Articles tagged with 'bodywork'

Lessening lifelong chronic pain through bodywork can often require a lifestyle change for clients after the healing begins.

Massaging the masseter—the main player in biting, chewing, and teeth grinding—can contribute to alleviating headaches.

Deep tissue massage changed the course of massage therapist Kei Yumoto's career.

Make an effort to notice the days and weeks that feel good to you and when your schedule doesn't feel so great so you can make adjustments to suit your needs

After experiencing trauma, a deeper understanding of massage's healing power emerged, with advice for new practitioners to stay persistent and embrace their unique style despite challenges.

Having a user-friendly business—from your website organization to your treatment room instructions—will keep clients coming back.

A deep understanding of muscle function on the singular level can open your eyes to connections you haven't seen—connections that can mean the difference between satisfactory or exceptional relief for your clients.

With about 30 muscles supporting the hand's ability to grip and grab, treating forearm issues can be a challenge.

A recent study is a step in the right direction toward quantifying the efficacy of massage therapy.

Research has proven that bodyworkers and massage therapists can share their clients' emotional and/or physical symptoms.

A client's sensations and experience in a session likely have more to do with their brain's sensory predictions than about what we actually do with our hands. We can use this principle to help shift our clients' habitual tension, pain, or movement challenges by working with them to help their brains discover new experiences and update its predictions.

Heather Topoly has worked in a wide range of massage businesses, including chiropractic, PT clinics, corporate, and hospice.

While we in the profession often refer to the therapist-client relationship, we need to remember that the connection is primarily human to human.

Bodyworkers and hands-on therapists can play an important role in recognizing and addressing trauma.

Graded exposure stretching works by systematically subjecting a client to their feared stimulus in a controlled manner, helping them break the cycle of avoidance and fear reinforcement.

Oscillation can be a perfect beginning to a session with clients who struggle to let their guard down.

When done thoughtfully, a rebrand can be beneficial to your business and your future potential.

Great work necessitates mastering certain fundamentals, yet the result of all that work is something far greater.

If you start to think of your business as an asset you manage, and not an inseparable part of your identity, you will focus on ways to make it more valuable.

4 Nineteen Education & Training was founded to support professional growth in massage therapy, while the Black Massage Therapists Facebook group and Conference were created to build community and address challenges faced by Black therapists.

The application of opposing techniques within a short time frame brings the recipient into a deeper awareness of self and a greater perception of balance.

"Each of us has one body that presents us with all the experiences we will ever have in this form; your body is precious and should be cared for with respect and reverence."

The sternum is a thick, strong bone that protects the heart from the outside world, but the sternum's strength can also limit, compress, and weigh heavily on the person it belongs to.

Be consistent in funding yourself through savings accounts and the future you will thank you.

"I enjoy my connection with people."—Lee Hodges

The ever-present neural background noise most of us experience but are unaware of can contribute to a continual "threat-like" effect; massage can create a relaxing experience that dials down this noise.

Kinesiology tape uses medical-grade adhesive to create a microscopic space between the skin and the tissues underneath it, influencing the movement of fluids in the dermal and superficial fascia layers.

Using verbal cues while the client is in a relaxed state and open to suggestion can lead clients in pain to favorably reinterpret the nociceptive (danger-signaling) input.