Off-Site Level 3 - Pertinent Research
In your Off-Site Internship Level 3 (Medical Massage) you will be dealing with people with various medical conditions. The following is a list of research you can do about medical massage. There are links to short articles on research about massage therapy and various diseases or conditions you might encounter with clients or patients at the various sites.
Following the research list you will find a link to Touch Therapy protocol which can be used very effectively at many of these sites. We urge you to use these resources as a review and to help you prepare before you attend your scheduled Off-Site.
Abraham Residence III
Massage for Mental Health
Promising Studies on Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Massage and Music Therapy Helps Depressed Teenagers
Depression: What Every Woman Should Know
Voices of Illness is the landmark Peabody Award-winning documentary series on clinical depression,
manic depression (bipolar disorder) and schizophria featuring people who have recovered from
serious mental illness, telling their own stories in their own words. Featured in audio selections are
Rod Steiger on Manic Depression, Pattu Duke on Manic Depression, and Jason Robards on
Schizophrenia.
Lutheran Augustana Center
Therapeutic Touch Eases Agitation in People with Alzheimer
Massage Reduces Symptoms of Parkinson�s Disease
Massage Benefits Stroke Patients
Jacob Perlow Hospice
Frequently asked questions about Hospice
Acupressure for Fatigue and Depression in End-Stage Renal Disease
Massage for Long Term Pain
Massage Offers Respite for Primary Caregivers
St. Vincent�s Comprehensive Cancer Center
Massage Reduces Cancer Symptoms
Healing Touch Augments Radiation Therapy
Massage and Healing Touch Ease Cancer Symptoms
Massage Benefits Women with Breast Cancer
Massage Reduces Cancer Patient�s Pain, Anxiety
Michigan Hospital Integrates Massage
Therapeutic Massage Tops Touch in Reliving Cancer Pain
Many Cancer Patients Turn to Complimentary Medicine
Massage Magazine Web Site
Protocols for Off-Site Level 3
Internships at Off-Sites at this level often requires working on patients in what ever position they are most comfortable without moving them around for our ease of access to their body. You may work on patients sitting in a wheel chair, or sitting in a recliner receiving chemotherapy, or lying in bed. At times like these however the hands are usually always available. Touch Therapy protocol is a perfect way to work within those limitations on a patient's hands, providing them with relaxing, nuturing touch.
Touch Therapy Protocol adapted from a research project conducted at Cobble Hill Health Center in Brooklyn, NY from 1996 to 1997, funded by the New York State Department of Health, Alumna Barbara Goldschmidt ('88).