Massage Works- The Proof: A Compendium of 150 Peer Reviewed Research Studies on the Treatment of 80 Aliments: Massage Is More Th

Do you think of massage therapy as just luxury when you can afford it? What if we told you that massage therapy has been shown to be very effective in treating many ailments that people suffer with today? This books contains summaries of and web links to 150 peer reviewed studies that prove the effectiveness of massage therapy in treating 80 different diseases and injuries. All of the studies in this book were carefully chosen from very credible sources and not just a compilation of individual studies. Our goal is is to show that massage therapy belongs in the mainstream medicine.

Butch Phelps is a licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Personal Trainer, and Certified in Active Isolated Stretching. Butch has been studying the muscles through the lens of an engineer, not a scientist, for over 8 years. He has worked with seniors, athletes of all levels, children, and people with joint replacements. His work has been successful in every case, helping his clients get back to the activities they love and avoiding surgeries or years of discomfort. Dr. Harvey Kaltsas, Acupuncture Physician, is a graduate of Williston Academy (’65) and Amherst College (’69), an alumnus of Boston University School of Law (’72) and the North American College of Acupuncture (’75), and a graduate of the New England School of Acupuncture (’77). Since apprenticing with Drs. John Ho Fen Shen and James Tin Yau So, he has been practicing acupuncture and Oriental medicine for 36 years. Dr. Kaltsas has been President of the Florida State Acupuncture Association and the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM); and as Chair of the Florida Board of Acupuncture he co-wrote most of the regulations governing the practice of acupuncture in Florida. In 1993 he was commended by the People’s Republic of China for his contributions to the field of acupuncture, and in 1996 he was named Acupuncturist of the year by AAAOM. He is the only acupuncturist ever to deliver testimony regarding acupuncture to the US Senate (June, 1993), and in 2008-9 he served as Legislative Chair for AAAOM and as official liaison to AAAOM’s lobbyist in Washington, D.C. For the past four years Dr. Kaltsas has served as visiting acupuncturist at the annual conferences of the National Foundation for Women Legislators. He is in private practice in Sarasota, Florida and has recently authored Acupuncture Works - the Proof, a compendium of 157 peer-reviewed studies documenting the cost-effectiveness of acupuncture. He was co-founder of Sarasota’s Academy of Chinese Healing Arts (since renamed East West College) and now teaches 15 nationally approved Continuing Education courses online at www.hkacup.com .