Tag: Community Care College
Cup or Not to Cup?
September 12, 2013
By Ross Ashcraft If you've never experienced Cupping, you just have to try it! It’s a great way to relieve stress and promote a healing response in your body. The body …
Crunchy Feet
September 6, 2013
By Rachel Bohanan and Ross Ashcraft Long before I even really thought about massage therapy as a career, I would kick off my shoes and massage my own aching feet after …
Come back! PLEASE! Come back!
August 29, 2013
By Angela Adams We all know that one massage therapist who is always booked and always has repeat clients. Sometimes we look on in envy wondering “what makes that person better …
You Don’t Have to Shoulder It Alone
August 23, 2013
By Laura Gordon Do you have a family member like I do who has discomfort in his shoulder when he lifts his arm above his head? Or maybe you have client …
Frontier Doctor in a Massage Therapist’s Body
August 16, 2013
By Sharon Truelove Can you remember as a child, watching westerns or old war movies where the practicing doctor or medic always had their handy first aid kit with them and ready …
Behind the Scenes
July 26, 2013
By Tessa Brooks We love getting a massage. But have you ever stopped to think what it takes to provide you with that complete, all inclusive experience? What do massage therapists …
Pain is a Four Letter Word Part 2
July 19, 2013
By Laura Gordon, In my last blog Lymphatic Drainage was examined as an effective massage technique for clients with Fibromyalgia (FM). Now we'll explore techniques that can be used in …
Massage Takes on High Cholesterol!
July 3, 2013
By Sharon Truelove How does massage help? Stress produces change in the body's chemistry. Keeping the autonomic system on overdrive constantly, causes the liver to dump too much cholesterol into the …
Massage, I Love Thee….Let Me Count the Ways
July 2, 2013
By Q The ancient way to ease all that ales you is as simple as touch. Massage helps with many conditions such as premature infants weight gain to lowering high blood pressure. …
Massage Takes on Trauma
June 28, 2013
By Melissa Satterwhite and Ross Ashcraft When I consider the people I know that have witnessed trauma, my first thought for helping them was never massage. Honestly, massage was not even …
