A few winters ago I had dry-skin challenges of winter and I developed a significant skin crack on the knuckle of my right middle finger. This knuckle is a tool that I use when I need to deliver precise, deep pressure. At first, I thought about cancelling some deep pressure clients, but I didn’t. Instead [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
