Bodywork Therapy and Chiropractic work

[Guest guest]

Looking for some general information regarding massage

healing/bodywork. I have been feeling healthy and happy using

meditation, but want to accompany that work with massage for toxin

release. How do I know which place to go or whom to see, and what

types are best?

 

As far as choropractic work, same thing. Where can I get a good

reference. I've asked around without much luck.

 

 

Any tips apprecaited, email me directly.

Stay healthy.

Suzie

[Guest guest]

Suzie,

I have been a National Board Certified Massage therapist for the last 8

years. Here's what I would advise, and you may do these things together

or separately to find the right therapist for you.

 

1) Use a therapist locator online. I highly recommend the one by the

American Massage Therapy Association found at :

http://www.amtamassage.org/findamassage/locator.htm

 

The ethical standards required of members of the AMTA are very high, and

even if you finally settle on someone who is not a member of AMTA, print

off their ethics statement and hold your therapist to them. They are

reasonable and necessary for a good, therapeutic (healing) relationship.

 

2) Ask for personal references from friends who regularly get massage.

 

3) Ask good questions: about where the therapist trained, how long, in

what types of massasge. Ask the therapist to describe each type of

massage he/she does and what it is useful for.

 

4) Try a therapist for 2-3 sessions before deciding if you want to stay

with him/her.

 

5) Make no commitment (buying package deals) early on except to try 2-3

sessions in a row.

 

6) As your email indicates, massage is a self-discovery process, and I

think it can be as key to the good of your life as anything else you can

do. It requires, though, that you are willing to listen to you body,

and find a therapist who will honor your body and your process.

 

7) When working with any therapist (massage or otherwise) trust gut

feelings and any feelings you have the day or two after seeing him/her.

Are those feelings your own, releasing from your body, or do they belong

to the therapist who has projected his/her own stuff onto you? Trust

the immediate response that your body will give you.

 

A massage therapist is working with the largest and most sensitive

system you have--your body. The work he/she does must be honoring and

full of integrity. Good massage work will release all kinds of things

from your body. You mention " toxins " which is a fairly generic word

that can mean almost anything. Body work will all you to reconnect with

your own memory, and those will be tapped into every time you get a

massage. A good therapist will know how to work with that. And,

remember, he/she will have to deal with what you release on his/her

table, too, after you leave.

 

8) I personally would avoid a spa and go for a therapist in private or

small group practice. It may not be fair to say this, but I have not

encountered massage work in a spa setting that is useful for ongoing

work on your life.

 

Robert

 

 

 

 

 

On Behalf Of Suzanne

Wednesday, December 28, 2005 5:19 AM

 

Bodywork Therapy and Chiropractic work

 

Looking for some general information regarding massage

healing/bodywork. I have been feeling healthy and happy using

meditation, but want to accompany that work with massage for toxin

release. How do I know which place to go or whom to see, and what

types are best?

 

As far as choropractic work, same thing. Where can I get a good

reference. I've asked around without much luck.

 

 

Any tips apprecaited, email me directly.

Stay healthy.

Suzie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Personally I have had 40-50 chiro's work on me and 100's of massage therapist. As a LMP it is easy to get treatment from others. I would suggest finding professionals that use many techniques, many LMP's learn swedish, deep tissue, NMT, maybe some injury treatment and then go out and practice on the public. Look for someone who has cranio-sacral, dep touch, connective tissue, myo-fascia, trager. hellerwork, etc. at least 8-10 tools in thier toolbaox. Chiro's look for one that does extremity adjustments, A technique called Zindlar- ,very amazing. I am in seattle area, if you are near here I can give you referral Sincerely Steve Suzanne <pacificsunsetdreaming wrote: Looking for some general information regarding massage

healing/bodywork. I have been feeling healthy and happy using meditation, but want to accompany that work with massage for toxin release. How do I know which place to go or whom to see, and what types are best?As far as choropractic work, same thing. Where can I get a good reference. I've asked around without much luck.Any tips apprecaited, email me directly.Stay healthy.Suzie

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[Guest guest]

Suzanne asked:

 

How do I know which place to go or whom to see, and what types (of body work) are best?>

 

Suzanne, apart from basic qualifications,

different people click with different types

of body work.

 

I have a client who feels more from Reflexology

than from acupuncture.

That is simply her preference, our local TCM

is far superior to me in skills!

 

Try a few, and see what and who makes you

feel good!

There are no hard and fast rules. Learn to

trust your own inner promptings.

 

Above all: enjoy!

 

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