Athletes have much in common with massage therapists - some massage therapists even consider ourselves athletes. We regularly perform complex movements over an extended period of time, for both work and enjoyment. Massage therapists and athletes alike have an understanding of anatomy via training, performing, and education. Both groups often feel exhaustion from overuse, and...Read More
Post op lymphatic massage can help ease recovery If you have had plastic surgery, your doctor probably recommended post op lymphatic massage. Also called manual lymphatic drainage (MLD), lymphatic massage is a light-pressure technique that assists the flow of fluid away from a swollen area by using your body’s own systems. Unlike a Swedish or...Read More
To shamelessly quote Dylan: “the times they are a changing”. Life now moves at a break-neck pace as technological advances make accessing information faster than ever before. When everything moves this fast, stress typically enters the picture. Finding peace and balance in the midst of it all becomes a must for maintaining health and well-being....Read More
by James One commonly hears of a dichotomy in massage therapy between therapy and relaxation. For example, when selecting the purpose of a massage, a client often specifies either “therapeutic massage” or “relaxation massage.” Therapy is for fixing problems, and relaxation is for feeling good, for at least a short while. Might relaxation, however, actually...Read More
Groin Injury Relief- by E. Kinzie It was right around the holiday season and I was out for a leisurely stroll with my husband. Then it happened! A twinge in my left groin area. You know the kind or groin injury that a person can function ok enough but it has a pesky, mosquito like...Read More
Swedish Massage, arguably the most recognizable style of massage in the West, serves as a basis from which many massage therapists work. A practitioner can use basic Swedish techniques for a variety of therapeutic and relaxation purposes. However, the term has become conflated over the years with relaxation work from the way that spas have...Read More
The cast came off and the joint wasn’t what it used to be. The skin felt tight and bound down around the scar, the tissue sticking together. What was more, burning zingers radiated from the scar and the bone felt like fire ants. Although it used to be normal, now the joint didn’t want to...Read More
As its benefits become more well-known, people with the hypermobility type are starting to incorporate massage for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome into their management approach.Read More
