But now it's an integral part of stress management, sports conditioning and other forms of healing. To help answer that question, our chat guest on Jan. 12 was Elliot Greene, former president of the American Massage Therapy Association. He has more than 25 years of experience in massage therapy and is trained in everything from deep tissue to neuromuscular massage. He also served as a consultant to President Clinton's Task Force for Health Care Reform. I have heard this helps to release toxins from the body.
Massage can help with that.
The only precaution is if massage might make the affect more extensive. For a healthy person that's usually not a concern. I know that armotheraphy is very popular in Europe and there is practical evidence that people who use it find it to be helpful, even though I'm not an Aromatherapist. At least that's what our pediatrician said. But we never really got serious about this because little babies seem so much more delicate.