Our editors tested the Chirp Contour Decompression and Massage Table for weeks to see if it alleviated pain. Here’s why we think it’s worth the investment.

A new year means that all the Christmas chocolate will be reduced in the shops, but if you head to Marks & Spencer, you’ll find something you hadn’t bargained for on the shelves. Shoppers have spotted ...

In a grey-walled room in the Dutch city of Nijmegen, a strange activity is underfoot. Wearing a cap covered in sensors and positioning themselves into a chair, a person places their bare feet over two ...

A client once told me, right after her session, “That’s the first time I’ve felt safe in days.” It wasn’t the technique that made the biggest difference. It was the quiet. The breath. The feeling of ...

In therapy settings across the globe, dogs are trusted partners in healing. They sit beside children learning to read, comfort veterans battling posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and offer a ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

How come you can't tickle yourself? And why can some people handle tickling perfectly fine while others scream their heads off? Neuroscientists argue that we should take tickle research more seriously ...

MPS Art Therapy presents a talk with Mia de Béthune on the importance of touch and full-body artmaking for art therapy as part of its virtual community lecture. The Importance of Touch and Full Body ...

Its been five years of touch starvation. I’ll probably have some more years of it. I’m not handling this well. Lisbeth continued, “I feel like I’m dying from touch starvation, y’all. I don’t get hugs.

Are massage or touch therapies beneficial to individuals with Alzheimer’s disease? Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo once said, “To touch is to give life.” Scientists and studies have long found ...

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