Fact or Friction
Like it or not, friction is necessary to help connective tissue move, which can help muscles breathe a little easier.
May/June 2024
Technique
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Radial Tunnel Syndrome
By Whitney LoweMassage and soft-tissue therapy play beneficial roles in treating radial tunnel syndrome (RTS). It is essential to address the entire arm comprehensively.
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Countering the Sitting Epidemic
By integrating movement into our therapy toolbox, we can help clients embrace the full potential of their evolutionary design.
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4 Essential Pain Facts
By Til LuchauWe can help clients understand that pain indicates protection rather than damage.
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What Makes a Massage Great?
Embrace the repetition that's at the heart of bodywork; then, reinvent each session depending on your client's needs.
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Mobile Massage: Ambience Optimization
Make a mobile massage session feel more tranquil by observing and adjusting sensory elements such as lighting, sound, and temperature.
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Guided Visualization
Guiding clients through meditative visualization will help them reach a fully relaxed state and help their massage be most effective.
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Competence and Caring
The care practitioners extend to clients, combined with dedication to their craft and skills, creates a powerful healing force.
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Good Vibrations!
Oscillation can be a perfect beginning to a session with clients who struggle to let their guard down.
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Our Three Rotational Muscle Systems
By Thomas MyersBy analyzing movement, you can determine where to focus your myofascial release on the held areas or your proprioceptive awareness work on the "forgotten" areas.
Critical Thinking and Essentials
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The Interstate Massage Compact Shows Progress
Remember how challenging it was to build your massage practice? Would you relish the thought of repeating that journey?
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Faces of Bodywork: Adriane Maxwell
Adriane Maxwell is passionate about creating inclusive and welcoming spaces where women from all walks of life can come together to learn, heal, and grow.
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Thinking in Tissues
Our bodies comprise four tissue types: epithelial, muscle, nervous, and connective. Your massage strokes touch all of these.
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Putting Us Through Our PAIS
By Ruth WernerPost-acute infection syndrome has been poorly understood, but it is being studied. Clients with PAIS may seek out massage therapy because conventional medicine has little to offer them.
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Walking the Fine Line of Friendship and Therapist, Part 1
By Cal CatesThe proximity and interaction between client and MT can lead to a different interpretation by each.
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Embrace the Digital Frontier
All small businesses need to be online to attract new clients and keep current clients informed of updates.
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The Stressed-Out Therapist
By Laura AllenMassage therapists have stress like everyone else; self-care is not selfish.
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Drain the Sinuses and Breathe Easier
Massaging, pressing, and/or holding points along meridians called acupressure points (a.k.a. acupoints and marmas) can offer relief and comfort and help soothe and drain the sinuses.