Word: thai
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...Francisco orthopedic surgeon Kevin Stone has referred patients for Thai massage to improve their flexibility. But Stone does not recommend the treatment for people with weak or unstable joints as there is a risk of dislocation. "The skills of the practitioner," he adds, "really determine the safety of the practice...
...hands but also her elbows, forearms, knees and feet. Instead of coming out of the treatment as limp as a dishrag, the recipient feels invigorated as well as relaxed. It's a combination many first-timers find irresistible. "What people have said is, once they've had a Thai massage, they can't go back to traditional table massage," says Apfelbaum, 48, author of Thai Massage: Sacred Bodywork (Avery/Penguin...
...Kaplan, owner of Audioworks Producers Group, a recording and remixing studio in New York City. Kaplan had broken a clavicle and wrist in a motorcycle accident in 1997, and the stress of subsequently hunching over a console only made the aftereffects of his injury worse. After his first Thai massage last year, "I had more freedom of movement in my shoulders and back and neck than I'd had in years," Kaplan recalls. "The pace and tempo were brighter and quicker than in table massage. There was a quicker sensation of relief and release...
Interest in Thai massage has grown dramatically since 1992, when Apfel-baum, already a licensed massage therapist, first boarded a plane to study the art at its source. Then for several years, she spent two to three months annually in Thailand, traveling around the country to learn a variety of methods. Other American massage therapists have made similar pilgrimages. Thai massage has taken off across the U.S. over the past four years, says Mary Beth Braun, president-elect of the American Massage Therapy Association. "In our surveys, we've seen our members increasingly list it as one of their techniques...
...Thai massage works on muscles, connective tissue and joints at the same time, says Minerva Noltee, of Mandala Med-Spa in Sarasota, Fla. "We pull and stretch the ligaments, muscles and the joints to their tolerance, never past their tolerance," she explains. Clients who suffer from mild muscular dystrophy and rheumatoid arthritis seem to benefit from the treatments, according to Noltee. There are other responses as well, she says. "The big one is 'I feel taller...