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LGBTQIA+ Massage Therapy | Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity
Individuals who identify with the LGBTQIA+ community (or alternatively LGBTQ+ or LGBT+) want and need massage therapy just like anyone else. Neverthel [ ... ]

Postural Integration® | Bodywork, Emotional De-Armoring, and Integration
Postural Integration® is a type of holistic bodywork created by Jack Painter (1933 – 2010) in the 1960s. It’s usually practiced by profession [ ... ]

Massage Therapy and Body De-Armoring | Pressure, Acupressure, and Stretches
Massage therapy is an important and abundantly used treatment modality in Body De-Armoring practices. Giving sustained pressure and acupressure or app [ ... ]

Assessment and Diagnosis | Scrutiny and Vigilance in Massage Therapy
One of the important things I experienced as a massage therapist in client assessment sessions is that one needs to be extremely vigilant and really s [ ... ]

Movement Assessment and Diagnosis in Massage Therapy
Movement Assessment in massage therapy and bodywork is about analyzing the client’s movement performance during functional tasks to see if there are [ ... ]

Diagnosis, Advice, and Treatment in Massage Therapy and Bodywork
Diagnosis — or more correctly, Medical Diagnosis — is the final determination of an illness or health condition that explains a person’s [ ... ]

Assessment Precautions and Contraindications | Massage Therapy
In this post, we don’t talk about massage precautions and contraindications (that rather belongs to the specific type of massage or bodywork therapy [ ... ]

Energetic Assessment in Massage Therapy
Depending on the type of therapy and the background of massage and bodywork therapists, Holistic Client Assessment may include an Energetic Assessment [ ... ]

Feedback and Progress Analysis in Massage and Bodywork Therapies
In this article, we discuss feedback and progress analysis in massage and bodywork therapies. But first this: the short-term effects of massage and bo [ ... ]

Client Balance Assessment in Massage Therapy and Bodywork
Keeping one’s physical balance in daily life is an essential ability for people of all ages. It prevents falling and hurting oneself, and it makes o [ ... ]