Oh yes, my friends… The routine massage, and how it effects us. Not just good for the body, good for the WHOLE body. The benefits we forget about sometimes because they’re so specific. A LOT of people still think of massage as pampering, I won’t name any names but… westerners… We all know that there [...]

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A woman’s body undergoes many changes and adaptations for the growing fetus. A few good tricks and techniques for helping mom stay comfortable can be quite simple. Here are a few treatments for morning sickness and lower back pain.
Morning Sickness: The Bladder Channel affords a very balanced treatment in pregnancy: it helps the Kidneys which [...]

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As you know, working the buttock muscles with your thumbs is oh so tiring. Use of elbows in this region is definitely best. Considering the gluteal muscles are the largest in the body they hold a lot of tension and can be the source of much referred pain all throughout the body, emotions also get [...]

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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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I have found three major types of shiatsu being practiced, each having the goal of balancing energy flow: shiatsu, acupressure, and zen shiatsu.
I spoke earlier in my amma post of shiatsu massage and how it views the body purely from an anatomic perspective. Along with using massage techniques, hard pressure is applied to the body [...]

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Preparing your mind for your sessions is something we all do differently. Some bodyworkers don’t do it at all. I am confident in saying that these bodywork sessions tend to be the ones that aren’t delivering the most healing attributes. There are many forms of meditation and I encourage each one of you to find [...]

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There are two types of dependence: physical and psychological.

Physical Dependence. In physical dependence, a person’s body gradually adapts to a drug and they then take increasingly larger doses to produce the same effect. If they go through a drug detox, the person can feel withdrawal symptoms, such as sweating, gastrointestinal upset, anxiety, insomnia, pain, and [...]

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Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) affects as many as 10 percent of Americans. Bodywork is one of the favored approaches to dealing with the sleep deprivation that can go along with RLS, it is considered a central nervous system disorder which often interferes with falling asleep. Their lower limbs have irritating sensations like creeping, crawling, burning. [...]

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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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I have been massaging my own masseter muscle and working on my TMJ for awhile now. My discomfort has definitely gone away and my jaw doesn’t click as much as it used to. I can’t quite kick the habit of chewing gum but you know, baby steps. A fellow massage therapist saw me rubbing stretching [...]

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