Hi there Find Touchers! I’m Mel. Or Melissa, depending on if you get emails from me. I thought that you might like to get to know me a little, and learn how I came to Find Touch, and how massage has changed my life. I was born in San Diego, and moved up to Seattle … Continue reading The story of how a stranger became at home in your world
Hi there Find Touchers! I’m Mel. Or Melissa, depending on if you get emails from me. I thought that you might like to get to know me a little, and learn how I came to Find Touch, and how massage has changed my life. I was born in San Diego, and moved up to Seattle … Continue reading The story on how a stranger became at home in your world
Mesothelioma patients experience a number of symptoms throughout the progression of their disease. Chest pain, difficulty breathing and anxiety are common, and coughing or reduced chest expansion may also occur. While a number of different treatmentscan help relieve these symptoms, massage therapy is one of the gentlest ways to keep them under control. Massage therapy … Continue reading How Massage Therapy can Benefit a Mesothelioma Patient
Find Touch would like to present a guest writer, Carole Osborne. Carole is a renowned author and leader in the world of massage therapy. She has pioneered the reintroduction of therapeutic massage and bodywork to healthcare for the childbearing year. Supporting Pregnancy with Massage Therapy Nurturing touch during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period is not … Continue reading Supporting Pregnancy with Massage Therapy
When I first learned massage, touching the spine was a no-go. We were learning Swedish and body mechanics, using long sweeping effleurages with neural glide returns. Those bumps in the center of the back were a no-hand zone. As we filled in the air spaces between our ears with practice and more practice, the “danger” … Continue reading Spinal Massage
There are many reasons why I decided to become a massage therapist. In many ways I’ve been a body worker since I was quite young, exchanging back rubs with my younger brother, and training him to walk on my back, until he was much too big and unwieldy for it. When I first sought a … Continue reading Why we do what we do