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.

With Covid-related restrictions in place, massage therapists are reimagining ways to help their clients. By Ruth Fein Revell After the coronavirus lockdowns took hold in March, Suzanne Kwasniewski, a ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Juggling motherhood and her job as a professor researching genetics, Danielle Dick relishes the opportunity to just chill. But, what she thought would be a relaxing massage at Massage ...

Boulder, Colorado — Ilyse Streim views massage for people in hospice care as "whispering to the body through touch." "It's much lighter work. It's nurturing. It's slow," said Streim, a licensed ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Although massage is a widely adopted practice, its accessibility remains a challenge in some ...