Ancient Greeks
myofascial 2007 NCCAM study—have chosen to Contact Tony Hansen at Therapy on the
release make use of massage. Their testimoni- Gulf, 814 Anchor Rode Dr., in Naples,
and Romans were
therapy, or als regularly attest to its therapeutic or call 239-262-8722.
keen on massage.
any of the benefits and recognize its worth as an
Greek gymnasiums
other 12 aid to general wellness—a positive Contact Christina M. Mitchell at Chris-
modalities sign that the current positive trend will tina@BestBodyMassage.com or 239-
included massage I prac- continue. 293-0960. Visit BestBodyMassage.com.
rooms, and the
tice, can
not only
practice of massage
promote
appeared in every
healing,
country that
mobil-
ity and
was part of the flexibility,
Roman Empire.
but also
comple-
ment what
they do,” enthuses Hansen.
Christina Mitchell, owner of Best
Body Massage, also in Naples, special-
izes in medical massage for cancer
patients, orthopedic assessment, sports
massage and active isolated stretching.
A graduate of the Baltimore School of
Massage, Mitchell acquired her spe-
cialty training for medical patients at
the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center. “Ninety-nine percent of my
clients come for therapeutic reasons,”
she remarks.
While more research is needed to
support specific health benefits of mas-
sage, the National Center for Comple-
mentary and Alternative Medicine (NC-
CAM) continues to sponsor studies. The
effort is to determine if and how the
changes that occur in the body during
massage influence health, and to iden-
tify the conditions for which massage
may be most helpful.
Unwilling to wait for such statisti-
cal evidence, ever-growing numbers
of American adults—18 million per a
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