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Spa Treatments: The Art of Touch Therapy
It takes a very special and unique person to be a Spa Therapist. Whether you are a Massage Therapist or Skin Care Therapist, your goal in your career and in life, is to utilize massage to heal. This is your calling, your passion and your craft to be mastered. This section of theSpaBiz is dedicated to help you expand your understanding of how touch therapy is an art that can take years to master. Here is where we will provide information on all types spa treatments, or touch therapies and give you direction on how to perfect your craft.
The foundation of touch therapy is massage. It is always beneficial for a therapist to be reminded about what exactly massage is and what it does from the outside in to educate your clients on its benefits.
Wikipedia defines massage as "the practice of manipulation of the soft tissues of the body in order to fulfill any of several physical, functional/mechanical, and/or emotional goals. This may be achieved via structured, unstructured, stationary, and/or moving pressure, tension, motion, or vibration — manually or with mechanical aids. The target tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other connective tissue, as well as, lymphatic vessels, and/or organs of the gastrointestinal system. Massage can be applied with the hands, fingers, elbows, forearm, and feet and there are over 80 different types of massage. The most cited reasons for introduction was patient demand and clincal effectiveness. There are many beneficial effects of massage, including pain relief, stress reduction but also relief of many diseases. Theories behind what massage might do include blocking pain signals to the brain, activating the parasympathetic nervous system, stimulating the release of endorphins and serotonin, preventing fibrosis or scar tissue increasing the flow of lymph, and improving sleep."
The foundation of touch therapy is massage. It is always beneficial for a therapist to be reminded about what exactly massage is and what it does from the outside in to educate your clients on its benefits.
Wikipedia defines massage as "the practice of manipulation of the soft tissues of the body in order to fulfill any of several physical, functional/mechanical, and/or emotional goals. This may be achieved via structured, unstructured, stationary, and/or moving pressure, tension, motion, or vibration — manually or with mechanical aids. The target tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other connective tissue, as well as, lymphatic vessels, and/or organs of the gastrointestinal system. Massage can be applied with the hands, fingers, elbows, forearm, and feet and there are over 80 different types of massage. The most cited reasons for introduction was patient demand and clincal effectiveness. There are many beneficial effects of massage, including pain relief, stress reduction but also relief of many diseases. Theories behind what massage might do include blocking pain signals to the brain, activating the parasympathetic nervous system, stimulating the release of endorphins and serotonin, preventing fibrosis or scar tissue increasing the flow of lymph, and improving sleep."
Learn more about what the power of touch can do from the,
Touch Research Institute, Miami
Touch Research Institute, Miami
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