{"id":25157,"date":"2023-05-03T18:27:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T22:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/?p=25157"},"modified":"2023-05-13T11:15:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T15:15:58","slug":"massage-magazine-zeels-new-program-connects-massage-therapists-to-us-military-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeel.com\/blog\/zeel-massage-news\/massage-magazine-zeels-new-program-connects-massage-therapists-to-us-military-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Massage Magazine: &#8220;Zeel\u2019s New Program Connects Massage Therapists to U.S. Military Veterans&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massagemag.com\/zeels-new-program-connects-mts-to-u-s-military-veterans-142580\/\">MASSAGE Magazine<\/a>, May 2023<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Veterans Administration Community Care program has approved Zeel in order to connect massage therapists with military veterans. Zeel is now recruiting massage therapists from across the nation for its Massage for Veterans program.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>One day while serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Donald Deleskiewicz, a lance corporal, slipped while climbing into a tank. He fell and landed on his tailbone, or coccyx, an accident that led to years of chronic lower-back pain. Over the 30-plus years since he retired from the military, Deleskiewicz has pursued various treatments, including radio frequency, ablation, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs) and muscle relaxers\u2014but none of them relieved his pain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn\u2019t until Deleskiewicz began receiving massage therapy that he felt real relief. Massage, he said, has improved his flexibility, alleviated his chronic pain and allowed him to reduce his use of NSAIDs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNothing has done what massage has done for me, it\u2019s incredible,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massagemag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MASSAGE Magazine<\/a>. \u201cI never would have imagined it. It\u2019s helped with my movement and helps with the pain a great deal. I\u2019m extremely grateful to the VA for offering this to me.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deleskiewicz receives massage through the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Community Care program\u2014and more specifically, by coordinating sessions through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.massagemag.com\/zeels-new-program-connects-mts-to-u-s-military-veterans-142580\/zeel.com\/va\/massage-for-veterans\">Zeel\u2019s Massage for Veterans Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zee has been approved by the VA as a Community Care Provider in order to connect massage therapists with the millions of military veterans who have been living with pain since leaving the service. Zeel is now recruiting massage therapists from across the nation to work with Veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;Nothing has done what massage has done for me, it\u2019s incredible. I never would have imagined it. It\u2019s helped with my movement and helps with the pain a great deal.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Retired Lance Corporal Donald Deleskiewicz<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), more than 65% of our 16.5 million Veterans live with chronic pain\u2014one factor that has fueled opioid abuse, addiction, and overdose among Veterans. From 2010 to 2016, 6,485&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajpmonline.org\/article\/S0749-3797(19)30076-5\/pdf#:~:text\">veterans died<\/a>&nbsp;from opioid overdose. Mortality rates from overdose&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9262363\/\">increased by 53%<\/a>&nbsp;from 2010 to 2019 among veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VA has, for more than a decade, made various complementary and integrative therapies available to veterans, alongside Western medical care, but the new approach by Zeel promises to bring\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.massagemag.com\/relaxation-massage-doesnt-deserve-its-bad-rap-reach-more-clients-by-marketing-massage-as-just-stress-relief-121718\/\">healthy touch<\/a>\u00a0to veterans on much larger scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-thb-accent-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.massagemag.com\/zeels-new-program-connects-mts-to-u-s-military-veterans-142580\/\" style=\"border-radius:5px\">Keep Reading at Massage Magazine<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally published in MASSAGE Magazine, May 2023 The Veterans Administration Community Care program has approved Zeel in order to connect massage therapists with military veterans. 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