Somatic Empathy: Restoring Community Health with Massage

Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH

Volume 12, Number 1 (2025) 12 (1): 19-28

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.63428/62w0et91

Keywords Massage Therapy, Traditional Medicine, Community Health, Healing Touch, Therapeutic Touch, Somatic Empathy, Pyschophysioenergetic Rhythms, Public Health

Abstract

From the jungle of west Mexico to the tangled streets of Boston healing touch has a powerful effect on the physical and mental well being of those who receive touch therapies. While conventional health institutions weigh the potential benefits of touch therapies such as massage and polarity therapy, research and the experiences of practitioners demonstrate the clear and concrete benefits of the therapeutically applied human touch. This is a much needed addition to the health system that can prevent as well as cure.

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Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH

Published August 13, 2025

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Somatic Empathy: Restoring Community Health with Massage. (2025). Fourth World Journal, 12(1), 19-28. https://doi.org/10.63428/62w0et91

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