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How Sports Massage Helps Athletes:

Did you know professional athletes and their coaches keep massage therapists on their payroll indefinitely because massage therapy has had such positive effects on their performance? Prior to keeping trained therapists on staff, the benefits of therapeutic massage...

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How Often Should You Get a Massage?

How often you should get a massage really depends on the reason you get massages. For example, do you get a massage for relaxation and stress relief or do you get a massage primarily for health benefits? Here are two of the most common reasons to get a regular massage...

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How Massage Therapy Helps to Alleviate Symptoms of PTSD

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is defined by the Mayo Clinic as “a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it.”(1) Simply put, those who suffer from PTSD cannot shut down the ‘Fight or Flight’...

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How Massage Can Help Improve Sleep

Often, when people struggle with sleep disorders, they reach directly for a bottle of pills. However, sleeping pills are notoriously dangerous and bring with them multiple side effects that can impair your ability to think properly when in a woken state. In fact,...

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How Does Massage Therapy Relieve Tension Headaches?

Massage therapy has been known as a great way to relieve stress and an achy, tired body after a long day. But, did you know massage therapy isn’t just for relaxation and relieving sore, tired muscles? Many people treat themselves to a massage for a special occasion,...

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How Does Massage Help Relieve Your Allergy Symptoms?

Massage therapy is most often associated with conditions like back and neck pain. However, massage therapy shows a surprising ability to keep allergy sufferers comfortable even at the height of allergy season. With the weather warming up and the pollen count...

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How Can Pregnant Women Benefit from Prenatal Massage?

Pregnancy is a beautiful thing, but the aches and pains are no joke it's difficult for expecting mothers to truly enjoy the entire time of pregnancy. Prenatal massage however can benefit mothers before their little bundle of joy arrives in a wide range of ways and...

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Enhance Your Sleep with Massage Therapy

Sleep is a necessity for all of us, but many of us don’t realize how vital getting enough sleep really is. Sleep deprivation is growing by the numbers due to the demands placed on us either through our careers, family life, social living and other forms of society’s...

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How Can Massage Therapy Help Sciatica?

For many Sciatica pain affects them every day. In some cases, this pain can be debilitating, causing major discomfort. Doing daily activities can become exhausting- from walking to sitting, it can be tiring trying to find some relief form the pain. The most common...

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