What's New

Increase in Studen Grant

IPPT — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:12:46 +0000

The maximum Pell grant is set to rise to $5,550 for the 2010-11 school year and, under the deal struck Thursday, would increase automatically each year in line with inflation.

Future Job Prognosis in Physical Therapy Aide Field

IPPT — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:30:52 +0000

Growth in employment of physical therapy aides is expected to grow 29 percent from 2006 to 2016. There are approximately 46,000 physical therapy aides currently employed–71 percent in physical therapy offices and hospitals and the rest in nursing facilities, offices of physicians, home health centers and outpatient care centers. Now is a great time to become a physical therapy aide.

Benefits of Massage Therapy

IPPT — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:06:06 +0000

Research in massage therapy has been ongoing for more than 120 years.
Here are some reported benefits of massage:
Medical school students at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School who were massaged before an exam showed a significant decrease in anxiety and respiratory rates, as well as a significant increase in white blood cells and natural killer cell activity, suggesting a benefit to the immune system.

Preliminary results suggested cancer patients had less pain and anxiety after receiving therapeutic massage at the James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute in Columbus, Ohio.

Women who had experienced the recent death of a child were less depressed after receiving therapeutic massage, according to preliminary results of a study at the University of South Carolina.
Studies funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found massage beneficial in improving weight gain in HIV-exposed infants and facilitating recovery in patients who underwent abdominal surgery. At the University of Miami School of Medicine’s Touch Research Institute, researchers have found that massage is helpful in decreasing blood pressure in people with hypertension, alleviating pain in migraine sufferers and improving alertness and performance in office workers.

An increasing number of research studies show massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of motion, and increases endorphins (enhancing medical treatment). Although therapeutic massage does not increase muscle strength, it can stimulate weak, inactive muscles and, thus, partially compensate for the lack of exercise and inactivity resulting from illness or injury. It also can hasten and lead to a more complete recovery from exercise or injury.

Multiple dose effects

IPPT — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:37:21 +0000

Pain relief: When combined with education and exercises, massage might help sub-acute, chronic, non-specific low back pain. Furthermore, massage has been shown to reduce pain experienced in the days or weeks after treatment.
Trait anxiety: Massage has been shown to reduce trait anxiety; a person’s general susceptibility to anxiety.
Depression: Massage has been shown to reduce subclinical depression.
Diseases: Massage, involving stretching, has been shown to help with spastic diplegia resulting from Cerebral palsy in a small pilot study. The researchers warn that these results should “be viewed with caution until a double-blind controlled trial can be conducted”. Massage has been used in an effort to improve symptoms, disease progression, and quality of life in HIV patients, however, this treatment is not scientifically supported.

Why Do People Get Massage Therapy?

IPPT — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:15:55 +0000

People get massage therapy for relaxation or for a variety of health conditions:
• Back pain
• Inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and tendinitis
• Stress relief and stress-related conditions
• Headaches and migraines
• Muscle and related conditions such as spasms, strains and sprains
• Repetitive strain injury, such as carpal tunnel syndrome
• Circulatory and respiratory problems
• Post-injury and post surgical rehabilitation
Massage therapy relieves stress. It is thought to help the body’s stress response by lowering levels of hormones such as cortisol. Massage therapy also appears to enhance immune function.

New Updates and Changes!!

IPPT — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:19:49 +0000

If you have missed our last Open Houes it is not too late. Contact us to reserve your place for our next up coming dates.
Stop by and see our state of the art Internet Library and many more new changes.

What is Massage Therapy and How does it work?

IPPT — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:12:35 +0000

Massage therapy, also known as Swedish massage, is the most common form of massage therapy in the United States. Massage therapists use long, smooth strokes, kneading and other movements focused on superficial layers of muscle using massage oil or lotion. Massage therapy can help to relax your stress in many ways. Massage involves acting on and manipulating the body with pressure-structured, unstructured, stationary, or moving-tension, motion, or vibration, done manually or with mechanical aids. Target tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other connective tissues, as well as lymphatic vessels, or organs of the gastrointestinal system. Massage can be applied with the hands, fingers, elbows, forearms, and feet. Massage therapy improves circulation by bringing oxygen and other nutrients to body tissues. It relieves muscle tension and pain, increases flexibility and mobility, and helps clear lactic acid and other waste, which reduces pain and stiffness in muscles and joints.There are over eight different recognized massage modalities. Massage therapy improves circulation by bringing oxygen and other nutrients to body tissues.

Origin and meaning of word “Massage” Therapy.

IPPT — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:27:12 +0000

Massage is the practice of soft tissue manipulation with physical, functional, and in some cases psychological purposes and goals. The word “massage” is a French word which means ”friction of kneading,” or from Arabic ,” massa” meaning “to touch, feel or handle” or from Greek word “massein,” to knead. An older etymology may even have been the Hebrew “me-sakj” meaning “to anoint with oil”. The oldest medical book in existence mentions the treatment of paralysis and reduced circulation using massage. That was written in China in approximately 1000 BC and is called “The Yellow Emperor’s Classics of Internal Medicine.” And Hippocrates, circa 460-375 BC, discussed “gently rubbing” a dislocated shoulder following reduction to aid healing. The ancient Greeks used massage on athletes before and after sport. It was thought to help prepare the muscles before activity and remove extra fluid and metabolites after sport, a concept which is still used today. Gaelen of Rome (129-199 AD) wrote 16 books on friction massage and gymnastics (remedial exercise), describing the pressure direction and frequency of treatment.
Massage Therapy was formerly introduced as a separate profession in the United States in 1917, when the Surgeon-General set up a rehabilitation process for soldiers wounded in the First World War.

New Loan America On-Line Student Loan Application

IPPT — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:07:59 +0000

Here is the link to the new Loan America student loan application: go to site

Happy New Year

IPPT — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:46:11 +0000

We at IPPT would like to wish all of our students success and well being in the New Year.