Recently there has been much discussion on various social media outlets concerning the topics of releasing ligament, lengthening ligaments, ligaments being weak, some therapists perception that ligaments need to be strengthened and so on. These are all great topics for discussion and require their own posts. My "Go To' site for all things … [Read more...]
A Quick Question … & Happy Birthday!
Thanks to everyone who contacted me to wish my a Happy Birthday! I appreciate it more than you know. Birthdays tend to be a time of reflection for me. It just also happens that this week coming, I'll be speaking to a class of Massage Therapy students who are just about to graduate. I have some ideas about what I'll talk about, but would LOVE … [Read more...]
It’s been a really COOL week!
Like most of you, I LOVE my work! I don't even really think of it as work, but more as play... serious play! Every hour is a different challenge, a different story. In 23yrs, I've never had a boring day. I always hear from other clinicians that they are bored, had a boring day, "SAME" old thing to treat! WHAT!? I've NEVER seen eh same thing … [Read more...]
(VIDEO INSIDE) Pain Referral Pattern for the SC Joint and Treatment for Dysfunction
Helping Incorporate Research and Manual Techniques into your Massage Therapy Practice! Here's some research from The Journal of Rheumatology documenting pain referral patterns of the Sternoclavicular Joint tissues. "The composite maps derived from our data demonstrate that irritation of the SCJ provokes somatic pain locally over the joint as … [Read more...]
(VIDEO INSIDE) Got Painful Hips?
Helping Incorporate Research and Manual Techniques into your Massage Therapy Practice! Here's some research from The Bone & Joint Journal into the inner workings of why your hip may be painful. The distribution of nociceptive innervation in the painful hip: a histological investigation. Abstract Our understanding of the origin of hip … [Read more...]
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