Holidays bring out the best in people – and the visiting relatives. I have just moved the office and the massage therapy room still looked a little bit like a MASH unit. My phone message, for a change, said I was off for two days before and after the holiday – but the calls just … Continue reading Family Matters
This massage therapist thinks she is organized. She thinks she has a good grip on where things are and handy when needed. Ho, Ho, Ho, delusional again. Moving is a drag under the best circumstances. This circumstance was a Wednesday. I had clients on the book. Ho, Ho, Ho. Mistake again. When we got to … Continue reading Moving Grumbles and Sage Advice
That’s a lot of old-fashioned chronic inflammation with the posterior scalene stretched far from its anatomical role. Those poor guys are stretched over the precipice and desperately pulling back. Adhesed, unloved, overworked and so far under the trapezius that even a deep tissue massage barely touches it, the posterior scalenes are crying for help. Massaging … Continue reading Chopsticks: Catching the Posterior Scalene in Action
Stress comes in all forms, and I feel it on my massage table. Most likely it is a personal issue, a problem, a challenge in life or relationships. But a lot of people get their biggest stress from work, most specifically the feeling of being out of control, powerless, voiceless. It is a tall order … Continue reading Touch and the End of the World as We Know It
I love sharing travel tips with clients, as since they are classified top-secrets of the secret society Knights of the Massage Therapists, I want to share them with you. Sciatica Roll: This can be a pillow, a rolled-up towel or jacket/coat. Use it for passive realignment in any airplane, car or train seat. Tuck … Continue reading Travel Tips Redoux!
For a while now, a good bit of my practice has been working on other massage therapists. I don’t say it to brag, it just is. Folks in the biz bring their aches to me, and I do massage therapy. And, if they are interested, I do a little coaching, too. It is … Continue reading Fencing and Using Your Feet in Massage
Tailbone problems plague people – and massage therapists. The worst is the sideways curl, keeping hips, feet, lumbar vertebrae and cervical vertebrae all a-twist. This massage therapist finds a lot of trouble in tailbones. They are really supposed to flex a bit when sitting, guide and balance while walking or running. Too may of my … Continue reading Parking Stones
I see these huge automatic water massage machines on E-bay all the time. Discounted to about $20,000. Maybe on a bad day, discounted to $10,000.The ads say wonderful things about how great they are and how much money you will save by not having to have a massage therapist do the massage.I read between the lines: … Continue reading The High Costs (and High Benefits) of Hands
Nothing makes fear quake in many massage therapists than the entrance of the super, hyper-mobile client. I too, have experienced the fear, the trepidation and the surprise. For the record, in Gumby folk symptoms of troubles are completely different than my true forte, people as stuck as me. What I would normally assess test … Continue reading Adventures in Super-Mobile Massage
Hey, it happens. A humble massage therapist is massaging someone who has a freak-out during the session and leaves. Later, the client wails in an online review that the massage was unprofessional because…(drum roll please)…the therapist massaged her glutes. This scenario happened to a friend of mine and believe me, it was not a fun … Continue reading To Glute or not to Glute…