in your back

pt Health — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 19:37:20 +0000

If you have any kind of job that involves staying in a sitting position for long periods of time, then chances are you have experienced the “knot”, a muscle tension that feels like it’s sitting right under your shoulder blade, making it achy, burning and sore. You try to take a break and move around, but it doesn’t budge. When ...

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The Benefits of Prenatal Massage

Kaitlynn Bonin — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 18:02:42 +0000

What’s the difference between a regular massage and a prenatal massage? It’s not just that the patient is pregnant. The biggest difference is the modifications that are made to make sure the mother is comfortable and safe. To ensure this, you will most likely not lay on your stomach or back, neither of which is comfortable during pregnancy. Instead, you ...

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