5 Do-It-Yourself Healing Acupoints
Feel Better Now with Acupressure
Do-it-yourself acupressure is a safe and effective way to enhance your sense of well-being and stimulate your own self-healing.
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How Bodywork Eases Fibromyalgia Pain
There is no cure for fibromyalgia. Yet, despite the pain and frustration of this condition, some have found relief under the gentle hands of a massage therapist or bodyworker.
What is Cupping?
The photos of Michael Phelps' mysterious circular bruises at the 2016 Olympic Games caused a huge spike in interest about a therapy called cupping.
What Research Says About the Benefits of Massage
For thousands of years, touch has been used as a therapeutic tool. Why, then, do we need to conduct research to demonstrate that it works?
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Should You Tip?
What do therapists expect? What should you do?
The act of tipping is a fascinating phenomenon. More and more professions appreciate and even encourage tips. What about massage therapy?
Perfect Your Massage Experience
Massage is a highly personal service, because each client’s needs are unique. What one person loves, the next may not. Knowing what to ask prior to booking, being prepared for your appointment, and communicating with your therapist during the session improves the chances that you’ll be happy with the massage you receive.
What to Expect
Many people have questions about receiving their first massage. Here are answers to some typical questions and concerns about your first massage or bodywork session.
Grief and Degrief, Part 2
Degriefing the Body & Mind with Psychosomatic Semantics
The language of our culture is full of sentiments acknowledging how we feel after a loss. The term “heartache” and the phrase “I’m so sad, it hurts” immediately come to mind. Grief is the body’s response to loss, and we attempt expression of physical, emotional and mental feeling with words or displays of emotion to express these painful sensations.
Massage and the Exotic Animal
Massage is being used to alleviate the physical and emotional stress of exotic animals in captivity, from elephants to dolphins and penguins.
No Horsing Around
Equine Massage is Big Business
Even though he’s received thousands of massages over the past decade, Nicholas is still a bit stiff. Albeit the horse’s body is clearly marked with locations of pressure points to help students learn equine massage, he’s the only one of 16 horses at Equissage they haven’t been able to loosen up. “We can’t get him to relax,” said owner and director Mary Schreiber. Of course, that’s probably because Nicholas is a life-size fiberglass horse used as a teaching aid.