What is Fascia: Why I Treat Feet To Help Low Back Pain
Why Are You Working On My Feet When It's My Low Back That Hurts? You have probably heard bits of the old song, “the leg bone connected to the thigh bone…” Well, they really are connected – via fascia. What is Fascia? It’s the white stuff that you...
What is Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique?
How can Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique Help You? As described in my list of modalities, spontaneous muscle release technique (SMRT) is a positional release modality that interrupts pain signals in the body, painlessly resolves...
Acupuncture and Manual Therapy for Chronic Pain Management
Tissue damage is neither sufficient nor necessary to cause pain. – Lorimer Moseley I just watched multiple videos of Lorimer Moseley talking about the information gained from the years of pain research conducted by him and his team. This...
Deep Tissue vs. Deep Pressure Massage
The terms deep tissue and deep pressure are often used interchangeably, but actually they are completely different concepts in therapeutic massage. Pressure is the force used by the massage therapist on the client’s body. Light pressure is usually...
Regular Massage Can Help Relieve the Effects of Stress
Can Regular Massage Relive Stress? Everyone feels stress from time to time, and not all stress is harmful. It’s the chronic, long-term stress without any rewards to balance it out that causes health problems. According to The American...