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Painless Mobility Goes Through Your Hip Flexors

Virtually every movement your body makes goes through the hips. Hip flexors are the engine through which our bodies move. They control balance, our ability to sit, stand, twist, reach, bend, walk and step. And when the hip flexors tighten it can lead to a host of problems, even in seemingly healthy and active individuals. Tight or locked hip flexors can contribute to your hip-related sports injuries or hip-related health issues such as: lower back pain and hip pain. damaged and injured tissues. Poor [...]

July 23, 2022 By admin Massage hip flexors and movement, mobility and hip flexors, the significance of hip flexors to mobility Comments Off Read more...

The Value of Stretching in Massage Therapy

Overused muscles can put physical stress on the body causing chronic tightness and soreness of those muscles as well as of joints. The cycle of joint and muscle dysfunction and pain can feed on itself causing further muscle and joint tightness, restricted motion and discomfort. With repetitive movements such as reaching, lifting, running, exercising, playing sports, etc., the cycle of tightness and pain can ramp up and cause debilitating restrictions in the free flow of movement in the body. Perhaps [...]

June 21, 2022 By admin Massage stretching and massage therapy, stretching techniques in massage therapy, the value of stretching Comments Off Read more...

Chronic Neck Pain and How Massage Can Help

Here is a statistic to leave you awestruck: It is estimated that worldwide, 6.6 billion people own smartphones – that is 83% of the global population! Considering that on average, the time spent each day hunched over your phone or a computer screen is somewhere around three or more hours – every day! – it is no wonder that neck pain issues (sometimes known as ‘tech neck’) is a growing problem for the vast majority of planetary humans! When we [...]

May 22, 2022 By admin Massage computers and neck pain, dealing with neck pain, massage and neck pain, smartphones and neck pain Comments Off Read more...

Time for a Reboot? Get a Massage

Without even being aware of it, our deadlines, work and home demands and even our socializing can take over our lives and fill every nook and cranny of our time schedule. As we strive to keep up with our obligations, the stress and tension can begin to translate into debilitating symptoms that we might ignore and just push through. However, those lower back pains, achy shoulders, sore necks and stiff joints can get progressively more frequent and persistent until [...]

April 19, 2022 By admin Massage healing overwhelm with massage, massage and wellbeing, reboot with massage Comments Off Read more...

Soft Tissue Strains and How Massage Can Help Heal Them

Soft tissue injuries occur in muscles, tendons and/or ligaments and represent the most common kind of musculoskeletal damage anywhere on the body. It might happen as a sports injury or from repetitive actions that can cause pain, swelling, limited range of motion, and bruising at the site of the injury. If these are ignored without some treatment, they can lead to more serious issues. Massage therapy is the kind of treatment that provides relief from pain and can also [...]

March 18, 2022 By admin Massage how massage therapy can help soft tissue injuries, massage and soft tissue injuries, soft tissue injuries Comments Off Read more...

Why Massage Therapy Supports Stress Relief

It is no secret that massage therapy promotes a sense of deep relaxation and wellbeing. Sometimes we give ourselves the gift of one but it is easy to overlook the health benefits of regular treatments. Maybe it is time to move massage from the ‘luxury’ column to the ‘necessary’ column of self-care? Regular massage can effectively reduce stress and anxiety, something of which there is no shortage these days! The physiological markers for this treatment of stress and anxiety lies in [...]

February 16, 2022 By admin Massage how massage relieves stress, massage therapy and stress relief, massage therapy for anxiety and stress Comments Off Read more...

Inflammation – How Massage Can Help

Inflammation is not a bad word if you consider that it is actually a healing response of the body when an injury, toxic or allergic reaction or infection occurs. It is the mechanism which protects the body internally, stops further damage and ultimately activates the processes necessary to repair the injured area. The Mechanics of Inflammation The process of inflammation is both complex and interesting and involves endogenous (internally sourced) cellular activities, the work of inflammatory mediators and other regulatory chemicals. [...]

November 15, 2021 By admin Massage cause of inflammation, how massage helps inflammation, inflammation and massage Comments Off Read more...

Massage after knee surgery? How It Can Help Your Healing

“The effects of massage therapy on pain, swelling and range of motion after total knee replacement surgery was examined in 2015 research published in the Journal of Physical Therapy Science. (https://www.amtamassage.org/publications/massage-therapy-journal/massage-orthopedic-pathologies/ ) The study found that massage is a comparable alternative to physical therapy to manage knee edema early in postoperative recovery.” Itmight seem counterintuitive to think about massage after knee replacementsurgery when the pain of recovery can sometimes be greater than the pain that originally sent you for the procedure! The process of knee replacement involves cutting into muscles around [...]

April 16, 2021 By admin Articles, Massage Comments Off Read more...

Proprioception and Massage

Your body has its own genius navigation system that orients you in relation to the space around you. This awareness is known as proprioception and it is described as the ability you have that allows you to touch your nose with your index finger when your eyes are closed, balance on one foot and know where your arm is when you hold it up or put it down by your side without actually looking at it. Even if you [...]

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Dealing with the Endless Disruption of Restless Leg Syndrome

Just when you need to sleep and rest from a hectic life, it starts. You finally are in bed and your lower leg and foot muscles start to tingle, spasm and generally feel like the above image looks. Accompanying these sensations, is the overwhelming urge to move the affected limb. You try rubbing your legs, walking around or doing deep knee bends but those crawly feelings just won’t let you sleep. Welcome to the world of Restless Leg Syndrome [...]

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