Katrina Carter, DPT, FNS, is a licensed travel physical therapist. She specializes in orthopedics and has a passion for providing education on nutrition for healing and overall health and wellness.

Different types of massage therapy can have a positive effect on blood pressure. Swedish massage, aromatherapy, and hand and foot massage have proven benefits. Massage therapy is not a substitute for ...

When you hear the word massage, the image that comes to mind is most likely that of gentle squeezing and pure relaxation. What you picture is probably a Swedish massage. The Swedish massage is one of ...

Massage is one of the earliest known therapeutic practices. Treatments for various disorders were based on the belief that massage therapy had curative characteristics shared by many ancient cultures, ...

Shiatsu is a form of massage that utilizes the hands, thumb, or other body parts, to apply direct pressure on various points or channels in the body. It is performed through loose clothing and does ...