Category Archives: Massage therapy

Does Massage Release Toxins that Must Be Flushed out with Lots of Water?

Massage therapy works in many ways to relieve stress, alleviate muscle pain, and otherwise promote good health and well-being.  However, massage is not something you have to believe in for it to work any more than you have to believe in a root canal for it to relieve pain from an abscess. It’s not a placebo, although the placebo effect sometimes may be [...]

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Teaching Kinesiology

One of my jobs (doesn’t everyone have more than one?) is teaching at Oregon School of Massage. I teach a class called kinesiology to aspiring massage therapists. Kinesiology is the study human movement, so for me and my students, that means bones, joints, and muscles. Lots of muscles.  I teach two classes, one covering muscles of the [...]

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