Are you getting a name for yourself because of your deep pressure massage? Or do your clients come to you because you’re the only one who can get that tight spot? Yeah, well, how ya feeling? Shoulder a little iffy? Neck tight? Fingers numb? Thumb aching? If so, there’s a good chance that you’re doing [...]
Sometimes you just can’t change a situation. You have to suck it up and move on. Hand pain when doing massage isn’t one of those times–if you learn how to combine body parts to press and glide. How can I be so confident? Well, I’m a wimp. And being wimpy has pushed me to discover [...]
I’d bet $100 that you’ve experienced this at least once in your massage career: thumb pain. And my guess is that the next thing you do is to search YouTube videos for thumb massages and stretches. But instead of just managing thumb pain, why not stop injuring thumbs altogether? And burn out my fingers instead, [...]
Need a deep pressure substitute for a forearm? Try fists. I did, Mark, but fists didn’t work for me. Yeah, at first that was my experience, too. Then I did this: Set my table height for fists not forearms. (In other words, I lowered my table.) When I set my table for fists instead of [...]
