| You may come home one day to someone that | | | | some cases, completely reverse the condition. |
| you no longer recognize as your child. Of course | | | | Neuromuscular ReEducation helps to release |
| not, she is no longer a child. She may not be an | | | | chronic holding patterns caused by stress. This |
| adult yet either. She is somewhere in between | | | | technique uses a gentle, repetitive rocking motion |
| and that is exactly how she may feel at this time. | | | | for each area of the body. We all have stress |
| Are you looking for an experience that may help | | | | holding patterns, like the shoulder that rises |
| your teen during this time of transition? Massage | | | | toward the ear when stressed. NMR allows the |
| Therapy for Teenagers can help with growing | | | | client to "let go" of that pattern and find a better |
| pains, body image, and learning to feel | | | | way to move in ease. |
| comfortable in one's body. Plus, it offers a | | | | Thai Massage combines Acupressure and gentle, |
| welcomed break from poor posture during school | | | | passive, Yoga-like stretching. It is received while |
| and many hours of gaming or computer time. | | | | on a special mat on the floor. Your teen can |
| There are several massage therapy choices for | | | | enjoy Thai Massage as a means to enhance |
| teenagers. Like so many things that we explore in | | | | sports training, both pre- and post-event. |
| life, there are different levels of massage that are | | | | Once comfortable with a therapist, your teen |
| appropriate for beginner, intermediate, and | | | | may be ready to try an oil massage. Swedish |
| advanced clients. This article presents different | | | | Massage is very popular with teenagers. This |
| modes of massage therapy that are commonly | | | | technique is relaxing and helps to ease symptoms |
| available for teenagers. Some may be received | | | | of stress, anxiety, and depression. |
| while fully clothed or combined with an oil | | | | Like Thai Massage, Deep Tissue Massage may be |
| massage. | | | | beneficial in sports training. It is best to try Deep |
| Chair Massage provides a great introduction to | | | | Tissue after becoming at ease with providing the |
| the benefits of Massage Therapy for Teenagers | | | | therapist feedback during Swedish Massage. |
| without concerns for modesty. A teen's first visit | | | | Hot Stone Massage is an extension of Swedish |
| to a massage therapist may be awkward (like | | | | Massage with the deep relaxation induced by heat. |
| most things at this time of life), so the chair | | | | This technique is not recommended for some |
| massage is a perfect place to start. A 15- to | | | | teenagers or for any client's first time receiving |
| 30-minute session for an anxious teenager should | | | | Massage Therapy since she/he must feel |
| be enough to let him know that he can trust the | | | | confident in providing feedback to the therapist |
| therapist. | | | | regarding sensitivity to heat. |
| CranioSacral Therapy has been proven to be | | | | In summary, your teenager should start with a |
| beneficial in treating autism and learning difficulties. | | | | gentler technique, like chair massage, to get |
| This technique must be experienced to be fully | | | | accustomed to letting go and relaxing with the |
| appreciated. The therapist uses a very light touch | | | | therapist. After one or two sessions he or she |
| to release tissue restrictions affecting the | | | | may be ready to try another technique. Seek out |
| vertebrae or cranial bones (in the head). CST is | | | | a Massage Therapy Practice that offers many |
| especially useful with special-needs clients of all | | | | different types of massage under one roof. This |
| sorts. If the condition resulted from birth or | | | | will allow the teenager to discuss the next step |
| another trauma, such as a fall, CranioSacral | | | | with the current therapist. |
| Therapy may help to manage symptoms or, in | | | | |