Increase the Benefits of Yoga Sessions

Muscle soreness after Yoga practice may tell you that you’ve pushed yourself too much the day before or that your positioning was not quite right. There is one thing you can do after the session to ready yourself for the next session – self-massage.

Massage is a natural complement to yoga. Massage after your yoga session not only helps you relax and stave off subsequent soreness, it also can improve the hormonal, lymphatic, circulatory and energetic benefits of the poses. The coupling of these two health practices can provide more benefit than either practice on its own. A simple, quick self-massage which focusing on your joints, lymph nodes and pressure points can be done by anyone regardless of where or when your yoga session is held..

Shiatsu Reading Resources

Shiatsu Reading Resources

Masunaga, Shizuto and Ohashi, Wataru.
Zen Shiatsu: How to Harmonize Yin and Yang for Better Health,
Tokyo, Japan Publications, 1977

Namikoshi,Toru. Complete Book of Shiatsu Therapy.
Tokyo,Japan Publications,1983

Ohashi, Wataru. Do -it-yourself Shiatsu
London, Allen & Unwin, 1977

Ohasi,Wataru with Tom Monte.
Ohashi’s Book of Oriental Diagnosis
Penguin Arkana Books, 1991

Chris, Jarmey and Gabriel Mojay
Shiatsu :the Complete Guide,
Thorsons Publications, London, 1999

Shizuto, Masunaga Translated by Stephen Brown
Meridian Exercises: The Oriental Way to Health and Vitality,
Japan Publications, Tokyo, 1987 (1996).

Masunaga, Shizuto, Zen Imagery Exercises,
Japan Publications ,Tokyo, 1977

OTHER RECOMMENDED READING

Lietchi, Elaine, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Shiatsu : The Japanese Healing Art of Touch for Health and Fitness , Element Books, 1998

Yamamoto, Shizuko. Barefoot Shiatsu,
Tokyo, Japan Publications, 1979

Dawes, Nigel. The Shiatsu Workbook.
Thorson Publications, London, 1991

Thompson, Gerry with Elaine Liechti as consultant,
The Shiatsu Manual : Step by Step Techniques for a full body treatment
Headline Publications, London 1994

Development of Case Study’s in Massage Therapy Research

Massage Research Matters

What is a Case Report

A classic case report is a systematic, in-depth discussion of a single clinical case that the practitioner found to be of interest and believes others in the profession will benefit from learning about. The report can describe a single treatment session, or multiple sessions with the same client addressing the initial clinical situation and its evolution throughout treatment. The value of these reports lies in careful and systematic observation, followed by treatment, continued observation and objective reporting. That is what makes this research.

After all, we tell one another about interesting cases all the time—but without disciplined observation and objective reporting we are simply sharing anecdotes. Some case reports involve more than a single subject, describing multiple similar cases, these are know as a case series.

The Evidence Pyramid