Word: shiatsu
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...findings come at the end of an eventful year for massage-therapy research. In March, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine published a study finding that Swedish massage, shiatsu foot massage, and acupuncture helped reduce pain and depression in postoperative cancer patients. An October 2007 pilot study by the Mayo Clinic showed that massage significantly reduced pain levels in patients recovering from heart surgery, prompting the internationally renowned treatment center to bring a full-time massage therapist onboard. That same month, the American Massage Therapy Association published a survey...
...Forget Jet Lag treatment ($400) is a soothing trifecta of therapies: an intensive rehydration of the sensitive under-eye area, an energetic fresh-mint-and-salt scrub of the legs to jump-start your sluggish circulation, and your choice of an aromatherapy or Shiatsu massage for a rejuvenating finish. Afterward, you can further reinvigorate yourself with a glass of fresh Alpine water...
...year-old building overlooking verdant Hyde Park, the Mandarin Oriental London is a welcome sight for weary souls climbing out of the cab or limo from Heathrow. Its one-hour-and-50-minute Ginger Ritual ($495) is billed as the perfect jet-lag cure, and comprises deep Shiatsu massage for the kidneys, feet, hips, shoulders, neck and back, as well as aromatherapy featuring an oil that's custom-blended to a guest's needs...
...lawyers on their arms, and are ready to resist eviction by the sheriff's office, which conducts nightly reconnaissance in circling helicopters. Farmers cook dinner for the protestors, massagers massage them and famous people play music for them - tonight it's the guy from Rage Against the Machine, shiatsu and some delicious homemade soy-milk hot chocolate. During the day, there are pop-ins from celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Willie Nelson, Martin Sheen, Danny Glover, Laura Dern, Ben Harper, Ralph Nader and, proving that casting directors are underpaid, the mom from Dharma & Greg. You figure if the Field...
...hair salon’s cramped quarters, a sign on the mirror reads: “Ask / About Our / STRESS RELIEVING / One Hour / SHIATSU and SWEDISH / Massage...