Benefits of Giving and Receiving TLC Touch TM

Here's what people say about giving and receiving TLC Touch!

"Learning TLC Touch made me more relaxed around my son. I was finally able to feel comfortable touching my son on his feet - the one place where there weren't any wires or tubes"

"Our daughter had been sick for so long, we had forgotten how to just play together. TLC Touch gave us the tools we needed to relax and play with our little daughter - just like we were 'normal' parents. WE had so much fun, we forgot everything but just being together and loving."

Beneﬁts from touch therapy were experienced by children and adults with many types of adverse health conditions, including:

                        premature babies • arthritis

                        cancer • diabetes

                        mental illness • anxiety

                        chronic pain • depression

                        asthma • hospitalized

                        ADHD patients, and more

                        autism

The Touch Research Institute has published over 100 studies on the effectiveness of touch therapy. One example:

“Leukemia immune changes following massage therapy: Twenty children with leukemia were provided with daily massage therapy by their parents and were compared to a standard treatment control group. Following a month of massage therapy, the children’s white blood cell and neutrophil counts increased.” Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies V. 3, 1-5., 2001

Field, T., Cullen, C., Diego, M., Hernandez-Reif, M., Sprinz,

P., Beebe, K., Kissel, B. & Bango-Sanchez.

• Helps in the healing process
• Rebuilds hope
• Supports as much quality of life as possible
• Helps people "connect with healing"
• People feel more whole and lovable
• Receiver reported receiving touch helped them restore their
confidence in the goodness of Human Kind
• A patient undergoing a bone marrow transplant reported
receiving massage from his mother said, "The power of
healing through touch was the best medicine I could have
received"
• Provides relief from isolation
• Reduces suffering
• Brings restfulness, tranquility and ease
• Helps people feel like they can piece their body back together
again
• Bring patients back into their body so they can reclaim their
whole body

FTLC Touch Benefits EVERYONE in the Whole Family!

HERE'S HOW:

TLC Touch:

Communicates love and caring, Builds and maintains a strong bond especially during times of illness or trauma, Empowers family members by actively contributing to the health and well being of their loved ones, Gives family members something concrete and positive to do that eases feelings of helplessness when caring for ill or traumatized loved ones, Learning TLC Touch helps family members to relax during stressful or traumatic times in their lives, Allows families to express love in ways beyond words, Reduces isolation, Helps decrease loneliness, Siblings report they feel included as part of the health care team when given the opportunity to communicate through TLC Touch their love and caring, Giving touch is one way of doing everything possible for your loved one, FTLC Touch enhances quality time for all, All family members can feel involved, emotionally and physically, in their Loved ones care