Absolute Beginner's Guide to Alternative Medicine
Twenty-five states, the District of Columbia, and some cities require massage thera- pists to have 500 or more hours of educatio ...
earliest to develop in the human embryo and at less than eight weeks of gestation, a light stroking of the face will cause bendi ...
Each time a person experiences a trauma, undergoes an inflammatory process, or suffers from poor posture over time, the fascial ...
What Are the Different Types of Massage? The first massage therapy appointment usually begins with questions about one’s physica ...
Swedish massage uses five basic strokes. Effleurage, French for “touching,” is the introductory stroke. The therapist uses the w ...
runners might need to have their hamstrings worked extensively. This technique also concentrates on reducing or eliminating fact ...
tissues is similar to massage techniques. Yoga techniques used in Thai massage involve positioning the client in numerous stretc ...
Trying Massage at Home One needs little more wisdom than that evinced by King Frederick to realize that massage is among the mos ...
■ Comfort your partner by covering her/him with a sheet and placing a pillow under the knees when lying on the back and under th ...
Infant Massage Whether you are massaging a newborn or teaching parents infant massage, the process lasts for as little as a few ...
154 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TOALTERNATIVE MEDICINE Resources ■ American Massage Therapy Association http://www.amtamassage.org ...
In This Chapter ■The varieties of pressure-point therapy and their histories ■The systems and practice of pressure point therapi ...
What Are Pressure Point Therapies? Acupuncture and acupressure started in China several thousand years ago. The practice spread ...
and Oriental Medicine. Thirty-two states regulate the practice of acupuncture, and of the 6,500 acupuncturists practicing in the ...
The goal of care is to recognize and manage the disruption before illness or disease occurs. Qi can be thrown out of balance in ...
CHAPTER 12 PRESSURE-POINT THERAPIES 159 6 12 18 20 6 15 16 18 20 19 19 17 17 (^1313) 11 7 10 14 14 (^99) 8 8 (^33) 1 1 2 2 44 55 ...
Mind-Body Connections In the pressure point tradition, the mind, body, spirit, and emotions are never sepa- rated. Thus, the hea ...
body can be detected through palpating microsystems on the feet, hands, and ears. If something feels different in the microsyste ...
client sitting comfortably in a chair with the practitioner using thumb and fingers in small, creeping movements over the sole o ...
Hiccups Point 1. Find the point in the indentation behind each earlobe. Point 2. This point is located at the base of the throat ...
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