http://www.paulbrown.net Massage, Bodywork, Ethics of Touch, Service Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:24:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Add a luxurious Hot Stone Massage to your massage session for only $10 this July!  The hot stones send penetrating heat deep within your muscles, allowing for them to relax more easily.  Being massaged by the hot stones is a fantastically relaxing experience, too!  After the heat  has done its ... http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2008/07/04/july-specials/ Help yourself and help the economy at the same time by purchasing a massage session today!What a great way to use a part of your rebate - some time on my massage table. http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2008/05/16/a-little-stimulation-with-your-stimulus/ I'll be there with my massage chair, doing massage for donations to Team Bear. Also, I'll be raffling off a two-hour massage gift certificate (not a one-hour like it says). Sister Mary Juanita High will be blessing the riders and roadies, too, and we'll have music - lots ... http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2008/05/12/team-bear-send-off-party/ What can you do to improve your sleep? Running up a sleep debt seems to be the way of life for many people, which can lead to mental and physical fatigue.Have a regular time for sleep. Spend the final hour of your day preparing for sleep. Have ... http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2008/04/22/improve-your-sleep/ You might be wondering what to do with that tax rebate check or your tax refund. My suggestion to you is that you make a commitment to your health by buying a multi-massage discount pack. Packs are available in 5 or 10 sessions - buy five and save ... http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2008/04/17/make-a-commitment-to-yourself/ Client is an 81-year old man who woke up in the middle of the night with chest pains. After the doctors determined that he was not having a cardiac episode, they prescribed a bunch of pain meds and muscle relaxants. The meds gave him bad constipation and he ... http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2008/04/06/case-study-harold-part-one/ From today until the May 31st, I will be donating $10 for each massage I do! That's right, you can come and get on my table AND make a donation to my AIDS/LifeCycle fund raising efforts. So, why not Book Now!  Want to just make a direct donation?  Click here ... http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2008/02/13/massage-a-thon/ One of the rules of body mechanics for massage therapists is Line of Force. This rule stipulates that all of the transfer of movement from the body of the massage therapist to the client is done with the therapist's body in a single line of force. This is ... http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2008/02/03/line-of-force-hierarchy-of-power/ 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 ... http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2008/01/13/balancing-hips/ Trigger points in the piriformis muscle, a deep lateral rotator muscle in the pelvis, was shown to be responsible for the vast majority of sciatic pain (sciatica), and was able to be successfully treated without back surgery, a 2005 study by the Cedars-Sinai Institute for Spinal Disorders revealed. In the study, ... http://www.paulbrown.net/journal/2007/12/12/trigger-points-and-sciatica/