Psychosocial Benefits of Hospice Massage

by Dawn Nelson For the hospice patient, caring, compassionate touch in the form of massage may have benefits more significant and more immediately noticeable than the physical benefits. People who are approaching death from a life-threatening illness are often...

Physical Benefits Specific To Hospices

by Dawn Nelson With the influx of advanced medical technology and the great variety of drugs available, we tend to forget that the simple, careful touch of the human hand is one of the most ancient and effective means for relieving discomfort in the body. Pain control...

You Haven’t Heard of Ben Benjamin?

I am sometimes amazed that many massage therapists are not familiar with some of the greats in our field. Ben Benjamin is a case in point. Ben has had a practice in sports medicine/muscular therapy since 1963. He is the founder of the Muscular Therapy Institute in...
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