Tag: massage
Quiz Yourself
January 14, 2011
By Laura Gordon So you’re on your way to being a Massage Therapist, or maybe you already are a practicing Licensed Massage Therapist. Great! Whether new or graduated, how are those …
Let’s Rip The Neck Muscles!
January 7, 2011
Let's Rip the Muscles By Sharon Truelove For many, when starting an exercise program, we think of working on the larger muscles that we see and ignore the smaller ones that we …
Footprints…..
January 3, 2011
By Mark Shannon So let’s look at a potential situation. Let’s say "The Lucrative Clientele Spa" has an opening for an LMT. LMT #1 answers the advertisement and is interviewed for …
Roll That Foam!
December 3, 2010
Roll That Foam! By Ross Ashcraft We all have them: Tightness, chronic sore spots, dull aches, and minor consistent throbbing pain, and persistent weakness They are the aches and pains that are as …
No More Sleepless Nights
November 19, 2010
No More Sleepless Nights By Laura Gordon Therapies for insomnia vary from prescription drugs to self hypnosis. One of the simplest therapies is self massage. First though, making a ritual of bedtime is …
A Pain in the neck!
November 12, 2010
A Pain in the neck! By Sharon Truelove, MS, LMT, NCTM Does neck pain keep you awake at night? Do you feel like a hot poker is lodged between your shoulders? There can be …
A License by Any Other Name
October 28, 2010
A License by Any Other Name By Mark Shannon Where I live and work, you can become a licensed massage therapist by having an academic letter stating you have completed a program, …
Pop What!?
October 15, 2010
Pop What!? By Sharon Truelove This week let’s discuss a very small muscle that when overworked or injured, can cause pain that often gets misdiagnosed. The popliteus is found at the back of …
Would you hire you?
September 30, 2010
Would you hire you? I love hypothetical situations, mainly because they are fiction, but more importantly because they cause you to stop and think. Let’s paint a picture of one potential …
Trigger Traps
September 20, 2010
By Sharon Truelove Today, let's talk about "pain". You may try to locate the pain, and touch it, as an example, at the base of you skull, but...that's just not it. A lot of times, …
