Archive for the 'Massage Research News' Category

Massage is TAX DEDUCTIBLE

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

I was given this tip by a client…and now here is the supporting evidence! NOW there is NO excuse!
The official word from the IRS! Catagorized under “Therapy”
Five Tax Deductions you never thought about
Deductible medical services can be performed by someone other than your doctor. If you have a condition like a bad back and your […]

Diabetics often use alternative and normal therapy

Tuesday, January 10th, 2006

Diabetics often use alternative and normal therapy
In a survey of 2,474 adult diabetics, Drs. Donald Garrow and Leonard E. Egede from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston found that nearly half (48 percent) reported using some form of CAM therapy such as acupuncture, chiropractic care, dietary or herbal therapy, or massage and relaxation […]

What’s this tapping business? Emotional Freedom Therapy

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

EFT, short for, Emotional Freedom Therapy. This is not massage therapy, however more and more massage therapists and other medical professionals are now using EFT.
Based on the ancient principles of acupuncture, EFT is a simple tapping procedure that gently realigns the body’s energy system, without the use of needles. Unlike other energy healing methods, […]

Massage therapy, healing touch are good medicine for the treatment and prevention of chronic disease

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

Thanks Health Ranger, Mike Adams and News Target for the following write up about Massage therapy, healing touch are good medicine for the treatment and prevention of chronic disease

Consumer Reports is in…MASSAGE WORKS!

Thursday, August 4th, 2005

You the consumer said it…what better proof can we get when we respond about what REALLY helps us when we are in pain.
This month’s Consumer Reports “Which alternative treatments work?” “Readers gave the highest marks to HANDS-ON treatments”
See for yourself. These are the first 3 pages of the article. Massage is one of the […]

RESULTS! No Massage Tax

Wednesday, July 6th, 2005

It was announced late last week that there will be no new sales taxes
in New Jersey THIS year. Massage therapy services will not be liable for sales tax for this year!
Thank you to everyone who contacted your legislators about this issue.
Perhaps a brief note of thanks to your legislators may be […]

Massage Therapy to be TAXED!

Monday, June 27th, 2005

NJ STATE TO PASS BILL IMPOSING SALES TAX ON MASSAGE THERAPY
The NJ State Budget and Appropriations committee has revised bill S2628–Modernization of sales and use tax (sponsored by Senator Bernard F. Kenny, Jr) to impose 6% sales tax on massage therapy, bodywork and somatic services. The only exemption to this would be if a client […]

Decompress with a standing work station and lose weight while you work

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

We are all guilty of sitting in front of the computer too long these days…here is a bright idea…try standing up! I spotted a little column about standing work stations in a magazine this month…but alas I lost the article!!! But after a little sleuth work..there was a wealth of info from the Mayo Clinic […]

Chronic Back Pain May Shrink the Brain

Saturday, June 4th, 2005

Whoa…what is this! When your done reading this call me for a session and we’ll work on it together.
If you’re one of the millions of people with chronic back pain, scientists say your brain may age up to 20 times faster than normal.
In the first study of its kind, researchers from Northwestern University have found […]

Touch Research Institute

Saturday, May 28th, 2005

This is THEE source for massage “touch” research.
http://www.miami.edu/touch-research/