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MASSAGE Magazine Congratulates Menehan On 25 Years
The Top 15 Techniques to Learn in 2020
Is Your Massage Based on Folklore or on Evidence-Informed Practice?
Geriatric Massage: Why Touch is So Important as We Age
How Myofascial Release Training Can Help You Help Your Clients
Meta-Analysis Shows Lavender Aromatherapy Reduces Anxiety

MASSAGE Magazine Congratulates Menehan On 25 Years

Posted: 01 May 2020 06:13 AM PDT

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla., May 1, 2020 — The Doyle Group (thedoylegroup.com), publisher of MASSAGE Magazine, is pleased to congratulate Karen Menehan, MASSAGE Magazine's editor in chief, on her 25th anniversary with the publication. Menehan began working in MASSAGE Magazine's editorial department in 1994, starting as an assistant editor and working her way up to […]

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The Top 15 Techniques to Learn in 2020

Posted: 01 May 2020 12:04 AM PDT

Specialization helps you stand out from other massage therapists—and in order to specialize, you must obtain advanced education. Your new knowledge will help your practice be seen as one that helps clients feel their best, while your professional reputation will blossom. Right now, online education is the only option, and some of the techniques mentioned […]

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Is Your Massage Based on Folklore or on Evidence-Informed Practice?

Posted: 01 May 2020 12:03 AM PDT

In the fall of 2005, I attended an event that shaped the rest of my professional life. It was a post-convention meeting, and it was the first iteration of what is now called the International Massage Therapy Research Conference. At that meeting, for the first time in my life, I was surrounded by people who […]

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Geriatric Massage: Why Touch is So Important as We Age

Posted: 01 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT

Touch is fundamental to our human existence, in ways that are remarkable and exceedingly powerful. Massage therapy, our chosen discipline, comprises an astonishing number of approaches and techniques; but the one common underlying principle that affects almost all approaches is the power of human touch and its effect on the recipient. Touch is so primary […]

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How Myofascial Release Training Can Help You Help Your Clients

Posted: 01 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT

Put simply, the technique broadly known as myofascial release involves the application of slow, sustained pressure to areas of pain and dysfunction, with the goal of stretching and releasing the fascial restrictions beneath. Pursuing myofascial release training can add another effective technique to your massage therapy toolbox. Most therapists already understand the term myofascial release, […]

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Meta-Analysis Shows Lavender Aromatherapy Reduces Anxiety

Posted: 01 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT

Lavender aromatherapy, massage with lavender essential oil and the oral administration of a standardized lavender product all resulted in significant reductions in anxiety, according to a recent review and meta-analysis. However, this review also revealed the need for higher quality research on lavender for anxiety. Study Design The review, "Effects of lavender on anxiety: A […]

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