Encyclopedia - American Massage Therapy Association: Encyclopedia - American Massage Therapy Association
AMTA is an acronym for the American Massage Therapy Association. Other related archivesMassage, acronym    » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Alternative Treatment Dictionary On Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy: Popular around the world, massage incorporates the use of touch to stimulate circulation, relax muscles and promote a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Health And Healing Dictionary On Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy The manipulation of the superficial tissues of the human body in order to promote deep relaxation, and release tension...   » Read the article

Article - Massage Therapy: Body-mind Integration In The Personal Growth Process
Body-Mind Integration in the Personal Growth Process Does the matter mind? I mean, does the mind matter? That is, what's the matter with...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massage: Encyclopedia - Massage
Massage is the practice of applying pressure or vibration to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Massage And Its Remedial Effects
Massage and its remedial effects Massage reduces muscle-tension and relieves pain, opens the pores of the skin, thus eliminating poiso...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage: Ayurveda Ayurvedic Dictionary On Massage And Its Remedial Effects
Massage and its remedial effects Massage reduces muscle-tension and relieves pain, opens the pores of the skin, thus eliminating poiso...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Massage Therapy
MASSAGE THERAPY: This is a general term for a range of therapeutic approaches with roots in both Eastern and Western cultures. Involve...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massage: Encyclopedia Ii - Massage - Massage Therapist Organizations
Massage - The ABMP. The Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP) an international, for-profit, organization of professiona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massage: Encyclopedia Ii - Massage - Types Of Massage
There are well over 150 types of massage therapy. Various styles of massage have developed from a number of sources. Massage - Breema. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massage: Encyclopedia Ii - Massage - Massage Therapist Organizations
Massage - International. The Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP) an international, for-profit, organization of profe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massage: Encyclopedia Ii - Massage - Types Of Massage
There are well over 150 types of massage therapy. Various styles of massage have developed from a number of sources. Massage - Breema. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Swedish Massage Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Swedish Massage Therapy
Swedish Massage Therapy: a form of massage therapy that includes aromatherapy. Swedish Massage Therapy soothes the soul.   (Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Alternative Medicine Dictionary On Massage Therapy
Massage therapy: systematic, therapeutic stroking, rubbing, or kneading of the skin and underlying muscle and other soft tissue of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massage: Encyclopedia Ii - Massage - Massage Basics
Massage - Communication. Good communication is essential to effective massage. In a commercial setting, the client is encouraged to com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Massage: Encyclopedia Ii - Massage - Massage Basics
Massage - Communication. Good communication is essential to effective massage. In a commercial setting, the client is encouraged to com...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Natural Health Dictionary On Massage Therapy
Massage therapy: General term for a range of manual approaches to enhance relaxation, elevate mood, reduce blood pressure, decrease pa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Natural Medicine Dictionary On Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy: A “hands-on” approach that takes many forms. Some of the many benefits include physical and mental relaxa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Massage Therapy
MASSAGE THERAPY: A general term for a range of therapeutic approaches with roots in both Eastern and Western cultures. It involves the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary Iii On Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy This long-respected healing art has a history which stretches back thousands of years and spans the globe. The first w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Therapy: Alternative Medicine Dictionary Ii On Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy: Based on the idea that touch is read through the skin and can produce a sense of physical and emotional well-being. I...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Budzek Medical Massage Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Budzek Medical Massage Therapy
BUDZEK MEDICAL MASSAGE THERAPY Developed by Jeffrey Budzeky, RN, Budzek Medical Massage Therapy is designed to relieve acute and chron...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Massage, Bodywork, Somatic Therapies
MASSAGE, BODYWORK AND SOMATIC THERAPIES Massage, bodywork, and somatic therapies is the application of various techniques to the muscu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vibrational Healing Massage Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Vibrational Healing Massage Therapy
VIBRATIONAL HEALING MASSAGE THERAPY Vibrational Healing Massage Therapy (VHMT) is a bodywork therapy designed to restore one to fluidi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sports Massage: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Sports Massage
Sports massage The prime purpose of sports massage therapy is to help alleviate the stress and tension which builds up in the body's s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deep Muscle Massage / Primmer Deep Muscle Therapy: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Deep Muscle Massage / Primmer Deep Muscle Therapy
Deep Muscle Massage / Primmer Deep Muscle Therapy: This type of massage eliminates knots, locked up areas, and emotional blocks in the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Japanese Restoration Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Japanese Restoration Therapy, Okazaki Long-life Massage
JAPANESE RESTORATION THERAPY & OKAZAKI LONG-LIFE MASSAGE These are an integral part of traditional martial arts training that emph...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Deep Muscle Massage
Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy / Deep Muscle Massage: This type of massage eliminates knots, locked up areas, and emotional blocks in th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chinese Massage: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Chinese Massage
Chinese Massage: Also called Tuina, it has the same importance, in Chinese traditional medicine that acupuncture, the moxibustion, the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Swedish Massage: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Swedish Massage
Swedish Massage: While the healing power of touch is an ancient concept, this technique is named after Swedish massage pioneer, Peter ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sound Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Sound Therapy
SOUND THERAPY Using the media of sound (music, tones, vibrations, etc.) as a tool for healing, sound therapy enables the realignment o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Art Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Art Therapy
ART THERAPY Using the media of the arts (sculpture, painting, collage, etc.) to provide release of symbolic expression, art therapy al...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Breath Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Breath Therapy
BREATH THERAPY The use of respiratory exercises to open lung passages, oxygenate the blood, and cleanse the body by eliminating gaseou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Color Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Color Therapy
COLOR THERAPY An ancient system using specific color rays to treat the body and mind, color therapy is based on the notion that organs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crystledyne Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Crystledyne Therapy
CRYSTLEDYNE THERAPY Utilizing self-activated crystal stimulator, which creates an electrical stimulus when two crystals inside are for...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hoshino Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Hoshino Therapy
HOSHINO THERAPY Developed by Japanese-born, Argentine immigrant Tomezo Hoshino, Hoshino Therapy was declared an official medical thera...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trigger Point Massage: Holistic Health Therapy Dictionary On Trigger Point Massage
Trigger Point, Neuromuscular, Myotherapy This refers to any of several systems of working with trigger points. Trigger points are ten...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Therapeutic Massage/touch: Alternate Health Therapy Dictionary On Therapeutic Massage/touch
Therapeutic Massage/Touch  - A healing technique that combines traditional laying of the hands with certain Eastern theories of e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Restoration Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Restoration Therapy
RESTORATION THERAPY Restoration therapy has been practiced in Japan for more than 1,500 years and has proven successful in the treatme...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Spa Therapies: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Spa Therapies
SPA THERAPIES A variety of body treatments administered in spas. Herbal wraps, loofah body scrubs, parafango, salt scrubs, seaweed bod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lastone Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Lastone Therapy
LaSTONE THERAPY Stones of all shapes and sizes and varying temperatures, ranging from zero to 140 degrees, are used during LaStone mas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Movement Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Movement Therapy
MOVEMENT THERAPY A variety of techniques that utilize movement re-education and proper body mechanics in combination with massage or s...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Magnet Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Magnet Therapy
MAGNET THERAPY The therapeutic use of magnets may be older than acupuncture, originally involving a material called magnetite applied ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hakomi Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Hakomi Therapy
HAKOMI THERAPY A body-centered psychotherapy, hakomi was started in the mid-1970s by American Ron Kurtz. Hakomi uses body tensions and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neuromuscular Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Neuromuscular Therapy
NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY This comprehensive program of soft-tissue manipulation balances the body’s central nervous system with the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Polarity Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Polarity Therapy
POLARITY THERAPY Polarity therapy is based on universal principles of energy - attraction, repulsion, and neutrality. The interrelatio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integrative Manual Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Integrative Manual Therapy
INTEGRATIVE MANUAL THERAPY This therapy recognizes that each person is more than the total components of anatomy, physics, and chemist...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Craniosacral Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Craniosacral Therapy
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, noninvasive method of evaluating and enhancing the function of a physiological ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zen Body Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Zen Body Therapy
ZEN BODY THERAPY This technique integrates Zen training with Eastern teachings of the circulation of vital energy or essence of life. ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Korean Martial Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Korean Martial Therapy
KOREAN MARTIAL THERAPY This is an effective deep-tissue modality that includes massage strokes, body movement, stretches, pressure poi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shen Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Shen Therapy
SHEN THERAPY SHEN is the acronym for Specific Human Energy Nexus and was developed by American scientist Richard Pavek. A scientifical...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dance Therapy, Movement Therapies: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Dance/movement Therapies
DANCE/MOVEMENT THERAPIES Dance/movement therapies focus on personal expression to enhance emotional and psychological healing. Using e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Lymph Drainage Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Lymph Drainage Therapy
LYMPH DRAINAGE THERAPY Lymph Drainage Therapy is unique in that healthcare professionals learn how to palpate the lymphatic flow. As t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Trauma Touch Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Trauma Touch Therapy
TRAUMA TOUCH THERAPY Trauma touch therapy was developed to address the needs of clients affected by trauma and abuse, including sexual...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Structural Energetic Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Structural Energetic Therapy
STRUCTURAL ENERGETIC THERAPY Developed in 1983, Structural Energetic Therapy (SET) is a deep-tissue, body-restructuring therapy that a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Qigong Meridian Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Qigong Meridian Therapy
QIGONG MERIDIAN THERAPY Qigong Meridian Therapy (QMT) is a natural healing system. It is derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine, wh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Myopathic Muscular Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Myopathic Muscular Therapy
MYOPATHIC MUSCULAR THERAPY Myopathy is a system of muscular manipulation designed to accomplish relaxation in muscles in which there i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Core Structural Integrative Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Core Structural Integrative Therapy
CORE STRUCTURAL INTEGRATIVE THERAPY Originated by George P. Kousaleos, CORE is a myofascial, postural and structural somatic therapy c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Unified Field Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Unified Field Therapy
UNIFIED FIELD THERAPY Unified field therapy (UFT) proposes that beyond the body, beyond energy, lies a matrix of consciousness that pe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Vortexhealing Energetic Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Vortexhealing Energetic Therapy
VORTEXHEALING ENERGETIC THERAPY VortexHealing is an energetic healing art that works solely with divine light and consciousness. It de...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Foot Zone Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Foot Zone Therapy
FOOT ZONE THERAPY Foot zone therapy is based on the premise that energy flows through the body in meridians from the brain to the feet...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dynamic Spinal Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Dynamic Spinal Therapy
DYNAMIC SPINAL THERAPY Dynamic spinal therapy was developed by Rolf Ott in Rapperswil, Switzerland, in the 1980s. The technique works ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Myopractic Muscle Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Myopractic Muscle Therapy
MYOPRACTIC MUSCLE THERAPY Robert Petteway developed the Myopractic system after 30 years in the healing arts. His experience in struct...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy
PHOENIX RISING YOGA THERAPY This therapy involves a fusion of hatha yoga, bodywork, and psychotherapy. It is holistic art based on the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy
ASHIATSU ORIENTAL BAR THERAPY Developed by Ruthie Hardee in 1995, Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy combines elements of traditional Thai ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ro-hun Transformation Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Ro-hun Transformation Therapy
RO-HUN TRANSFORMATION THERAPY This is a form of energy healing in which the therapist manipulates the client’s energy bodies nea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy
MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT THERAPY Based on the discoveries of Drs. Janet Travell and David Simons in which they found the causal relati...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy
PFRIMMER DEEP MUSCLE THERAPY This technique utilizes deep cross-fiber strokes applied with the thumbs and fingers. Developed by Theres...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Integrated/eclectic Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Integrated/eclectic Massage
INTEGRATED/ECLECTIC MASSAGE Indicates a combination of various massage, bodywork, and somatic therapy techniques utilized by a practit...   » Read the article

Dictionary - On-site Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On On-site Massage
ON-SITE MASSAGE Also called seated and chair massage, on-site massage includes techniques that provide fully-clothed seated massage, b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chair Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Chair Massage
CHAIR MASSAGE Also called on-site and seated massage, chair massage includes techniques that provide fully-clothed seated massage, bod...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage: Traditional Medicine Dictionary On Craniosacral Massage
Massage , Craniosacral massage , Reflexology, Rolfing, Zone therapy: Group of systematic and scientific manipulations of body tissu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Chinese Qigong Massage: Alternative Health Dictionary On Chinese Qigong Massage
Chinese Qigong massage (An Mo, Chinese massage, Qigong massage): Component of Traditional Chinese Medicine that emphasizes the proper ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Knife Massage: Alternative Health Dictionary On Knife Massage
knife massage (knife therapy): A technique that involves tapping acupoints with the blade of a cleaver.   (See also: Knife mas...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Medical Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Medical Massage
MEDICAL MASSAGE Performing medical massage requires a firm background in pathology and utilizes specific treatments appropriate to wor...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Four-hand Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Four-hand Massage
FOUR-HAND MASSAGE This therapy requires two practitioners to simultaneously massage the client’s left and right sides, making su...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Body Mind Massage: Alternative Health Dictionary On Body Mind Massage
Body Mind Massage: Component of BodyMind Therapy. BodyMind Massage includes shiatsu. Its principle is that touch is sacred and has hea...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage Aromatherapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Massage Aromatherapy
massage aromatherapy: Application during a massage therapy session of a vegetable oil to which an essential oil has been added. &nbs...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Esalen Massage: Alternative Health Dictionary On Esalen Massage
Esalen massage: A form of bodywork that borrows from craniosacral balancing (see CranioSacral Therapy), Rolfing, Swedish massage, Trag...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Indian Head Massage: Alternative Health Dictionary Ii On Indian Head Massage
Indian Head Massage A massage of the upper-back, arms, neck, head and face which is carried out on a fully-clothed client, usually si...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Thai Massage: Health And Healing Dictionary On Thai Massage
Thai Massage: Millennia-old, sacred form of bodywork that resembles shiatsu and is related to Nadi Sutra Kriya. It draws from acupress...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Connective Tissue Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Connective Tissue Massage
CONNECTIVE TISSUE MASSAGE Also known as bindegewebsmassage, these techniques are designed to specifically affect the connective tissue...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Auricular Massage: Alternative Health Dictionary On Auricular Massage
auricular massage: Component of Chinese auricular therapy that involves digitally pinching, pressing, or rotating all or part of the e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Thai Massage: Alternative Health Dictionary On Thai Massage
Thai Massage: Millennia-old, sacred form of bodywork that resembles shiatsu and is related to Nadi Sutra Kriya. It draws from acupress...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pregnancy Massage: Massage Bodywork Dictionary On Prenatal Pregnancy Massage
PRENATAL MASSAGE / PREGNANCY MASSAGE Performed by a trained perinatal specialist, many methods of massage and somatic therapies are bo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tuina: Alternative Health Dictionary On Tuina
Tuina (tway na)  (Chinese Massage Therapy, Push Grab Massage, Tuei-Na, Tui Na An Mo, tuina therapy): Ancient Chinese form of reme...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hot Stone (la Stone) Massage: Holistic Treatment Dictionary On Hot Stone (la Stone) Massage
Hot Stone (La Stone) Massage: Bodywork involves the use of heated and cooled stones (Thermo therapy) applied to the body in various wa...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Neo-reichian Massage: Alternative Health Dictionary On Neo-reichian Massage
neo-Reichian massage: System based on theories developed by Wilhelm Reich (see orgone therapy and Reichian Therapy). Practitioners loc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cayce Reilly Massage: Alternative Health Dictionary On Cayce Reilly Massage
Cayce/Reilly massage (Cayce/Reilly approach to massage, Cayce/Reilly method, Cayce/Reilly technique): Holistic form of massage named a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Marma Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Marma Therapy
marma therapy (Ayurvedic lymphatic massage, Ayurvedic massage, marma technique): A form of massage that stimulates marmas - 107 vital,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Polarity Energy Balancing Massage: Alternative Health Dictionary On Polarity Energy Balancing Massage
Polarity energy balancing massage: System based on the work of Randolph Stone (see Polarity Therapy). It has four branches: (1) energy...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Reichian Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Reichian Therapy
Reichian Therapy (psychiatric orgone therapy, Reichian bodywork therapy, Reichian massage; called vegetal therapy in Europe): Psychoan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zone Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Zone Therapy
zone therapy (Reflex Zone Therapy, reflex zone massage): Early form of Western reflexology introduced in the United States in 1913 by ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Qigong Therapy: Alternative Health Dictionary On Qigong Therapy
Qigong therapy (buqi, buqi therapy, external qigong, external Qigong healing, External Qi Healing, medical Qigong, Qi An Mo, Qigong he...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shiatsu: Alternative Health Dictionary On Shiatsu
shiatsu (acupressure, schiatsu, shiatsu massage therapy, shiatsu therapy, shiatzu): Healing art whose major types are acupressure, shi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bodywork: Natural Health Therapy Dictionary On Bodywork
BODYWORK: The term bodywork refers to therapies such as massage, deep tissue manipulation, movement awareness, and energy balancing, w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hand-mediated Energetic Healing: Alternative Health Dictionary On Hand-mediated Energetic Healing
hand-mediated energetic healing (HMEH, HMEH approaches, HMEH traditions, hand-mediated healing modalities): Group of healing methods c...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Massage: Holistic Health Dictionary On Massage
MASSAGE Hands-on manipulation for healing is probably older than any other healing tradition. The oldest written records of massage go...   » Read the article