Massage Therapy Journal Summer 2025

both help a client to feel comfortable enough to bring up the topic to a massage therapist, but also can help so the massage therapist feels comfortable holding the space for any emotional releases that may happen during the session. With this safe environment created, Carlton’s advice is simple: “My advice to someone who is curious about trying massage therapy to support their emotional health would be to work closely with their massage therapist about what they need.” For Hubbard, when it comes to massage therapy’s benefit for emotional well-being, the proof is in the pudding. “If your stress levels are a 7 out of 10 or higher as a baseline daily number, consider getting a massage once a week for a month, and then check your baseline stress level,” says Hubbard. “If it drops to a 4 or a 5 out of 10, consider getting massage one to two times a month as preventive health care.” “The unique blend of factors common to other therapies are presented in the setting specific to a therapeutic massage and bodywork session can enhance emotional well-being,” Larson says. “Touch is a powerful medicine.” References 1. McCarty D, Silver R, Quinn L, Dusing S, O’Shea TM. “Infant massage as a stress management technique for parents of hospitalized extremely preterm infants.” Infant Ment Health J. 2024 Jan;45(1):11-21. 2. Küçük Alemdar D, Bulut A, Yilmaz G. “Impact of music therapy and hand massage in the pediatric intensive care unit on pain, fear and stress: Randomized controlled trial.” J Pediatr Nurs. 2023 Jul-Aug;71:95-103. 3. Flament F, Maudet A, Bayer-Vanmoen M. ”The objective and subjective impact of a daily self-massage on visible signs of stress on the skin and emotional well-being.” Int J Cosmet Sci. 2023 Dec;45(6):761-768. 4. Hidaka O, Yanagi M, Takada K. ‘Mental stress-induced physiological changes in the human masseter muscle’ . J Dent Res . 2004 Mar;83(3):227-31. LEARN MORE For more in-depth information on massage therapy for the jaw, consider AMTA’s “TMJ: Relief With Massage Therapy” continuing education course, available at amtamassage.org/learn.

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