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Cupping Therapy on Clients with Facial Injections
Cupping Therapy Question and Answer Series Intro Thank you for joining us for another installment of our Cupping Therapy Q&A Series. Here, we feature clinical questions submitted to us by […]
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January ACE Massage Cupping Therapy Classes
Winter 2018 is in full effect here in North America. Our educators are braving the cold to hold some fantastic classes this January. For more information on each class, click the […]
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Vacuum Therapies for Pain Relief
By Anita J. Shannon, LMBT and Rita Woods, LMTOriginally published in Massage Magazine, August, 2013. Pain is the most consistent complaint brought to professional health care practitioners. To effectively deal […]
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Integrating Vacutherapies Helps Achieve Homeostasis
Let’s play a quick word association game. Here goes: equilibrium, stability, balance, regulate, internal, conditions. And the word we’re looking for is: Homeostasis. Simply defined, homeostasis is the monitoring and maintaining of the body’s internal environment. This process aids the body in maintaining a balanced and healthy state.
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Massage Cupping and the Preacher
By Randy Heaps, LMT, CMCE Originally published in Massage Today, June, 2015, Vol. 15, Issue 06 I met Preacher Bob about two years ago. He had heard from a friend who […]
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VacuTherapies: New Tools in Our Fight Against Scar Tissue
Fact: All injuries cause micro tearing of the body’s soft tissue. After the inflammatory process, which is the body’s natural healing process, healing occurs with the formation of scar tissue. This action occurs during the proliferation phase of healing in which there are two types or stages of scar tissue formation: Immature– Immediately after a…
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Vacuum Therapies for Breast Care and Surgical Applications
The last two years revealed some amazing experiences as we delved deeper into breast care and surgical applications using vacuum therapies. In 2015 I organized two practicum programs, where graduates came to work on clients who have had issues around breast health such as fibrocystic and dense breast tissue, and surgeries such as lumpectomies, mastectomies,…
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Vacuum Therapies for Surgical Preparation and Recovery
Surgery can be one of the most traumatic, yet helpful, events that a person can undergo. Proper preparation and effective techniques for recovery can make a world of difference in the experience. Vacuum therapies present a successful path to integration with the medical community, and allow us to work directly with the surgeons and have…
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Make the Time to Transform Your Practice
Therapeutic benefits of massage therapies continue to be studied and documented. Recent studies have increased the amount of data supporting benefits beyond the wellness aspects and attention is turning to medical conditions.
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Medicupping: Have You Got Issues in Your Tissues?
This is just one of the reasons I was so excited when I left my MediCupping training… Therapists who have explored the use of vacuum therapies in bodywork have found that the addition of suction and lifting to other massage techniques has produced radical changes for clients and for themselves. One of the most amazing…
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