Cancer, Treatment, and Massage
(Adapted by permission from Medical Conditions and Massage Therapy: A Decision Tree Approach, by Tracy Walton. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.) When working with clients who have cancer, I try to remember that each person will respond differently to cancer and cancer treatment. The variety of responses to chemotherapy is the most striking example. Some…
Read MoreHealing as the Yoga of Acceptance
Tim Sullivan is a yoga teacher and massage therapist in training. You can find him at www.timyasa.com and americainshort.com. On a recent plane ride from Austin to my hometown of Chicago, after stowing my yoga mat in the overhead compartment and taking a seat, my excited neighbor exclaimed, “So… you do yoga?!” She flipped her…
Read MoreUnexpected consequences of headaches for me and the world
by Christopher Fritel I grew up playing soccer so injuries and muscle spasms are quite well known to me. Rain, cold, sweltering heat, or unfinished homework; Distractions never kept us off the field, so why would anything else. Out of nowhere I started having very mysterious visual focusing problems like auras associated with migraine headaches.…
Read MoreThe Comforts of Massage: “Orthobionomy”
by Tracy Gilliam, Advanced Practitioner of Ortho-Bionomy®, Licensed Massage Therapist, Texas Massage Therapy Instructor and CE Provider I took an Ortho-Bionomy® class on a whim. The flyer that came in the mail was bright yellow – hard to lose on my desk. Not really much information about the class or the technique on it, just…
Read MoreMassage as Poetry in Motion
Tim Sullivan is a yoga teacher and massage therapist in training. You can find him at www.timyasa.com and americainshort.com. You would struggle to find a massage therapist who doesn’t find it necessary to have some sort of relationship with the energetic body. It is difficult to deny that underlying the complex systems of circulation, respiration,…
Read MoreInsight into the Purpose of Giving Massage
by Joy Sablatura, LMT, MTI Last November, I studied with the Dalai Lama at his residence and temple in Dharamsala for three days, during my four-month sojourn to India. It was part of my ‘mid-life re-evaluation’ as I was questioning myself about my work, my life’s purpose and what I wanted to create for the…
Read MoreThe Yoga of Massage: Biomechanics
Tim Sullivan is a yoga teacher and massage therapist in training. You can find him at www.timyasa.com and americainshort.com. Yoga and massage, both body arts, are part of an ever intertwining and interweaving web. Correct biomechanics allow us to practice these two modalities with healthy longevity, and without necessarily sweating all over our mats and…
Read MoreInsights into Soft Tissue: A Massage Case Study
by Nancy Dail, author Kinesiology for Manual Therapy and founder of the Downeast School of Massage in Maine I confess I have passion for my work and revel in a good challenge. A recent client provided an opportunity for close study and analysis. A 50-year old woman presented with a constant headache for the last…
Read MoreMassage Therapy Around the World
by Joy Sablatura, LMT, MTI Oh, you are doing the ‘Eat Pray Love’ thing; many people said to me when they heard I was traveling in India for four months. No, I was not a woman in a “search for everything” as the subtitle of Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestseller Eat Pray Love touts. I was in…
Read MoreSports Massage – Great for the Therapist and for the Athlete!
By Shane Melear, LMT, MTI When I went to massage school I just knew I wanted to be a massage therapist. During a business class the teacher wanted to know what services we planned to offer and what populations were we interested in. This was the first time I had thought of offering different techniques…
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