Author: Julie Onofrio
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Science Literacy
What is Science Literacy? Science Literacy is the knowledge of key concepts in science and understanding the process of science. The origin of literacy is letra, Latin for letter, and literacy once very simply referred to the capacity to recognize letters and decode letter strings into recognizable words,along with the concomitant capacity to write words…
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Manual Lymph Drainage
Manual Lymph Drainage also referred to as Lymphatic Drainage is a type of hands on therapy that focuses on managing the flow of lymphatic fluid in the body. It was developed by Dr. Emil Vodder and his wife, Estrid) in 1936 in Paris for treatment of swollen lymph nodes. It is a light stretching of…
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Animal Massage Schools
Massage therapists are able to massage animals: dogs, horses, zoo animals, rehab for most any animal are most popular. It can be used to help horses move better in whatever event they participate in–from trail riding to Olympic events and horse racing. It can be helpful for animals that assist humans in every aspect. There…
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Types of massage therapy
There are many many types of massage therapy, each with their own unique history. My list includes about 100 types but I will be revising and adding more to that. ABMP’s list of various types of massage includes 350.Many come from the same lines in history. Massage Magazine has a list of 350 but not…
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Associate and Bachelor Degrees in Massage Therapy
Most massage schools do not offer full degree programs in massage and are considered to be more of a trade school. There are now a few that are offering more formal degrees. The degree itself is not recognized as being any more qualified than just fulfilling the regular massage school requirements. I would recommend them…