As you hunch over your massage table, massage after massage, do you ever get a mental picture of a little, old, humpback woman leaning on her shopping cart in the grocery store? (Suddenly massage body mechanics seem important again, huh?) You may have tried to counter the massage room hunching with cobras and pec stretches, [...]
Science doesn’t know that hands can shriek, but we, massage therapists, do. In fact, it happened to me the other day. Mr. Universe walked into my office looking for a deep pressure massage. AAAHHH!, screamed my hands. (Only dogs could hear it). Then I said, Relax, hands. Remember, we know how to massage a bodybuilder [...]
If you use your forearms constantly for deep pressure you may develop shoulder or elbow problems (or start looking Quasimodo). One way to offset the workload is to mix in fists. Yep, it’s going to feel awkward at first, but once you see how deep pressure transitions between fists and forearms can be seamless, you’re [...]
Pause that hand stretch video! There are reasons why your body hurts when doing massage. One might be because you’re not adapting in an effective way. I know this sounds a little theoretical, but it’s not. I’m talking about making adjustments when working through a massage challenge. #1 Trying to Use all Your Body Weight [...]
