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Scrubs, Wraps and Herbs Are A Delightful Extension of Bodywork

Gina enters through the long hallway leading to the spa lounge where the locker rooms are held. Robe and itinerary in hand, she comes to be pampered, and with full expectations and anticipation, she thinks to herself, “This is my day. Nothing else matters.” After she dons her white robe, she sits and waits patiently for her name to be called by her attending escort and therapist. She has never had a body treatment, or body wrap.
First on her list is Salt Glow, a body treatment, also known as Salt Scrub. As she responds to the sound of her name, she obligingly follows her attendant and is presented with a most delightful total body scrub experience. Using sea salt and a blend of aromatic oils, she receives total exfoliation of her skin from her neck down, and special attention paid to her feet and back. After a warm rinse and spritz with Body Velvet Oil, she returns for her next indulgence–a seaweed wrap with additional hydration for especially dry skin.

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A Therapist’s Guide to Contraindications for Massage and Bodywork.

It is an unfortunate irony that many potential clients will come to us with massage contraindications, seeking our services and believing that massage will help them, when in fact massage could harm them.

Issues relating to a client’s physical conditions which could prevent them from receiving massage cannot be emphasized enough for all massage professionals. Here I will touch on the many contraindications for massage.

Easing the Pain of America’s Corporate Work Force

Repetitive use injuries are among one of the most common injuries in the United States. As a massage therapist, you may see many people with various repetitive motion injures, most commonly from sitting at a computer for hours. These frequently affect the fingers, wrists, arms, elbows, neck, or shoulders. It is important to understand how these injuries occur and how best to help your clients that have this problem.

Repetitive use injuries happen from, you guessed it, repeatedly doing the same motion, or type of motion, over and over. This can be moving a mouse, typing, scanning items at a register, throwing a ball, or swinging a tennis racket. Anything that requires you to keep using the same motion can be harmful. In todays automated society, with many people working on computers or machines, this is a very common ailment. The pain is causes by small tears in the muscle that keep reoccurring at a faster rate than they can heal themselves.