I stunk at palpation in massage school. All my classmates found the tight spot on the massage model right away. When it was my turn, if I didn’t find the tight spot by the third pass, I would pretend that I did. My palpation skills did improve over time (hallelujah!), but they could have improved [...]
The multifidus and rotatores are in the lamina groove. Early on in my career, I shied away from anything close to the spinous processes. But neuromuscular therapy taught me that these muscles can be influenced and clients REALLY like getting them worked. The Deep Back Muscles Here are the multifidus and rotatores: They multifidus stabilizes [...]
I give my mom credit for helping me embrace one hand massage. When I was a kid I’d sometimes give her the sass face, and she’d say: Your face is going to get stuck like that! Yikes! I stopped. For a while. Then I decided to check in the mirror after I made the sass face. [...]
If you struggle with pain around the neck and upper traps when doing massage, here’s one simple massage strategy that could help you out: sit down when you can. Pain in the Trap Area When the orthopedist diagnosed me with an unstable shoulder and cervical radiculopathy a while back, I knew I needed to change [...]
