Anatomy of a Trigger Point
Describing a trigger point is impossible without attempting to interpret what it feels like. It's a bit like trying to explain laughter.
July/August 2023
Technique
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Capturing Clues: The Power of the History
By Whitney LoweExpressing a genuine interest in the client's complaint is the first step to building trust between you and them. Knowing what information to delve into is part experience, part strategy.
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Letting Go Is All We Have to Hold On To
By Til LuchauAlthough there may be no way to completely relieve the existential pathos of aging and physical change, in our role as practitioners, we can be both companions and comforters to our clients who are experiencing physical and emotional loss.
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Ida Rolf's Other Legacy
Rolf Movement Integration practitioners are trained to work with a person's gravity response as the basis to evoke movement that is more effective and authentically expressive, uses less effort, minimizes counterproductive muscular contraction, and more.
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The Feldenkrais Method Approach to Movement
By helping clients become more aware of how they move, the Feldenkrais Method provides powerful ways to support easier and better-organized movement and function.
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Pin, Twist, Sling, and Resist
Techniques that pin, twist, sling, and resist help clients engage with painful movement barriers by introducing novel stimuli that hold the brain's attention.
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Deeper and Richer
Great work necessitates mastering certain fundamentals, yet the result of all that work is something far greater.
Critical Thinking and Essentials
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How Many US Massage Therapists Are There in 2023?
By Les SweeneyEvery few years, ABMP undertakes a process to query state massage therapy boards in order to prepare a massage therapist population estimate.
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Legislators Listen to You
Government relations work depends on a few factors, but specifically evidence, persuasion, and grassroots participation. It's increasingly evident that your voice—the massage therapist's voice—and grassroots advocacy, is what gets it done.
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Mindful Movement Moments
We can refine our artistry and happiness by creating a lifestyle of mindful movements—like the ones found in this article—before, during, and beyond our sessions.
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Movement and the Client
By Lauri NemetzWhatever your technique, there is a delicate dance to creating space without destabilization, in going deep without feeling invasive.
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Trapezius
Gliding relationships between muscles exist all over the body. Knowing where they are can help massage therapists explore their clients' tissue mobility for healthy function.
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Tinnitus and Massage Therapy
By Ruth WernerTinnitus is rarely a life-threatening problem, but it can certainly threaten a person's quality of life.
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The Ankle Retinacula
Many references (including those online) are updating their facts to correctly identify retinacula as a thickening of the fascia of the leg.
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Critical Thinking Is Change Thinking
By Cal CatesWhat we know about the body and how we affect it with our work is constantly changing. We must do the same.
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Does Your Massage Business Need a Reboot?
When done thoughtfully, a rebrand can be beneficial to your business and your future potential.
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Emotional Freedom Technique
Researchers in the field suggest the emotional freedom technique has the capacity to bypass the stress response and may even rewire the brain.
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Interview Like a Boss
A shift in perspective as an interviewee could result in a shift in the physical and emotional response you normally have heading into a job interview.
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The Needy Client
By Laura AllenInstead of giving advice to clients about their personal lives, have them actively participate in the session to keep their focus on the work.
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Faces of Bodywork: Kerry Jordan
The work in hospitals focuses on human connection to ease patient suffering, with the emotional highs and lows of working with palliative care patients and supporting other therapists through Healwell.