The word “sensitive” aptly describes many clients who seek massage therapy. Sensitive to touch, sensitive to energy, sensitive to light, etc., and overall sensitive to the environment. Sometimes I meet folks who either from past traumas, injuries or toxic exposures are sensitive to everything. These hypersensitive folks come in and tell me they have … Continue reading Canaries in the Coal Mine
At first I really liked foam rollers. They give people who are not getting massage an opportunity to roll out some knots on their own. Rollers are a great shortstop for troubles in major muscles such as quads and hamstrings. They still are, up to a point. Now they have been around for a … Continue reading Rolling in the Deep
Find Touch would like to present a guest writer, Carole Osborne. Carole is a renowned author and leader in the world of massage therapy. She has pioneered the reintroduction of therapeutic massage and bodywork to healthcare for the childbearing year. Supporting Pregnancy with Massage Therapy Nurturing touch during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period is not … Continue reading Supporting Pregnancy with Massage Therapy
When I first learned massage, touching the spine was a no-go. We were learning Swedish and body mechanics, using long sweeping effleurages with neural glide returns. Those bumps in the center of the back were a no-hand zone. As we filled in the air spaces between our ears with practice and more practice, the “danger” … Continue reading Spinal Massage
Super workouts like boot camp or “insane” sessions are all the rage, and I must say they have been great for the massage therapy business. Not so great for some people taking the workouts, of course, but great for the schedule book. I have seen more rotator problems in the past few weeks, as people’s … Continue reading Boot Camp
I have been blessed with a nice quiet office for massage therapy. My building has lots of mature trees in the yard, pleasant birdies and a very quiet accountant on the other side of my treatment room wall. It has made me forget the days when people chattered right outside my room, clanged the … Continue reading Crickets and Desert Breezes
Sometimes when I am square in between someone’s shoulder blades, I find myself thinking about how some of these knots got there. Most are whiplashes and hard work – a traffic encounter followed by running a lathe at the machine shop, or writing some intensely detailed thesis. No fun involved. Once in a while somebody … Continue reading Therapist Notes from the Passenger Seat of a Low-Slung Sports Car
When busy, delegate, and that’s what I did. The book has been awfully busy in my therapeutic massage practice, so it was getting difficult to get all of the laundry done. Honey volunteered to help out by making sure the sheets were cleaned, dried and folded. Excellent idea, delegation. Takes the load off your shoulders, … Continue reading What these Suds?
I confess when I started massaging I didn’t believe in energy at all. I thought it was some kind of weird ESP-y woo-woo that some folks in my classes pretended to sense as a way of seeking attention. Piffle, poppycock and humbug. No one is more surprised at me than I to be writing about … Continue reading Where Did the Energy Go?
We like to think of ourselves as creative, don’t we, doing massage therapy and adapting to the moment, to the mood and the mode. I am fascinated by creativity is my hands (oh, old fascinating me) but it is outshone by the creativity I see in my clients. I have had two (count ‘em) two … Continue reading Creativity and Massage