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Medical Massage and Insurance Coverage by Andrew Wolfe, LMP
By: Andrew Wolfe LMP    Wednesday, Feb 08, 2012
Conditions: alternative health,medical massage,injury massage,sports injuires
Medical massage therapy is recognized as a health care provision under rehabilitation outpatient coverage under most major medical plans. Specific plan coverage’s vary according to the benefit package your plan and/or employer offer. Medical massage therapy definition is the ability to heal, restore and improve function which was otherwise compromised due to illness, injury, disease or surgery. It must be a part of a treatment plan your primary care provider recommends as medically necessary to restore lost function. Provisions are also given towards motor vehicle accident (PIP) and ...Read More
Cold and Flu Season
By: Andrew Wolfe LMP    Wednesday, Feb 08, 2012
Conditions: wellness care, holistic health,immunity,preventative health
Bump up your immune system with a massage by Andrew Wolfe, LMP Harvest is upon us again. It is a time to gather and take in the bounty of our labors. It is also a time of reflection, a time to look within and assess our needs; to take inventory and appreciate what we have. In the medical community and with the reminders in the media, we realize it is also cold and flu season, a time when we can deplete our immune system. When this happens not just the individual suffers but all those around them do also. As a society we have been informed of communicable diseases and how they are spread. ...Read More
The Four Problems of Using R-I-C-E for Tendonitis
By: Joshua Tucker    Thursday, Mar 11, 2010
Topic: Chronic Illness
Rest. Ice. Compression. Elevation. Doctors have recommended this method as a standard of treating injury for decades. And while it's a good idea for the first several days after an acute injury, it is not the most effective treatment for chronic injury like Tendonitis. Below are 4 problems that make using the R.I.C.E. method a bad idea for people suffering from new or chronic Tendonitis, regardless of whether pain symptoms are mild or severe. 1. Rest. Rest does not cure Tendonitis. It doesn't help it heal correctly, it doesn't fix the root problem, it doesn't eliminate the cause of ...Read More
Medical Massage Concept
By: Ross Turchaninov    Saturday, Feb 20, 2010
For more information about medical massage please go to http://www.scienceofmassage.com The latest trend in American medicine is the concept of integrative medicine in which traditional and alternative approaches are brought together for the patient's optimal health benefits. In such a case, the ultimate solution to an illness finds itself in the flexible combination of different methods and techniques whereby the physician approaches the abnormality from different perspectives. This concept, however, will never be as effective as intended so long as pathological abnormalities in the soft ...Read More