On occasion I’m asked what type of reference works does a professional massage therapist need? One of the most useful has been: Stretching Anatomy by Arnold G. Nelson and Jouko Kokkonen (authors) and Jason M. Alexander (illustrator). Champaing, IL: Human Kinetics, 2007. I find this book to be not just an important resource in my [...]
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Have you ever had extreme pain going down the back of one or both legs and didn’t know what to do to stop the pain? Every year millions of people suffer from a condition that can be extremely painful called Sciatica. Because there are different causes of sciatica, we always recommend that anyone complaining of [...]
1. For men: Don’t sit on your wallet! When you put your wallet in your back pocket, that’s what you’re doing. That makes you sitting in a unbalanced posture, adding to back discomfort. This is a common complaint of truckers and sales reps. A helpful hint for those of you who travel a lot by [...]
If you have a stabbing pain in the bottom of your foot when you walk, especially when you first get out of bed then you may have Plantar Fasciitis. Plantar Fasciitis affects almost 2 million Americans a year and is one of the most often-reported health problems relating to the feet. The bottom of your [...]
How massage therapy can help can with allergy symptoms You’ve probably seen the photos in your newsfeed of the yellow-green pollen cloud covering our region – named the pollpocalyptic cloud, the pollen apocalypse, and even pollmageddon. Then again, you didn’t need photos to tell you that the pollen is worse this season – you allergies [...]
