A treatment plan is what elevates massage therapy from a service to a therapeutic profession. It is the tangible output of our clinical reasoning.
Nerve gliding positions the body to isolate nerve branches and then encourages the nerves to slide/stretch.
With more people than ever before undergoing knee surgery, understanding how massage therapy can complement the recovery process is crucial for you and your clients.
Being prepared with compassion, a little learning, and talking points for conversation with your elderly client is all it takes to help ease concerns regarding massage for the feet.
To align your practice with your passions, values, and strengths, create your idea of the perfect client who describes your niche.
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.
By analyzing movement, you can determine where to focus your myofascial release on the held areas or your proprioceptive awareness work on the "forgotten" areas.
Loose connective tissue, rich in water-loving hyaluronan, might play a key role in low-back pain.
Clients who have had head injuries can most benefit when their massage therapist makes them feel safe.
ANATOMYScapes debuts its video "The Sciatic Nerve: A 3D View from the Inside Out" in Massage & Bodywork magazine to deep dive into the sciatic nerve and its 3D fascial reality.
Heath and Nicole Reed demonstrate how to practice compassionate touch and breathwork, which can improve mental, physical, and emotional health.
Rachelle Clauson and Nicole Trombley discuss how loose connective tissue, rich in water-loving hyaluronan, might play a key role in low-back pain.
Visceral manipulation can re-create, harmonize, and increase proprioceptive communication in the body.
