Words of Wellness

How to keep you and your family healthy and pain free while traveling this winter season. To help keep your muscles and immune system in tip-top shape this winter season, it is important to incorporate stretching and massage techniques before, during and after your travels.

Prepare your mind and body for the changing seasons this year by incorporating hot stone massage into your overall health and wellness regimen this winter.

Staying fit during the winter holiday season comes with a long list of unique challenges and obstacles, but staying injury free can take even more of an effort when you introduce new, winter-specific activities like skiing, skating and sledding into your fitness routine.

Our therapists often get asked: How often should I receive a massage? The answer to this question depends on your reasons for receiving a massage. For those who use massage as preventative care or to manage daily stress, one massage a month is common. Weekly sessions may be necessary if you are receiving massage for injury relief or to relieve chronic tightness that...

Today (May 12, 2011) is National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day and we think it’s important to draw attention to this painful disease that affects more than 12 million Americans.

Massage to support a healthy lifestyle is a common technique today for the management and prevention of sport injuries.

It’s a proven statistic. More women than men enjoy the benefits of regular therapeutic massage. According to the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), statistics from their 2009 national studies reveal 40 percent of women and only 29 percent of men reported seeing a massage therapist in the past five years.

Postnatal Massage is a natural therapy designed to help relax and heal a new mother. The postnatal massage is similar and yet, very different from a prenatal massage.

Therapeutic sports massage was originally developed to help athletes prepare their bodies for optimal performance and aid in quick recovery. Many elite athletes consider sports massage an essential part of their training and recovery routine. They rely on it to help them train more effectively, improve performance, prevent injury and speed their recovery after strenuous exertion.

Losing is a Great Beginning Michele Merhib, founder of Elements Therapeutic Massage, shares what she has learned through a long history of turning loss into opportunity. I consider myself a winner because I have become one of the luckiest and most determined losers. When I finished massage school, I went into business for myself—thinking I had officially arrived....