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Jul
31

Interesting Articles on Massage

By Barb Gordon

I was searching for some photographs that my neuromuscular theripist told me about that were in Massage Magazine. While I was looking for them I came across a couple interesting articles you may wish to read.

“Massage therapy decreased pain, symptom distress and anxiety in hospitalized cancer patients, according to a recent study.” See the article at www.massagemag.com/Magazine/2003/issue106/research106.php

Massage Versus Relaxation for Breast Cancer www.massagemag.com/Magazine/2004/issue108/research108.1.php

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