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...founder of the massage therapy program at the Center for Wellness and Health Communication, began to provide short massage sessions for students eight years ago, and the program has only grown since its launch. There are now several licensed massage therapists on staff, specializing in techniques such as shiatsu, sports injury, deep tissue and general relaxation. Stressed-out students can make pilgrimages to UHS, where they can pay for massage therapy with check, credit card or the trusty termbill. These mini-massages are available Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Center for Wellness and Health Communication...
...Shiatsu: A pattern of finger-thumb-palm movements along acupressure points...
...replacing them with spas. Radissons are adding spas, as are many health clubs. Choosing from the variety of rubdowns offered at these oases can take the kind of focus and endurance normally expended on choosing a career. There is traditional Swedish massage in which muscles are stroked and kneaded, Shiatsu and other acupressure-based Eastern techniques, reflexology (in which the hands and feet are prodded) and aromatherapy, which uses scented oils to enhance the effects of massage. For those with real backbone, there is the menage a trois of back rubs, the four-handed massage...
...chairs that will vibrate energetically up and down your weary body, but the new H.9 Inada Chair from Japan puts some brains behind the brawn. When you sit in it, infrared sensors scan your body to detect some 350 acupressure points. Once oriented, the leather chair begins a customized, Shiatsu-style massage accompanied by synchronized music meant to melt your tension away. If the synthesizer music drives you nuts, you can always pop in a CD of your...
...massage your partner and then learn to massage on your own. Private sessions run for two hours; $20 per person for students. Sessions conducted at the Healing Center near Porter Square. Contact Joe Foglia to set up an appointment at (781) 937-4186. To learn how to massage (Swedish, Shiatsu, Polarity techniques), rates...