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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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Improve Your Wellbeing: How Massage Affects The Endocrine System

Your body is a brilliant, finely tuned mechanism that comes highly equipped to respond to whatever your life activities and experiences can throw at it. For example, if there is a signal of danger from the brain, the adrenals will secrete cortisol into the body to activate the fight or flight response so you can stay safe. Or if you need fuel, the body knows how to call up certain hormones to convert the calories you ingest into energy [...]

December 15, 2019 By John Stamoulos Articles, Health, Massage aches and pain, active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of massage, circulation, deep tissue massage, endocrine system, How Massage Affects The Endocrine System, Massage, Massage for Immune System Health, muscle aches, regular massage, relaxation massage, trigger point Therapy Comments Off Read more...

What Can Cupping Therapy Do For You?

Inflammation and pain go hand in hand in the physical body and are often the result of chronic muscle stress from such bad habits as poor posture, or repetitive movements such as slumping over a computer everyday or spending extended time holding a phone between your ear and your shoulder. Swelling at the site of pain can be immobilizing and uncomfortable and can actually increase the tension of muscles, which intensifies the cycle. Enter the ancient Chinese therapy of Cupping… Cupping [...]

June 15, 2019 By John Stamoulos Uncategorized Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of Essential Oils, benefits of massage, circulation, cupping, Cupping and Massage Therapy, Cupping Therapy, trigger point Therapy Comments Off Read more...

How Therapeutic Massage Can Help Sciatica

The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the body. It runs from the lumbar spine at the lower back, moves through the buttocks and branches out to extend down both legs to the feet. It is responsible for sensations experienced in the lower back, hips, legs, outside of the knee, upper foot as well as the heels and soles of the feet. When the sciatic nerve is inflamed or becomes irritated (sciatica), it can cause throbbing, burning pain, [...]

October 15, 2018 By admin Massage aches and pain, active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of massage, Can Massage Relieve Sciatica, circulation, cramps, deep tissue massage, Leg massage, lower back pain, lower back pain and massage, Massage, massage and sciatica, Massage for Immune System Health, massage health benefits, massage therapist, massage therapy, muscle aches, muscle spasm, regular massage, relaxation massage, sciatica, sports massage, trigger point Therapy Comments Off Read more...

Iliotibial Band Syndrome and the Role of Massage In Healing It

Iliotibial band syndrome is the name given to an injury that causes pain and tenderness along the outside of the thigh and knee or just above the knee joint. If you engage in activities such as running, cycling, hiking or long distance walking that involve repeated flexion and extension of the knee, you could be at risk. What exactly is the Iliotibial (IT) Band? Your IT band is a thick band of connective tissues that sources from the fascia in the [...]

September 15, 2018 By admin Massage aches and pain, active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of massage, benefits of sports massage, circulation, deep tissue massage, How Massage can help, Iliotibial Band, Iliotibial Band Syndrome, Iliotibial Band Syndrome and the Role of Massage In Healing It, Massage, Massage for Immune System Health, relaxation massage, Treatment of IT Band Syndrome, trigger point Therapy Comments Off Read more...

Suffering From Frozen Shoulder? Massage Can Help!

Your shoulder provides strength, flexibility and a wide range of motion that allows such everyday tasks as lifting, reaching, pulling, and pushing. It is one of the largest joints in the body. It is also one of the most vulnerable sites for injury and damage due to its complex structure and the necessity for looseness within the area so that fluid motion can occur. The Shoulder’s Physiology The shoulder system is a network of ligament, cartilage, bones and tendons that provide [...]

April 15, 2018 By admin Health, Massage aches and pain, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of Essential Oils, causes of frozen shoulder, circulation, deep tissue massage, frozen shoulder, healing frozen shoulder, Massage, Massage for Immune System Health, massage health benefits, massage therapy, regular massage, relaxation massage, Remedial Massage, Stress, trigger point Therapy Comments Off Read more...

Help from Massage in Healing Tennis Elbow

Lateral Epicondylitis or its more common name, ‘Tennis Elbow’ is a painful and debilitating condition which makes it difficult to do the simplest of things – hold a pen, shake hands, turn a steering wheel, open a door or carry a suitcase. The injury originally earned its name by afflicting several famous tennis players but it affects more than this segment of the population. The discomfort and tenderness of tennis elbow that begins in the elbow and can radiate into [...]

June 15, 2017 By admin Massage, Trigger Point Therapy aches and pain, active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of sports massage, circulation, deep tissue massage, healing tennis elbow, Massage, Massage for Immune System Health, massage health benefits, Massage in Healing Tennis Elbow, muscle aches, regular massage, tennis elbow, trigger point Therapy Comments Off Read more...

Massage and The Oxytocin Connection

Those feelings of bonding and connection you get when you make love, hug a friend, breathe deeply, walk in nature or pet your cat? They are generated because of the release of Oxytocin, often called the ‘love hormone’. Oxytocin originates in the brain’s hypothalamus and is secreted into the bloodstream by the pituitary. It is a neurotransmitter that affects numerous psychological and physiological responses in the body’s nervous system. Oxytocin also works with an opposing hormone, vasopressin (part of stimulation [...]

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Sports Massage for Soft Tissue Injuries

A detail image of a female leg being massaged. “Soft tissue” is the collective term commonly used to refer to the “softer” materials of the external parts of the body that exclude bones and joints. Your body is made up of 70% soft tissue such as muscles, tendons, fascia, ligaments, and nerves that connect, support, or surround other structures and organs. The body’s soft tissues are particularly susceptible to injury that can result in anything from minor to very serious depending on [...]

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How Massage Can Improve Posture

“Our necks and backs hurt, and poor posture is the No. 1 culprit,” says Janice Novak, M.S., author of the book, Posture, Get it Straight! Poor posture is one of the signature physical patterns that reflect our lifestyle and our stress. While it can be an inherited disability, it most often is the result of developed bad habits in daily living. Today, you are asked to adapt to a world that operates against the natural tendencies of good posture in your [...]

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