Archive for Anatomy
Heel Pain? Massage and Plantar Fascitis
Do your heels and the soles of your feet hurt when you first step on them when getting out of bed in the morning? If so, you may have the most common form of heel pain, Plantar Fascitis.
I should note before we start that none of this is intended to be a diagnosis of plantar [...]
Repetitive Stress Injuries and Massage
Repetitive motion of the hands, arms, and shoulders can lead over time to numbness, tingling, pain, and weakness in the arms and hands. These injuries are known by a collection of terms: Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI), Collective Trauma Syndromes, and by the most common term: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.
While Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a specific [...]
Balancing Hips, Abdominals, Glutes and Back
A client and I sat down to talk about some test results he recently received and how that would impact our work moving forward. I am concerned about doing certain kinds of spinal movement on him, and changed my strategy of today’s session as a result. One of my favorite things to do [...]