What makes a massage therapist durable? It’s whether or not the MT makes massage adjustments. Wait. What about the things you bring with you into massage, like old injuries, dysfunctions, etc., that affect how you work? Yep, they’re important. And how about: Do you do massage in way that is hard on your body? Absolutely. [...]
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 [...]
