What Is Facilitated Stretch?

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...

What is Aromatherapy?

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...

The Power of Touch in Healing Grief and How Massages Help

Reprint of Article by Marla Cantrell, published on Inside Fort Smith  Expert Tiffany Diaz-Linam discusses how massage can help those who are grieving The phone rings at a blindingly late hour. On the other end of the line is someone telling you to get to the hospital....

Massage Therapy for Sports and Fitness Lovers

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...

What is touch therapy and 5 reasons why you need it.

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 emotionally central...

How Massage can Combat Symptoms of PTSD

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 PTSD. These...