Marma points can unlock a wealth of information about imbalances in the body; marma massage is the Ayurvedic tool practitioners can use to get there.
Lessening lifelong chronic pain through bodywork can often require a lifestyle change for clients after the healing begins.
Reading the body remains a pseudoscience; yet, examining the mystery of body types through systems like Ayurveda or somatotyping can help practitioners approach each client in ways distinct to their constitution.
Massaging the masseter—the main player in biting, chewing, and teeth grinding—can contribute to alleviating headaches.
Craniosacral therapy may have benefits for families as they move through their child-bearing journey.
The holistic importance of massage therapy needs to be recognized as a key to relieving a client's pain.
Understanding how muscle spindles and Golgi tendon organs contribute to proprioception can aid in providing effective care for clients.
Snags in the kinetic chain can cause a domino effect that leads to various issues.
According to Ayurvedic principles, when we are aligned with nature, the body and mind have an incredible capacity to heal and thrive.
Nerve gliding positions the body to isolate nerve branches and then encourages the nerves to slide/stretch.
As the boss of your own business, what do you want as your own employee?
Building a connection from the moment you come in contact with a client can lead to a healthy, long-standing business relationship.
Massage & Bodywork magazine will be moving from six issues a year to four issues as ABMP will continue to produce the best publication in the profession and will continue to innovate on the content front.
Statewide board regulations protect you, the licensed massage therapist, as well as the rest of the public.
ABMP works to celebrate massage all year long through guiding principles that demonstrate the nature of this healing, inclusive work.
The more comfortable the body tolerates higher levels of carbon dioxide, the more efficient the delivery of oxygen into the tissues.
Recognizing different tissue textures and densities upgrades your palpation skills.
The ways central nervous system injury leads to spasticity are still being explored. Massage therapy may help, if it is done with care.
Clients who repeatedly take advantage of you and disrespect your boundaries should be dismissed.
Wanting to offer the AIDS community modalities that could make a difference in their lives, Bill brought Reiki into his practice.
