The first conversation that I had with a massage therapist didn’t go well. I was 20-something, working out like crazy, and was dinged up with some overuse injuries. I really wanted to try massage, but massage in the 1980s wasn’t main stream, and finding a legitimate massage person in the Philadelphia, PA suburbs required some [...]
Massage Pain-Free
If you have iffy shoulders, elbow or thumbs, then try short stroke massage. Yep, I made up the name “short stroke massage”. Think of it as a strategy. Basically, you’re going to cover less distance in a stroke—a lot less distance. WTF, Mark, that’s going to be the choppiest massage ever! Not after you make [...]
Relaxation massage at medium and deep pressure can beat up my hands. That’s why I use a massage pressing tool. Dude, that’s called acupressure. True, if I only pressed, but I glide, too. A pressing massage tool (pictured below) not only can be used to do static or reciprocating pressure when gliding with body parts [...]
I was taught in neuromuscular therapy that if you were having trouble identifying a potential gait distortion you should have the person walk faster. This works because when the person is walking faster she doesn’t have time to adjust to an imbalance (e.g., pronating foot ) before she takes the next step. A while back, [...]
