Research

Crafting a definition for this profession can help unify massage therapy and massage therapists in their roles as valid health-care providers.

A growing body of research on the craniosacral rhythm (CSR) is working to validate what has been palpated for decades—the CSR is a distinct and measurable physiological rhythm that has given way to its own distinct therapeutic discipline.

I often pose this question: “If you could have one thing different when you walk out that door, what do you want it to be?”

In order to closer examine how massage therapy is attuned to the needs of the client, research protocols must be flexible.

Whenever two surfaces need to glide—like tendon sheaths, the pericardium and the heart, or two muscles along each other—hyaluronic acid ensures everything goes smoothly.