Saturday, June 23, 2007

Therapeutic Touch to Promote Good Health

Massage can be relaxing, soothing, invigorating, pain relieving, and/or stress reducing -- done to improve overall health -- using various healing techniques.

Reflexology is a therapeutic touch technique in which the whole body can be treated by applying focused pressure on reflex zones in the feet and hands -- it is done to prevent illness and to encourage the body to heal by releasing blockages.

Swedish Massage is the basic method used in traditional massage using long flowing strokes, rubbing, tapping, deep kneading, and the movement of the joints.

Shiatsu involves the firm pressing of specific acupuncture points along the meridian channel to stimulate or sedate (balance) the flow of vital energy throughout the body.

Osteopathy uses massage and manipulative techniques to return balance to the skeletal, muscular, and nervous system -- based on the concept that the structure of the body must be correctly aligned in order to maintain good health.

Aromatherapy Massage combines the aromatic essential oils of plants with massage oil to further rejuvenate, revitalize, stimulate, calm or reduce stress and aid in the treatment of ailments while being massaged.

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