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What Is Facilitated Stretch?    Facilitated Stretching - What is it anyway? Think of it as a lazy version of yoga. During a facilitated stretch session, you get to completely relax  while getting stretched out! Since you aren’t working to achieve the fully...

Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils for therapeutic or medical purposes. Essential oils are basically plant extracts. They're made by steaming or pressing various parts of a plant (flowers, bark, leaves or fruit) to capture the compounds that produce fragrance....

Turns out massage isn't just a luxury you splurge on at the spa. It can also seriously boost your workouts so you're getting the results you want.  The Benefits of Sports Massage: Vigorous exercise causes tiny tears in muscle fibers, leading to an immune reaction —...

Touch Therapy is a type of therapeutic treatment in which the therapist physically touches the subject in a specific way, including various forms of massage. Touch is the first of the senses to develop in infants, and it remains perhaps the most...

How Massage can Combat Symptoms of PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is the most widely recognized trauma-related mental health issue. It has been estimated that 70% of the adults in the US have experienced a trauma severe enough to result in...

With all the latest “headlines” in the media about inappropriate touching and sexual harassment allegations, it seems that any type of touching is taboo these days. But this practice may be hurting us more than we know. Touch is truly fundamental to human...

Why Do Massage Therapists Need to Understand Autoimmune Diseases? Two reasons: Better understand your clients that are suffering from chronic pain. Grow your referral network, and your massage business. "Autoimmune Disorders" is a very large and varied...

We are so honored to have been recently featured on a Podcast with Wealthy Esthe founder Neisha. A highly-sought after licensed esthetician with an unwavering dedication to pushing the limits in the fashion and beauty industry. She is the founder and team...

Looking for a new massage therapist can be stressful! The process of choosing a massage therapist doesn’t have to be complicated. You just need to make sure you’ve covered all the necessary bases and be willing to invest a little time educating yourself....

Approximately 50 million Americans have some form of autoimmune disorder.The National Institutes of Health estimates over 23 million Americans suffer from autoimmune disease, and that number is increasing every year. Autoimmune disorders are among the...

Inflammation, a normal part of the body’s immune response, is the body’s first attempt to heal itself after an injury, to repair damaged tissue, and defend against foreign invaders.   Inflammation is a three-step process: Irritation suppuration, or the...

Autoimmunity occurs when the immune system loses the ability to tell the difference between harmful and healthy cells and begins to attack normal body tissue. Inflammation is a “HOT TOPIC” in medicine. It appears connected to almost every known chronic...

Our gut is the seat of our emotions so as we internalize everything it makes sense that stress, nerves, anxiety and the level of our health are based in our gut and usually held with clenched fists leaving our gut literally tied in knots. The health of our...