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What Is Energy Work: Some Thoughts from an Evidence-Based Therapist

What is energy work? Practitioners of energy work claim there is a subtle human energy field which they can detect with their hands. By placing their hands on or over their subject, they are able to...

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Does Massage Lower Stress Hormones? (For Therapists)

[A simpler article, written for clients, can be found here.] For a number of years I've followed the research of Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine. They've been...

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Does Massage Reduce Stress Hormones? (For Clients)

Most people find massage to be a very pleasant and relaxing experience. When scientists began to study massage and documented that levels of stress hormones were lower after massage, both clients and...

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Why Pain Hurts: Lorimer Moseley Explains

I've been learning a lot about the role of the brain and the central nervous system in our experience of pain. One of the people who studies this and writes about it is Lorimer Moseley, co-author of...

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Professor Moyer Discusses Reiki Research

Christopher Moyer, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology who has done research on anxiety, depression, and massage therapy. He recently co-authored the book Massage Therapy: Integrating Research and...

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If We Cannot Stretch Fascia, What Are We Doing?

When Ida Rolf began putting her hands and elbows on people’s skin and applying pressure, creating a slow, sustained stretch, she imagined that she was stretching fascial sheets.read more

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Got Back Pain? Call Us!

Got back pain? Call us!Low back pain is one of the leading causes of disability in the United States. Everyone knows someone who suffers from back pain and most Americans will suffer from it some time...

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Book Review: Explain Pain by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley

If I could make only one recommendation to people with chronic pain, it would be to read the book Explain Pain by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley.read more

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A Massage Therapist's Guide to SomaSimple

The SomaSimple forums are one of the best resources available for any manual therapist working with clients with chronic pain. However, massage therapists who find their way to the SomaSimple site are...

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Benefits of Massage Therapy for Anxiety and Depression

Anxiety and depression are common yet serious disorders.  Massage therapy may help.read more

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Herniated Discs, MRIs, and Low Back Pain: Part 1

"Did you hear about the study of the MRIs and herniated discs?" It was 1995, I was working at St.read more

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The Best of Ask the Massage Therapist

Sometimes an individual who has read one of my articles or stumbled across this blog is interested in reading more. I'm listing here the entries that I think are the most useful or the most...

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Massage Therapy Research and Education blog, by Dr. Christopher Moyer,...

Christopher Moyer, Ph.D., is a psychologist who has done research in massage therapy and meditation.read more

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Massage, My Friend, and Cancer

My friend recently died of breast cancer. She was an amazing woman who lived fully until the end. Everyone who knew her loved her, she made everyone feel special. I hadn't known her all that long or...

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