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There are many benefits to massage

Capital Gazette Communications
Published 01/04/09
J. Henson — The Capital Massage therapist Amelia Mitchell has been practicing for three years, after trying her hand at a variety of professions. The photos on this page show Ms. Mitchell working on regular client Jackie Gallagher of Crofton in Ms. Mitchell’s office inside Chesapeake Holistic Health Center in Arnold.

Massage therapist Amelia Mitchell a longtime practitioner demonstrates how she relieves soreness and relaxes a client for a feeling of wellbeing.
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Jeannine Di Pasquale used to be a skeptic.

She thought massages were an indulgence of the wealthy.

"I thought it was one of those things that people who had a lot of money did to pamper themselves," she said.

Then, 15 years ago, while she was completing a master's degree, working a full-time job and raising two children, a co-worker gave her a gift certificate for a massage.

She went - reluctantly - and left transformed. She was a lot less stressed and felt balanced, and the effects lasted for a couple weeks. Since then, she's visited massage therapists regularly as part of what she considers her...

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