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Articles on this website

• Massage News: Latest Scientific Research on Massage, What's happening in the news related to massage

• 6 Questions to Bodyworkers

• Massage Research

• Bodywork e-magazine

• Video Review: A list and review of massage videos, including authors' web site

• Deep Tissue Massage by Art Riggs

• Myofascial Release and CranioSacral therapy

• Fascia, TCM Meridians & Trigger Points

• The academic life of Dr. Ida Rolf

• Tips and Tricks for Cupping

• Anatomy articles by Tom Myers

• Orthopedic Massage articles

• Pathology articles

• Craniosacral therapy articles

• Classification of Massage modalities

• Articles by School of Integrated Body Therapy Essentials of Massage Therapy

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Magazine

• Massage Today (US): Excellent monthly articles on massage & bodyworks, free access.
• Soft Tissue Therapy (AU): Free eMagazine, great articles on soft tissue manipulation
• Massage and Bodywork :Magazine by Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (US), free access.
• Articles from Massage & Bodywork Magazine
• Massage Magazine : A popular magazine in the US, includes some free access articles.
• Massage Therapy Journal: Journal by American Massage Therapy Association, some free articles.
• Massage Magazine from Massage Australia
• Massage Therapists (Journal of the Australian Association of Massage Therapists)
• In Good Hands (AMT)
• The Art of Healing
• Sports Health, from Sports Medicine Australia
• Sports Trainer Digest, from Sports Medicine Australia
• Healing Arts Guide (US) Spa & Wellness
• Florida State Massage Therapy Association Newsletter
• Deep Massage Therapy Review, Nice articles on Muscle Memories by Whitney Lowe
• Up Close & Personal US
• Massage World UK
• Today's Therapist from UK
• Positive Health UK
• Massage Therapy Canada
• Massage Therapy Practice
• To Your Health
• Chiro Web
• Naturopathy Digest
• Nutritional Wellness
• Acupuncture Today
• Nexus
• Day Spa Magazine
• Skin Inc

• ezine: Articles on massage
• Bodywork Masterclass
• ChiroView
• Alternative Medicine
• Pain in the News
• Touch Research Institute
• LA Sports and Spine: Craig Liebenson, contains lots of Exercise for Bodyworkers
• Rehabilitation Articles by Craig Liebenson,
• MTJ Continuing Education Articles

• Early Manual Therapy Textbooks
• Per Henrik Ling The Father of Swedish Massage
• Swedish massage is not from Sweden
• History of Massage - Massage Mag.
• History of Massage The Bodyworker
• A Look Back

Useful Software

Human Anatomy

• Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body : The classic anatomy book online.

• Anatomy Arcade : Anatomy Games

• Visible Body : 3D Human Body

• BBC Human body

• Atlas of the Body : American Medical Association.

• Anatomy of the Head & Neck Tufts University

• Cross Sectional Human Anatomy Tufts University

• Arnold's Glossary of Human Anatomy at the University of Sydney

• On-line Muscle atlas : Muscles atlas, glossary, radiology from University of Washington

• Master Muscle List : Loyola University Medical Education Network provides illustrations of muscles, each with the origin & insertion, action, and related nerve.

• LUMEN Dissector : Dissection of human muscles.

• Skull Anatomy Tutorial GateWay Community College

• Anatomy tutorial : Nice graphical tutorial, includes muscular, skeletal system

• Intension Design Biotensegrity

• Plastination

• Body Worlds

Classical Anatomy & Art

• Dream Anatomy : US National Library of Medicine

• Turning the Pages Online: National Library of Medicine: Vesalius & Ambroise Paré 's books

• Leonardo daVinci on the Human Body from The Royal Collection

• Andreas Vesalius

• Meridian Points

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Schools

• The Bodyworker Comprehensive lists of various massage modalities

• International Alliance of Healthcare Educators : Craniosacral, Mechanical Link, Lymph Drainage, Visceral Manipulation, Aston Therapeutics, Fascial Mobilization, Zero Balancing.

• Time Magazine Innovators - Alternative Medicine

• Alexander Technique

• Applied Kinesiology George Goodheart

• Aston Patterning

• Body Mind Centering Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen

• Bodynamic

• Breema Bodywork

• Buteyko

• Continuum Emile Conrad

• Cyriax

• Dance Meditation

• Dorn Method for Spinal Therapy

• Dr Vodder School : Manual Lymph Drainage

• Feldenkrais

• Hanna Somatic

• Integrative Manual Therapy

• Kiradjee (Aus)

• Lomi School

• Ortho-Bionomy

• Polarity Therapy

• Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy

• Quantum Touch

• Rosen Method

• Tara Approach Healing Shock and Trauma

• Trager

• Zero Balancing : Fritz Smith

• Famous massage therapists by MassageNerd

People

• Peter Levine Trauma Healing

• James L. Oschman Energy Research

• Jacques Benveniste Water Memory, DigiBio

• Andrew Weil: Nutrition & Health Advisor

• Carolyn Myss : Healing

• Tieraona Low Dog : Healing

• Patricia Walden: Iyengar Yoga

• International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI)

• Inside Structural Integration

• Bodymind Integration Jack Painter

• Body-Mind Centering Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen

• CORE Institute George Kousaleos

• The Guild for Structural Integration Emmett Hutchins and Peter Melchior

• Guild for Therapeutic Bodywork, Inc. Ritchie Mintz

• Hellerwork^®, International Joseph Heller
• Institute of Structural Medicine Donna Bajelis
• International Professional School of Bodywork (IPSB) Edward Maupin
• Institute for Structural Integration ISI, Connective Tissue Massage John Latz
• Mana Integrative Therapies  Sol Peterson & Mark Gray
• Munich Group Peter Schwind, Christoph Sommer, Alain Croibier, Jean Pierre Barral, Didier Prat
• Northwest Center for Structural Integration Lawrence Kaufmann
• The Rolf Institute^®

• The School of Integrative Therapies, SOIT

• SOMA  Bill Williams

• Somatic Platonism Don Hanlon Johnson

• Tom Myers: Anatomy Trains

• Zen Therapy (Dub Leigh)

• Resources in Movement Kevin Frank & Caryn McHose

• Anatomy Trains (in Italian)

• Advanced-trainings.com (Til Luchau & Larry Koliha)

• Mary Bond Balancing Your Body

• Anita Boser Undulation

• Clay Cox Rolfer

• Gil Hedley Somanautics

• Will Johnson Institute of Embodiment

• Jeff Linn

• Owen Marcus

• Rolfing's Blog

• Aline Newton Rolfer

• Carole Osborne Sheets Body Therapy

• Art Riggs Deep Tissue Massage

• Kevin Roberts Soma Zen

• Liz Stewart Tracking the Recipe

• Sarah Suatoni

• Robert Schleip Somatics

• Ashuan Seouw (Aus)

• Michael Stanborough (Aus)

• John Smith (Aus)

Indirect Myofascial Release

• Andrew Cook : CranioSacral Therapy

• Charles Ridley: Biodynamics

• Roger Gilchrist

• James Jealous : Biodynamics

• John E. Upledger : Upledger Institute

• Jim Green : Acorn seminars

• Franklyn Sills : Craniosacral Biodynamics

• Milne Institute

Bowen

• Bowen Therapists Federation of Australia

• Bowen Association Australia

• Bowtech

• Myopractic : Australian College of Myopractic

• Ross Emmett : Emmett Technique (Aus)

Information & Articles

• BBC complementary medicine : Essential facts on complimentary medicine.
• BBC Homeopathy: The test BBC puts to the test the scientific evidence of Homeopathy.
• ABC Second Opinion : ABC TV (Australia) program which aims to inform alternative therapies available to address common ailments.
• Articles on Myofascial Release
• Equine Myofascia
• Does stretching before exercise prevent injury? What's good for you (Channel 9).
• Exercise to prevent back pain. What's good for you.
• What happens when you crack your joint? Dr. Karl
• What causes the joint pop?
• Joint popping
• Connective tissue Disorder site

• MotherNature The Healthy Living Bookshelf

Fascia Research

• The Architecture of Life : Articles on Scientific American by Donald E. Ingber

• The Ingber Lab
• European Fascia Research Project
• Helene Langevin: Mechanism of acupuncture, connective tissue research

Craniosacral

• Craniosacral Therapy Association of the UK
• Craniosacral Therapy Association North America
• Craniosacral Therapy Association Australia

• Andrew Cook : CranioSacral Therapy

• Roger Gilchrist : Craniosacral, Polarity

• James Jealous : Biodynamics

• John E. Upledger : Upledger Institute

• Michael J. Shea : Biodynamic Cranio-Sacral

• Franklyn Sills : Craniosacral Biodynamics

• Hugh Milne : Milne Institute, Visionary Craniosacral

• Articles on Cranio-Sacral Therapy: College of Cranio-Sacral Therapy, London.

• John Dalton , Newsletter

• CranioSacral Articles in Massage Today

• Articles by John Upledger (compiled by Massage Nerd)

Reflexology

• Foot-Reflexologist.com : By Barbara & Kevin Kunz, with great Articles & Resources
• Interactive foot reflexology chart: by Dorling Kindersley
• Real Bodywork : Learn Reflexology Online
• Reflexology Association of Australia : Include History, Methods, Articles & Charts
• Reflexology World Magazine (Aus)

• Father Josef's Reflexology : The founder of Rwo Shur Foot Reflexology in Asia [Dead Link]

• Articles on Fr. Josef Eugster in Taipei Times
• Rwo Shur articles in Taipei Times

Medical

• Medical Dictionary Online
• Health Encyclopedia : includes Medical encyclopedia
• Free books for doctors : Free online medical books