Massage For Physical, Emotional And Holistic Wellness

If you've been reading this site, you already know about some of the therapeutic effects of massage. But the real value of massage goes beyond the emotional connection. That’s not to discount a “relaxation value” of massage at all, since all kinds of wellness are interconnected. However, in winning skeptics over to what massage can do for a fitness program, there are a couple of specific additional points that show exactly how this kind of physical therapy promotes some of the beneficial aspects that we crave when starting a fitness routine.We know that tension and stress lead to weight gain,...Read More

Massage and Sports Injury

Many of the students who graduate from Kinesiology or Sports Medicine programs will tell you there is a place for massage in their field.  Today’s sports medicine industry has brought the best available new science to helping athletes heal, but some time-tested methods still pertain to new and improved techniques.Massage is one of them: although in the general population, massage has fallen out of the mainstream (with pharmaceutical options taking over for some conditions), in athletic medicine, it’s still going strong.Some experts have concluded that massage is effective in several ways for...Read More