Nerve Compression: When Tight Muscles Get on Your Nerves
Have you noticed “electric shocks” running down your leg after a bike ride? How about feeling “pins and needles” at the tips of your fingers after rotating your….
Pre-Event and Post-Event Massage: Making a Difference
What are your pre-event and post-event routines? Before an event, you’re probably stretching – maybe even doing active isolated stretching. Maybe you do a quick….
Stopping a Cycling Injury Before It Happens
You’re in the zone, and you’ve reached the halfway point up a steep hill. Suddenly, you’re hit like a semi-truck full of bricks. Not literally – but it….
Tending to Tendons
Reach down to your leg and find your calf muscle. Pretty easy to find, right? Especially because you know exactly what you’re looking for. Now keep moving….
Getting Stiff-armed: Dealing with Stiff Muscles and Performance
As a professional athlete, flexibility is a fundamental factor in your occupation and lifestyle. You need to be at the top of your game with loose, limber muscles….
Why is Massage Maintenance Important for Your Muscles?
As an athlete, you put your body through a lot – long hours at the gym or outside riding or running, regular events, diets for weight loss or gain, and general….
Why is Massage Atmosphere Important?
You walk in for your massage session, and you bring the stress of the week with you. It was a rough week at work. The kids have been a handful. You’ve had….
Using Massage for Rotator Cuff Injuries
Football season for high school students is coming to a close, but there’s still an open window for injuries. And they can happen just as easily in the off-season….
Holiday Headaches and the Massage Cure
Christmas shopping. Planning holiday parties. The kids’ school play. Prepping for games and holiday marathons. Wrapping all the presents before….
The Benefits of Sports Massage for Athletic Individuals
Sports massage initially came about as a technique to help athletes condition their bodies. It was a way to enhance high performance….