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Warm Up Your Muscles – Not Just for the Winter Season
Newton’s First Law of Motion says an object at rest stays at rest. Maybe not surprisingly, this also applies to your muscles. Every time you go out to participate in an event - whether it’s cold out or not - your muscles are starting from a sedentary state. They’re...
Everything You Need to Know Before Your First Massage
A friend of mine, Jessica, recently told me about her first massage therapy experience a little over a year ago. She had been enduring some chronic pain and tension in her shoulders and upper back from an old tennis injury that was left mostly untreated. When she...
Scoliosis and the Benefits of Massage
Scoliosis is a painful condition from which more than 30% of Americans suffer. Physical therapy, surgery, and other treatments can often correct the issue, but it still leaves the patient in pain until it is resolved. One form of pain management that has had...
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The Art of ART: Active Release Technique [Information]
If you have participated in any kind of fitness or athletic activity, either on a professional or recreational level, you’ve probably endured the wrath of soft tissue injuries. It often starts off as a minor irritation, and you try to shrug it off. Then it becomes...
The Benefits of Massage for Stress
Not all stress is bad. It’s actually part of our body’s natural fight-or-flight reaction, an indicator of excitement and motivation, and beneficial in small doses. It causes a burst of adrenaline to course through the body, so your heart rate increases, your energy...
Kinesiology Tape: an Insider’s Guide
Every athlete, Olympic or otherwise, has a training and recovery regimen in which they participate. In the last several years, you may have noticed these athletes wearing either black or colorful tape on their skin in varying patterns. This wrapping is kinesiology...