Spinal cord injuries can cause a bruise, hemorrhage or laceration in the spinal cord. There is often concern about using bodywork under these sorts of circumstances. These damages can result in short- and long-term motor and sensory disability. You certainly want to be clear with the client and with their physician about any contraindications.
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With Plantar Fasciitis, the fscia on the inferior surface of the foot becomes inflammed. A bone spur can also form at the attachment of the plantar fascia to the inferior surface of the calcaneus. People come to me all the time to help in the recovery from plantar fasciitis. It is dreadfully painful and [...]

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Hopefully, if you are a massage therapist reading this, you already know where the sciatic nerve begins and where it ends. I feel for your clients if you don’t. For those of you who have come across this because you are suffering from sciatica or know someone who is I think you will find this [...]

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Amma? What the heck is amma? That’s what I said when I first heard this word. Amma gonna kick some butt! No, but really amma is a traditional Japanese massage, dating back over 4500 years! It is used here also in the United States as an effective contemporary style of massage.
This massage takes about 60 [...]

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WOW! This stuff is so cool! I’m reading about Polarity Therapy and it basically said that if you didn’t know what to do you could just place your hands on someone and love them. Because I am writing on the internet I feel the need to say that this is obviously not in a sexual [...]

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Working with energy is a concept foreign to most of Western culture, which is where I live. We don’t seem to place much value on subtle awareness in the hands. There is a fun simple experiment I like to have people try. This is fun at a party or in a relaxed atmosphere. Probably shouldn’t [...]

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One of the most playful forms of bodywork, the Trager Approach uses gentle rocking and other motions to induce deep relaxation. Milton Trager, a former boxer, dancer, and gymnast discovered that light hands-on touch could alleviate various ailments. In this method you help the client to experience what it feels like to move effortlessly, the [...]

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Massage and proper breathing go hand in hand. Deep, belly shaking breaths can be the difference between a painful experience and an experience that heals. So much can be assessed about a person from just seeing how they breath. Are they a shallow breather? Do they breath short and quick? When trying to relax, how [...]

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As Manual Therapists taking care of others is what we love and sometimes we forget to take care of ourselves. When I first started massage (oh, so long ago) I was really ignorant about how hard it was on me. I didn’t pay attention at my own aches and pains instead of listening I would [...]

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While plenty of us spend tons of time removing hair, there seems to be more and more talk about hair loss. Not just in men either, women, especially menopausal women are complaining about hair loss.
They relate this to the increase in Progesterone, a female hormone in the body that inhibits the development of new [...]

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