Releasing tension in tight suboccipitals and creating the opportunity for proper atlas and axis alignment becomes an important goal when clients report head and neck pain.
The beauty of applying the hill and valley approach to palpation of the hip flexor musculature is that the hip flexor muscles form an alternating contour of hill, valley, hill, valley, etc.
Rather than enforce physical symmetry, Aston Kinetics (which trains people in movement, bodywork, fitness, and ergonomics) seeks to recognize the asymmetries natural to a person’s body.
Whether it’s pressure-filled moments during our first years as practicing bodyworkers or the question of how much pressure a client wants during a session, gaining perspective is a handy tool.
Massage therapy is a core component for treating ankle sprains and is used with other treatments used by other providers, such as laser therapy, ultrasound, microcurrent, and electrical stimulation.
A client’s sensations and experience in a session likely have more to do with their brain’s sensory predictions than about what we actually do with our hands. We can use this principle to help shift our clients’ habitual tension, pain, or movement challenges by working with them to help their brains discover new experiences and update its predictions.
Rotator cuff issues can vary from mild strains to severe tears, posing treatment dilemmas. Massage can play a key role in conservative treatments if the therapy is well-designed and targeted to the client’s individual presentation.
Researchers found that pain arising from the lumbar Z joints accounts for 10–15 percent of mechanical back pain in young adults and up to 40 percent in older people. Leveling the head and tail is one biomechanical approach to restoring balance.
When clients with diabetes are older, they will, more than likely, present with common conditions like thinning skin, fragile bones, atrophied muscles, and brittle tendons.
Multiple exercises and techniques can help improve thumb pain. Using various products designed to protect the thumbs can help limit or prevent injuries.
