Saturday, February 11, 2012

Massage Therapy: The Gift of Touch

Touch. It's a human need. Babies in orphan nurseries, who are properly fed and kept warm and clean but not given enough touch, can die. The need for human touch never goes away. While our elders often lose the keen hearing they once enjoyed, and their eyes grow dim, their need for touch doesn'...
11/28/07 9:24pm

This is great advice.  The gift of touch - in our busy lives we miss this.  Imagine the Alzheimer's patient.

 

It is the simple things that can help in a complicated scenario - touch.

 

I hope all of you who are not yet engaged in somekind of massage therapy for yourself or your loved one (as the patient) get going on this ASAP.

 

You can also read about other treatments on our site.

 

All the best, smm 

Anonymous
JM
11/29/07 6:10pm
If you ask around, you can find a therapist that specializes in the elder population. Pretty much any massage therapist who knows their stuff will be able to provide, though. I read an article recently where an Alzheimer's patient who received massage started to talk to people again, and came to recognize her therapist after some months. If you can't afford a therapist, do a little research on geriatic massage or talk to someone in the field, and they can show you some basics strokes that you can do. The important part is you keep it light, and usually brief. In the meantime, just remember sitting and holding hands with your elder, or things like brushing their hair, can do a lot of good for them.
11/30/07 8:54am

Wonderful advice, JM. Thanks.

Carol

Anonymous
ktjohnston50
8/17/10 6:31pm

This was such great information, and so refreshing to hear that massage therapy can help. My grandmother was diagnosed with the disease years ago and depression played a big part in it. Massage therapy seems like a great way to help those with Alzheimer's Disease.

 

There are several med spas in Austin that are a great place if you haven't tried a massage treatment before. There are great people in the city that make you feel comfortable right away - even if it's your first treatment.

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