Incorporating massage therapy into a comprehensive treatment plan for lumbar disc and myofascial pain can help clients address overall low-back pain, gain greater freedom of movement, and get a better quality of life.
The feet and legs are sometimes ignored in massage treatment. Yet, lower-extremity massage has resounding effects throughout the kinetic chain of our body.
There are several potential causes of plantar foot pain, including the most common, plantar fasciitis. Other nerve entrapment syndromes, such as tarsal tunnel syndrome, Morton’s neuroma, and Baxter’s neuropathy, can also cause plantar foot pain.
4 Nineteen Education & Training was founded to support professional growth in massage therapy, while the Black Massage Therapists Facebook group and Conference were created to build community and address challenges faced by Black therapists.
“Each of us has one body that presents us with all the experiences we will ever have in this form; your body is precious and should be cared for with respect and reverence.”
The 6th International Fascia Research Congress (FRC) was held in Montreal, Quebec. Read some highlights from our Massage & Bodywork authors, educators, and friends.
Finding new ways to press, squeeze, and glide can help reduce the repetitive-use injuries common for massage and bodywork practitioners. Consider experimenting with different combinations.
Understanding the motor points of the neuromuscular system and their corollary—tonic acupressure points—increases efficiency in helping clients relax and deepen into a sense of calmness and well-being.
By practicing using your whole body in every movement you make, your sessions will start to feel flowing and full of ease, rather than heavy and full of effort.
