Addressing Occipital Nerve Issues
Considering the situation that led to your client’s pain can prove as valuable as understanding where the pain exists.
Considering the situation that led to your client’s pain can prove as valuable as understanding where the pain exists.
With more people than ever before undergoing knee surgery, understanding how massage therapy can complement the recovery process is crucial for you and your clients.
Ongoing research suggests the sciatic nerve's healthy functioning depends on its fascial connections.
GLP-1 RAs are effective and relatively low-risk interventions to manage diabetes and weight. However, we have no information about how massage therapy fits with them.
A treatment plan is what elevates massage therapy from a service to a therapeutic profession. It is the tangible output of our clinical reasoning.
When working with clients who have a shoulder condition, our first thought might be to assess the myofascial tissues across the glenohumeral joint. The deltoid and rotator cuff muscles might spring to mind.
A growing body of research on the craniosacral rhythm (CSR) is working to validate what has been palpated for decades—the CSR is a distinct and measurable physiological rhythm that has given way to its own distinct therapeutic discipline.
Understanding fibroblasts and the extracellular matrix changes how we think about the tissue we touch.
Have you ever purposely changed how you breathe? If so, you were practicing "breathwork." In this column, join Heath and Nicole Reed for a self-care exercise incorporating breathwork.
ANATOMYScapes debuts its video "The Sciatic Nerve: A 3D View from the Inside Out" in Massage & Bodywork magazine to deep dive into the sciatic nerve and its 3D fascial reality.
Heath and Nicole Reed demonstrate how to practice compassionate touch and breathwork, which can improve mental, physical, and emotional health.
Rachelle Clauson and Nicole Trombley discuss how loose connective tissue, rich in water-loving hyaluronan, might play a key role in low-back pain.
Ruth Werner discusses endangerment sites, what they are, and their role in massage therapy with leading educator Whitney Lowe.