Biochemistry and bodywork

Modalities for Massage and Bodywork

Modalities for Massage and Bodywork,a edited by Elaine Stillerman, LMT, introduces the top twenty-one modalities in massage and bodywork. I had a favorite book, Bodywork Basics,(1) which covered many bodywork modalities in brief. Stillerman’s book is more detailed. This is not an “introduction to massage” book, but an overview of the top modalities. And each modality is covered in reasonable de...

Resolving Dilemmas Through Bodywork

Pamela Ellen Ferguson and Debra Persinger, co-authors and co-editors of Sand to Sky-Conversations with Teachers of Asian Medicine (Bloomington, IN: iUniverse; 2008), interview Marianne Steele in Germany on her shiatsu and massage therapy work in various forms of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder. The interview was conducted in a series of e-mail exchanges and telephone calls during late ...

The IJTMB as a Global Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork Resource

The IJTMB has a broad international (non-North American) readership, representing about one-third of all visitors to the Journal. What are the facilitators and barriers relevant to use of and participation in the IJTMB for international therapeutic massage and bodywork (TMB) researchers, educators, and practitioners? How can the IJTMB continue its growth and international recognition? This edit...

Understanding bodywork for the patient with cancer.

The goal of this article is to increase oncology nurses' understanding of common bodywork modalities and the current research about them in the oncology setting. Bodywork is a broad term that incorporates massage and energy modalities. Eleven modalities are described. In addition, issues related to safety, licensure, making referrals, and nurses' and bodyworkers' roles are discussed. Better kno...

The 15th Iranian National Congress of Biochemistry & 6th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology