At Houston Massage we partner with professionals to bring you the best of the oldest healing arts: Chinese records dating back 3,000 years document its use; the ancient Hindus, Persians and Egyptians applied forms of massage for many ailments; and Hippocrates wrote papers recommending the use of rubbing and friction for joint and circulatory problems. Today, the massage benefits are varied and far-reaching and your Houston Massage therapist will make certain you have all the choices. As an accepted part of many physical rehabilitation programs, Houston Massage provides massage therapy to support proven benefits for many chronic conditions, including low back pain, arthritis, bursitis, fatigue, high blood pressure, diabetes, immunity suppression, infertility, smoking cessation, depression, and more. And, as Houston Massage practices, massage also helps relieve the stress and tension of everyday living that can lead to disease and illness. Share you concerns and interests with your Houston Massage therapist.
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Massage, bodywork and somatic therapies are defined as the application of various techniques to the muscular structure and soft tissues of the human body. The professionals at Houston Massage offer these techniques.
Healthcare Massage
Massage therapy has a long history in healthcare throughout parts of the world. However, in the United States, its use as a healthcare practice greatly diminished with the rise of technological medicine and the pharmaceutical industry in the early twentieth century. That perception is gradually changing and Houston Massage is making that available to Houston area residents..
It wasn’t long ago that healthcare professionals in the United States scoffed at the idea of massage as a serious modality for a wide array of healthcare complaints ranging from musculoskeletal injury to pain management for cancer patients. Today, views are changing significantly and Houston Massage brings you the many choices. Groundbreaking studies on alternative medicine use by researchers such as David Eisenberg and Daniel Cherkin have shown a consistent pattern of both increased use and acceptance of massage as not only a viable healthcare modality, but a valuable one.1,2
Massage and other complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices are gaining interest with students in traditional medical schools, which is an indicator of even greater acceptance of these approaches by tomorrow’s physicians. An example of this came in June 2005 at the National Education Dialogue (NED) held at Georgetown University. This was a meeting of more than seventy healthcare professionals and educators from conventional medicine and nine CAM disciplines. These educators discussed how to integrate CAM training into future medical school curricula. As a fortunate participant, I was pleased at the warm reception we received from educators from some of the most prestigious medical schools in the country. Many seemed not only fascinated, but excited about the growth and potential of our emerging profession. Houston Massage is proud to offer leading edge therapy.