Post op lymphatic massage can help ease recovery If you have had plastic surgery, your doctor probably recommended post op lymphatic massage. Also called manual lymphatic drainage (MLD), lymphatic massage is a light-pressure technique that assists the flow of fluid away from a swollen area by using your body’s own systems. Unlike a Swedish or...Read More
To shamelessly quote Dylan: “the times they are a changing”. Life now moves at a break-neck pace as technological advances make accessing information faster than ever before. When everything moves this fast, stress typically enters the picture. Finding peace and balance in the midst of it all becomes a must for maintaining health and well-being....Read More
Swedish Massage, arguably the most recognizable style of massage in the West, serves as a basis from which many massage therapists work. A practitioner can use basic Swedish techniques for a variety of therapeutic and relaxation purposes. However, the term has become conflated over the years with relaxation work from the way that spas have...Read More
While our main focus is on clinical and therapeutic massage we are not afraid of a little “woo.” At least, not woo that has some medical research behind it. Search “reiki” in PubMed (a trusted online database of medical research papers) and you will find a small number of studies that form a beginning of...Read More
The benefits of lymphatic massage By Claire Schoen Light and rhythmic, lymphatic massage (also known as lymph massage or manual lymphatic massage) helps people manage pain and stimulate immunity. This specialty service is, perhaps, one of the most relaxing forms of massage – using such gentle pressure that the body can fully let down its...Read More
