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Lower Back Pain, Core Muscles, and Muscular Compensation
One of the common remedies proposed for low back pain — which can have many causes — is to strengthen our so-called core muscles, which ar [ ... ]

Massage Therapy and Bodywork – Short Term versus Long Term Results
In descriptions about the efficacy of specific massage therapy treatments or bodywork practices we too often see an exaggeration or even complete fict [ ... ]

Massage Therapy and Bodywork – Job or Calling?
Looking more closely at the tradition of massage and bodywork in Asia, we can conclude that giving treatments, or teaching a modality, was never seen [ ... ]

Abdominal Massage for Constipation and Excessive Gas
Abdominal Massage can be a remedy for a very broad range of physical and emotional discomforts and ailments. Nevertheless, one of the most popular goa [ ... ]

How Long Should a Massage Be?
One of the most common ways massage treatment sessions are offered nowadays is by offering them within a certain timeframe. It means that you can choo [ ... ]

Hyperspecialization in Massage Therapy, Wellness, and Bodywork
When I was still a child, you could only choose one type of shampoo in the supermarket, and you could watch only one television channel. Four decades [ ... ]

Critique on Teacher Training Programs in Massage and Bodywork
In the past, traditional massage and bodywork training was very different from what it is today. That is, one would typically sit “at the Master’s [ ... ]

Exaggeration of Health Benefits in Massage and Bodywork
When you look around on the Internet and read the various descriptions of massage therapy treatment modalities or bodywork practices, it seems that ea [ ... ]

Lowering Operational Costs | Massage and Bodywork Business
Lowering your operational costs is one of the important ways to maximize or increase business profits. So, if you receive fewer clients — tempor [ ... ]

Complementary and Alternative Medicine – Integration, Blends, and Hybrids
In the CAM sector (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) there’s a lot of integration going on nowadays. That is, therapists and teachers take (or [ ... ]