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Reflections
It’s the time of year when we reminisce and wonder just where the last 12 months have gone so we’ve gathered together some news articles from our industry that illustrates the range and impact of natural therapies from the serious to the ewwww to the awwww.
| January | AUSTRALIAN Open crowd favourite Li Na insists she’s feeling fresh despite a taxing pre-tournament schedule that has included two-hour massage sessions that have left her body bruised. MORE |
| February | Revealed: What’s inside the $45,000 Oscars nominee gift bag … $600 worth of acupuncture, aromatherapy and nutrition sessions; $850 package of 10 personal training sessions; $795 under counter water …MORE |
| March | THE Cancer Council has issued a hardline warning on alternative cancer therapies cautioning patients they may compromise conventional medicines and make their condition worse. MORE |
| April | PARENTS are getting professional training in massage techniques to help calm their stressed-out babies. MORE |
| May | A CHIROPRACTIC degree at MacquarieUniversity is set to be axed amid a scathing campaign by medical professionals to phase out “quackery” in higher education. MORE |
| June | The question has puzzled the neighborhood of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn: Do so many residents have strained backs and overstressed muscles, or is something else going on? MORE |
| July | SCHOOLchildren are being taught to give each other massages as part of a national radical program to help combat bullying and violence in the playground. MORE |
| August | BINO’S back was killing him. He was suffering from scoliosis. He couldn’t move his legs, two of them anyway, and his tail just wouldn’t swish. What’s an albino alligator in that sort of health bind to do? Acupuncture, of course. MORE |
| September | IT’S often the first, and most awkward, question at a spa: “Do you prefer a male or female massage therapist?” MORE |
| October | Although cellulite is not a threat to your health, it can be unsightly. Massage (which increases lymphatic circulation) and essential oils can help. MORE |
| November | LYING on a massage table at a spa in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, Feri Tilukay closed his eyes and smiled blissfully as three enormous snakes slithered all over him. MORE |
| December | Let’s wait and see what this month brings other than the Firm.n.Fold Christmas Sale! |
