Articles tagged with 'therapeutic touch'

Regardless of the techniques used, how you touch your client is incredibly important to their overall experience.

Research has proven that bodyworkers and massage therapists can share their clients' emotional and/or physical symptoms.

While we in the profession often refer to the therapist-client relationship, we need to remember that the connection is primarily human to human.

One licensed massage therapist explores what it's been like to distance and miss massage work due to COVID-19, and what it might be like to return to massage.

Implementing eye-contact techniques like eye gazing within your practice is one of the best investments you will ever make.

The population of pregnant women may be disproportionately impacted by stress. MTs can help.

Massage therapy is an admittedly diverse discipline. So many techniques. So many perspectives. But it's also health care, and here's what I mean.

Regardless of the modalities we use, attuned touch allows us to connect with our clients and notice how they are responding to our work at a refined and nuanced level. Learn everything that goes into compassionate touch.

As I revisit a piece of incredible testimony from a massage recipient in 1875, I sit here in my chair utterly speechless. If my clients ever had a response like this, I would be a very satisfied and happy massage therapist indeed.

Manual lymph drainage (MLD) is a useful intervention employed in hospice and palliative care. Let's learn more about several approaches and techniques.