Polarity therapy/Trager Method
Polarity therapy – Randolph Stone developed this method from using massage type movements and manipulations using eastern and western philosophy. Polarity therapy is when you balance the body both physically and energetically.
Trager Method – was developed by Milton Trager is uses movement exercises called mentastics along with massage movements, rocking and shaking gently different parts of the body to elevate build up tensions in the muscle tissues.
Rolfing is defined as using a systematic was or technique of structural integration developed by Ida Rolf. Rolfing aligns the major body parts and segments through stretching and striping of the fascia or connective tissues. Someone that has had rolfing done will experience pain this modality is not without soreness.
Reflexology – Reflexology originated with the Chinese and is practiced by putting pressure on he foot or hands that will stimulate certain organs of the body by pressing in certain locations. Eunice Ingham was credited with mapping the hands and feet and devising a technique that is popular today.
Touch for health is a simple form of kinesiology. This method of massage involves techniques that relieves stress on the muscles and internal organs. This massage method utilizes specialize kinesiology to derive information about the patient and how a particular substance or type of treatment might affect the body.
