What's in a name?
- Blending arnica oil with base oil poses no danger to patients. Fact or fiction? How beneficial and how safe is it to use arnica in a massage base oil? This article considers the evidence that exists to justify the use of arnica.
- Body Talk: Habitual postural stances: Therapeutic massage can prevent the development of inappropria Like father, like son, like mother like daughter is often applicable to postural carriage. From an early age humans learns to mimic their role models. Many other factors influence the adopted habitual postural stances.
- Cautions and considerations when using arnica in massage base oil Cautions and considerations when using arnica in massage base oil: therapists have to consider the side-effects, its interaction with medication and the way the blend is prepared.
- Flip-side Finesse - Champion cyclist turns massage therapist for other champions With more and more fellow therapeutic massage therapists wanting to explore the world of professional cycling teams, experienced therapist Julie Briggs, shares her insights into the daily routine of a massage therapist working with cyclists.
- Lay it on lactic acid: Fact or Fiction? Massage flushes out lactic acid Post-event massage rids the body of lactic acid to alleviate muscle ache and stiffness and to improve overall athletic performance.
- Massage & alternative healthcare paradigms Massage has formed part of the traditional healing systems of most cultures throughout history. In cases such as these, body work is taught within the worldview of the specific alternative healthcare paradigm and are not regulated as Therapeutic Massage
- Research Round-up - Massage for musculoskeletal pain: Researchers develop taxonomy for techniques One of the basic building blocks of a profession is conducting verifiable research. In the field of massage and bodywork, this lack of consistency in using terminology to describe treatments given by massage therapists, has posed serious problems.
- Research Round-up: Does therapeutic massage benefit patients with HIV / AIDS?
- RESEARCH ROUND-UP: Foot-and-hand massage eases post-operative pain A 20-minute foot-and-hand massage significantly reduces people's perception of pain intensity and distress the day after surgery. It also leads to lowered heart and respiratory rates.
- Research Round-up: Therapeutic massage for HIV / AIDS - More than anecdotal evidence Three studies conducted by the Touch Research Institute of the University of Miami and highlights the role of massage in supporting HIV/AIDS patients.
- Setting up shop at sports events - 8 points to consider Once again we are in the midst of the summer cycling season jam-packed with league, road and mountain bike races coming up nearly every Saturday and Sunday, culminating in the Pick ‘n Pay Argus Cycle Tour in March next year.
- Therapeutic massage for common cycling injuries Cycling season is around the corner again and league rides are taking place on the weekends, attracting keen cyclists from all over
- Understanding the body-mechanics of a cyclist For most massage therapists the problems that the cyclist brings into our practice is of a more chronic nature either due to the specific posture associated with cycling or the result of overuse of particular musculo-tendonous units.
- What is in a name? Massage therapy or Therapeutic Massage Therapy? Is there a difference between being a massage therapist and being a therapeutic massage therapist? Is therpeutic massage a style ot type of massage or a generic legal term? InTouch tries to make sense of the confusion.
- What is in a name? Styles of therapeutic massage therapy Though the list is incomplete, the follwoing types, styles or philosophies of massage are regulated under the umbrella term Therapeutic Massage Therapy.
- What is in a name? The South African context: Official designation or style of massage? The term Therapeutic Massage Therapy as used in South Africa refers to the description of massage as published in the amendments to the Allied Health Professions Act No 63 of 1982 tabled in parliament in 2001.
- What is in a name? Why does the confusion persist? Therapists complain that in practice the profession of massage in South Africa has so far not benefited much from having been absorbed into the national healthcare system.