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 see when you...
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 trigger points, has an incredibly...
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 information is very...
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 calming and relaxing...
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 Institute of Stress,...
