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Massage Therapy Styles and Health Benefits

By Annie Stuart — 2020

Massage has been practiced for thousands of years. Today, if you need or want a massage, you can choose from about 80 massage therapy styles with a wide variety of pressures, movements, and techniques.

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An Introduction to Massage

Massage is the targeted manipulation of the body’s soft tissue through techniques such as kneading, rubbing, tapping, and stroking, either by hand or with the aid of massage tools. Depending on the style of massage, it can be done on a table, in a chair, on the floor, or even in water.

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What Is Reflexology? Can It Relieve Stress?

Several studies indicate that reflexology may reduce pain and psychological symptoms, such as stress and anxiety, and enhance relaxation and sleep.

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Brent A. Bauer
2020
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What Is Reflexology? An Expert Gives Us the Scoop

While some might consider reflexology a fancy word for massage, it's actually much more than that. To learn more about this practice, we talked with Laura Norman, founder of the Laura Norman Wellness center and author of Feet First: A Guide to Foot Reflexology.

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Audrey Noble
2017
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Bastyr’s Foot-Massaging Walkway Is a Literal Path to Good Health

The path at Bastyr University in Seattle is one of the few in North America and is constructed based on the principles of reflexology, an ancient Asian therapy that links health and well-being to specific points on the feet, hands and ears.

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Julie Davidow
2004
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What Does the Research Say about Reflexology?

Research studies in the U.S. and around the world indicate possible benefits of reflexology, particularly in reducing pain, enhancing relaxation, and reducing psychological symptoms, such as anxiety and depression.

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Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing
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Are There Health Benefits of Walking Barefoot on Stones?

The uneven surfaces of stone paths are commonly used for wellness as "reflexology paths," although you can get the same beneficial effects from any uneven stone pathway.

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Danielle Hill
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7 Bodywork Methods to Try

From the lightest massage to the deepest structural therapy, from the physical to the energetic, find your match.

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Hillari Dowdle
2008
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Reflexology

Reflexology (or foot reflexology) is a therapy based on the principle that there are small and specific areas of innervation in the hands and feet that correspond to specific muscle groups or organs of the body.

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Staff at drweil.com
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11 Reflections on Reflexology

Reflexologists believe that reflex points on the feet, hands and ears correspond to different body organs and systems, and that pressing them has a beneficial effect on a person's health. Reflexology is sometimes used by people with multiple sclerosis.

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Gay Falkowski
2016
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Reflexology of the Hands

Reflexology is commonly associated with the feet, while the possibilities of the hands are often overlooked. This is completely unjustified since hand reflexology is just as effective as foot reflexology.

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Ewald Kliegel
2019
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