Massage
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Hi Ellen; I have to agree 100% with you — massage therapy has really helped my recovery from Crohn’s. It didn’t cure anything, but simply made my life better — less stressful, more relaxed, made my body more comfortable, helped with prednisone side effects. And, for those of you lucky enough to have half-decent medical insurance, massage therapy is often covered! (In Canada, anyway). I find Aromatherapy very helpful too. Take care everyone, Allison Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, Allison Webster -Robert Frost
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Hi Guys! When people talk about alternative therapies I rarely see massage on the list. This is one I’ve gotten into and it really helps. I only work 4 days a week so I have my weekly massage scheduled on my day off. My therapist comes to my house. She does a full body massage and even massages my belly. It’s deeply relaxing, good for all the body aches and pains, and really seems to soothe my insides. Afterwards I’m usually relaxed enough to sleep so I indulge in a long afternoon nap. What I’ve noticed is that it keeps me on more of an even keel. It makes my midweek day off rejuvenating. It empties all the stress out of me each week. Advocates of massage can give you a long list of it’s benefits. It moves the lymph through your body which can help eliminate toxins especially for those who are fairly sedentary. They say it "balances" the body. I can’t claim exactly what it does, but can vouch for its benefits. My previous massage therapist encouraged me to silence my mind during a massage. Quiet the chatter in the back of your head. Let go of your thoughts. Focus on your breathing. It’s actually rather difficult to think of nothing but it’s worth it. Even by itself this caxing and sometimes I use this technique to help me sleep. This exercise is actually a simple form of meditation. I try to do this during a massage to get the full benefit–total mind and body relaxation. You might want to try having your SO massage your belly when your guts are unhappy. Lie down and relax, use a little oil–even olive oil from the kitchen would be ok. Have them slowly move their flattened hand in a clockwise motion circling your belly button. Light pressure. Broaden the circle so it goes up below your ribs and down to just above your pubic bone–slow and rhythmic. It can be helpful, it’s definitely fun, and it gives an SO some way they can actually help. A spa near me offers a "massage weekend for couples" where you learn to massage each other and spend the weekend practicing. My SO and I have been talking about doing that. Since I can’t do some of the more active things like hiking, we might as well take up some less active activities together! I hope this is useful to someone. Ellen
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My massage therapy student is currently interested in Reiki, but there are no practitioners in our immediate area. Can you recommend a good book on that or Therapeutic Touch? Thanks — Jay A. Hafner, D.C. Denver, CO .
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> My massage therapy student is currently interested in Reiki, but there > are no > practitioners in our immediate area.
I find that extremely unlikely for the Denver area. Write privately and I’ll see if some family knows of any. — | I’m old enough that I don’t have to pretend to be grown up.|
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Thanks! > My massage therapy student is currently interested in Reiki, but there > are no > practitioners in our immediate area. > I find that extremely unlikely for the Denver area. > Write privately and I’ll see if some family knows of > any. > — > | I’m old enough that I don’t have to pretend to be grown up.|
– Jay A. Hafner, D.C. RPGA Living Greyhawk County of Urnst Triad Oligarch #3 (CO, WY, NM, MT) www.cyface.com/countyofurnst www.yahoogroups.com/group/countyofurnst Teach a kid to play RPG’s or the hobby will die with us. .
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> >Is Reiki the one where the CMT doesn’t actually touch the patient??
> For a journalist, you sure have poor research skills. Certainly, you and your > team have already made your "case", eh Troll?
what case is that, I.L.S.A.?? — Willow: "I bet you’ll think coding is pretty cool. I mean, if you find two-digit multi-stacked conversions and primary number clusters a big hoot." Buffy: "He should be doing sixty years in prison, breaking rocks and making special friends with Rosco the weight lifter." Xander: "Yikes. The quality of mercy is not Buffy."
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>Therapeutic Touch is another energy modality, but a bit different.
I’ve heard both names used as the same thing…can you explain a little more about the differences between Therapeutic Touch and Reiki? Thank you
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Can someone tell me what Reiki is, and why people would choose Reiki over say for instance, "deep tissue massage."?? I’ve understood that Reiki has some very good healing factors. Debbee
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Reiki is basically the belief/practice of channeling of the Universal Life Force (energy, healing force, etc.). One doesn’t have to be licensed in most states to do it, and is not considerd to be "massage" per se, but a different form of bodywork. Deep tissue may not be appropriate for many clients — those with osteoporosis, fragile skin, some diabetes cases, certain injuries, & so on. Whether one ascribes to a belief in it or not, it would generally be considered a harmless manual therapy that may bring the client some relief of the problem(s) they are having. Different practitioners, with varied beliefs & backgrounds practice Reiki very differently. Some incorporate beliefs of reincarnation, re-birthing, breathwork, etc. into it, while some utilize it as a form of mind-body hypnosis or meditation. Many LMT’s practice Reiki — a good bet to look up. If Reiki’s not your cup of tea, at least you can still usually get a nice massage. Michele
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Is Reiki the one where the CMT doesn’t actually touch the patient?? Debbee
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> Is Reiki the one where the CMT doesn’t actually touch the patient??
Most of the time, yes. Some practitioners utilize very light touch during the session. The theory behind it is that a properly attuned (not my word, theirs) practitioners can somehow channel positive healing energy to clients & help remove negative energy. Therapeutic Touch is another energy modality, but a bit different. Michele
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>Is Reiki the one where the CMT doesn’t actually touch the patient?? >Debbee
For a journalist, you sure have poor research skills. Certainly, you and your team have already made your "case", eh Troll?
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>Looking for reference material to help with course on massage and<BR> >reflexology. Would be interested to hear of any sites or newsgroups<BR> ><BR>
The American Massage Therapy Association Website at http://www.amtamassage.org has information about massage therapy, finding a massage therapist, becoming a massage therapist, and more. A newsgroup is alt.backrubs, though there’s a lot of spam to wade through.
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>A newsgroup is alt.backrubs, though there’s a lot of spam to >wade through.
The alt.backrubs archive has lots of articles (no spam) that might help you too. Almost all of the files in the archive are from between 1991 and 1996 though. If you see an alt.backrubs article that you think should be in the archive please send it to me. Complete details about the archive are posted to the group every two weeks. You can find a copy of those details in the archive too. The archive was originally setup for FTP access but I find the WWW interface to the index more convenient when I just want to retrieve a few files at a time. There are copies of the archive in the USA, Japan, and Canada. Below are the addresses when you can find the archive: USA WWW: <URL:http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/medicine/alternative-heal thcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html> FTP: <URL:ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/medicine/alternative-heal thcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/> Japan WWW: <URL:http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/academic/medicine/alternat ive-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html> FTP: <URL:ftp://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/academic/medicine/alternat ive-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html> Canada (Please connect only between 0200 and 1200 GMT) WWW: <URL:ftp://ftp.csd.uwo.ca/pub/news/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html> FTP: <URL:ftp://ftp.csd.uwo.ca/pub/news/alt.backrubs/> — Answers to questions frequently asked in alt.backrubs are available at <URL:ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.answers/backrubs> See also <URL:http://www.ii.uib.no/~kjartan/backrubfaq/> Question 5.1.2 is about the archive of old postings
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Looking for reference material to help with course on massage and reflexology. Would be interested to hear of any sites or newsgroups
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My massage therapy student is currently interested in Reiki, but there are no practitioners in our immediate area. Can you recommend a good book on that or Therapeutic Touch? Thanks — Jay A. Hafner, D.C. Denver, CO .
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> My massage therapy student is currently interested in Reiki, but there > are no > practitioners in our immediate area.
I find that extremely unlikely for the Denver area. Write privately and I’ll see if some family knows of any. — | I’m old enough that I don’t have to pretend to be grown up.|
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Thanks! > My massage therapy student is currently interested in Reiki, but there > are no > practitioners in our immediate area. > I find that extremely unlikely for the Denver area. > Write privately and I’ll see if some family knows of > any. > — > | I’m old enough that I don’t have to pretend to be grown up.|
– Jay A. Hafner, D.C. RPGA Living Greyhawk County of Urnst Triad Oligarch #3 (CO, WY, NM, MT) www.cyface.com/countyofurnst www.yahoogroups.com/group/countyofurnst Teach a kid to play RPG’s or the hobby will die with us. .
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> >Is Reiki the one where the CMT doesn’t actually touch the patient??
> For a journalist, you sure have poor research skills. Certainly, you and your > team have already made your "case", eh Troll?
what case is that, I.L.S.A.?? — Willow: "I bet you’ll think coding is pretty cool. I mean, if you find two-digit multi-stacked conversions and primary number clusters a big hoot." Buffy: "He should be doing sixty years in prison, breaking rocks and making special friends with Rosco the weight lifter." Xander: "Yikes. The quality of mercy is not Buffy."
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>Therapeutic Touch is another energy modality, but a bit different.
I’ve heard both names used as the same thing…can you explain a little more about the differences between Therapeutic Touch and Reiki? Thank you
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Can someone tell me what Reiki is, and why people would choose Reiki over say for instance, "deep tissue massage."?? I’ve understood that Reiki has some very good healing factors. Debbee
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Reiki is basically the belief/practice of channeling of the Universal Life Force (energy, healing force, etc.). One doesn’t have to be licensed in most states to do it, and is not considerd to be "massage" per se, but a different form of bodywork. Deep tissue may not be appropriate for many clients — those with osteoporosis, fragile skin, some diabetes cases, certain injuries, & so on. Whether one ascribes to a belief in it or not, it would generally be considered a harmless manual therapy that may bring the client some relief of the problem(s) they are having. Different practitioners, with varied beliefs & backgrounds practice Reiki very differently. Some incorporate beliefs of reincarnation, re-birthing, breathwork, etc. into it, while some utilize it as a form of mind-body hypnosis or meditation. Many LMT’s practice Reiki — a good bet to look up. If Reiki’s not your cup of tea, at least you can still usually get a nice massage. Michele
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Is Reiki the one where the CMT doesn’t actually touch the patient?? Debbee
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> Is Reiki the one where the CMT doesn’t actually touch the patient??
Most of the time, yes. Some practitioners utilize very light touch during the session. The theory behind it is that a properly attuned (not my word, theirs) practitioners can somehow channel positive healing energy to clients & help remove negative energy. Therapeutic Touch is another energy modality, but a bit different. Michele
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>Is Reiki the one where the CMT doesn’t actually touch the patient?? >Debbee
For a journalist, you sure have poor research skills. Certainly, you and your team have already made your "case", eh Troll?
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>Looking for reference material to help with course on massage and<BR> >reflexology. Would be interested to hear of any sites or newsgroups<BR> ><BR>
The American Massage Therapy Association Website at http://www.amtamassage.org has information about massage therapy, finding a massage therapist, becoming a massage therapist, and more. A newsgroup is alt.backrubs, though there’s a lot of spam to wade through.
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>A newsgroup is alt.backrubs, though there’s a lot of spam to >wade through.
The alt.backrubs archive has lots of articles (no spam) that might help you too. Almost all of the files in the archive are from between 1991 and 1996 though. If you see an alt.backrubs article that you think should be in the archive please send it to me. Complete details about the archive are posted to the group every two weeks. You can find a copy of those details in the archive too. The archive was originally setup for FTP access but I find the WWW interface to the index more convenient when I just want to retrieve a few files at a time. There are copies of the archive in the USA, Japan, and Canada. Below are the addresses when you can find the archive: USA WWW: <URL:http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/medicine/alternative-heal thcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html> FTP: <URL:ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/academic/medicine/alternative-heal thcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/> Japan WWW: <URL:http://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/academic/medicine/alternat ive-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html> FTP: <URL:ftp://sunsite.sut.ac.jp/pub/academic/medicine/alternat ive-healthcare/massage-therapy/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html> Canada (Please connect only between 0200 and 1200 GMT) WWW: <URL:ftp://ftp.csd.uwo.ca/pub/news/alt.backrubs/WWW/README.html> FTP: <URL:ftp://ftp.csd.uwo.ca/pub/news/alt.backrubs/> — Answers to questions frequently asked in alt.backrubs are available at <URL:ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.answers/backrubs> See also <URL:http://www.ii.uib.no/~kjartan/backrubfaq/> Question 5.1.2 is about the archive of old postings
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Looking for reference material to help with course on massage and reflexology. Would be interested to hear of any sites or newsgroups
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