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The massage therapy industry is continuously increasing. In 2009, U.S. consumers spent between $4 and $6 billion on visits to massage therapists. [45] In 2015, research estimates that massage therapy was a $12.1 billion industry. [46]
Rolfing's purported improvement of posture. Rolfing (/ ˈ r ɔː l f ɪ ŋ, ˈ r ɒ l-/) [1] is a form of alternative medicine originally developed by Ida Rolf (1896–1979) as Structural Integration.
Quizlet was founded in 2005 by Andrew Sutherland as a studying tool to aid in memorization for his French class, which he claimed to have "aced". [6] [7] [8] ...
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Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) is a type of manual manipulation of the skin, not to be confused with massage, based on the hypothesis that it will encourage the natural drainage of the lymph, which carries waste products away from the tissues back toward the heart.
Lomilomi massage is a Polynesian method of kneading massage, but with overtones of the indigenous religious beliefs. The word lomilomi comes from the Hawaiian and Samoan languages. Lomi means "to knead.”
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After the main sections, there is a group of appendices. Appendix one focuses on clinical cases that show the use of massage in actual cases with patients. Some of the cases describe patients who lost weight due to massage therapy, others describe individuals who originally suffered from certain diseases and then received massage therapy, which helped them relieve symptoms, or actually seemed ...