An overview of general articles about Massage Therapy. For specific massage treatment modalities you may visit our topics about Thai Massage, Japanese Massage, or Tantra Massage, among others.
Diagnosis — or more correctly, Medical Diagnosis — is the final determination of an illness or health condition that explains a person’s physical, emotional/mental or spiritual symptoms and complaints. Typically, a holistic massage or bodywork [ Read more … ]
In this post, we don’t talk about massage precautions and contraindications (that rather belongs to the specific type of massage or bodywork therapy you practice), but about client assessment precautions and contraindications. It’s important to [ Read more … ]
Depending on the type of therapy and the background of massage and bodywork therapists, Holistic Client Assessment may include an Energetic Assessment. This is about evaluating both the internal energy flow and energy balance in [ Read more … ]
In this article, we discuss feedback and progress analysis in massage and bodywork therapies. But first this: the short-term effects of massage and bodywork sessions vary per individual and may be felt up to a [ Read more … ]
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 one more agile and more confident while walking, biking, dancing, [ Read more … ]
Neo-Reichian Massage Therapy draws on the insights and work of Wilhelm Reich, notably on his Vegetotherapy practice, and takes into account that many physical tensions, pains, muscle contractions and constrictions in the body represent (or [ Read more … ]
Talking with a client before the start of massage or bodywork therapy is essential to come to an understanding of what the receiver expects, wants and needs, and — not less important — of what [ Read more … ]
Embarking on a massage therapy career extends far beyond the confines of the massage table. It’s a journey that intertwines passion, skill, and the unwavering commitment to fostering well-being in others. Today, the path to [ Read more … ]
Holistic Compensation Assessment aims at finding out if, how, and why clients compensate pains, tensions, discomforts, muscle imbalances, organ dysfunctions, or structural body impairments. In fact, when people come to you with specific pains or [ Read more … ]
Pregnant women and those who are in their postpartum period (the latter also called postnatal period) are certainly not ill but they may have specific complaints connected to their pregnancy or postpartum time. Hence, it’s [ Read more … ]