Category: Definintions of Massage Therapy

Sandy Fritz, in her book describes these four main outcomes for massage therapy. Massage therapy is provided based on four categories of care related to each client’s goals and adaptive capacity: 1. Palliative care 2. Restorative care 3. Condition management 4. Therapeutic change Fritz, Sandy; Fritz, Luke. Mosby’s Fundamentals of Therapeutic Massage – E-Book (Kindle…

Massage and toxins – does massage help remove toxins from the bloodstream and from a person’s body?  If you mention toxins in a Facebook discussion group for massage therapists, that is a sure way to get yourself bullied and chastised. The great debate about toxins comes from a long line of toxin claimers – people…

Definition: Chronic degeneration articular cartilage of synovial (movable) joints, primarily affecting weight bearing joints.(sometimes referred to as degenerative joint disease) Other types of arthritis: Rheumatoid, spondylosis, gout, systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, infectious arthritis, kawasaki syndrome. Causes: improper posture that causes extra stress to joints, injuries resulting in toxic build up in joints,  leading…

Body of Knowledge definition Bodywork–Bodywork is a term used in complementary and integrative medicine (CIM)to describe any therapeutic, healing or personal self-development practice which may include massage, touch, movement or energetic work. One form of bodywork is massage therapy and the terms massage therapy and bodywork are frequently used interchangeably. However, while bodywork includes all…

“It was Timothy L. Fitzgerald, M.D. at Mary Free Bed Hospital that first suggested the use of the descriptive identity “Medical Massage” by the American Medical Massage Association” according to the AMMA.  https://www.americanmedicalmassage.com/history.htm Medical Massage Practitioners of America definition: Medical Massage is result oriented and the treatment is specifically directed to resolve conditions that have been…