Essential Recovery
These five movements will address the most common musculoskeletal complaints by massage therapists. Do these before, between, or after sessions.
November/December 2022
Technique
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The Ladder of Engagement
The ladder of engagement system is valuable to help you move away from simple recipes and routines in your practice.
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Feet First: How to Massage with an Awareness of Your Whole Body
By practicing using your whole body in every movement you make, your sessions will start to feel flowing and full of ease, rather than heavy and full of effort.
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Put ART to Work in Your Practice
ART—Asymmetry, Restriction of motion, and Tissue texture abnormalities—can aid MTs in identifying the imbalances that unravel the mystery of the client's symptoms.
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The Road to Healing Often Starts with Validation
Validation is the first step in the healing process. As practitioners, we need to affirm that what people experience is real, even if we don't understand the origins of the pain.
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An Unexpected Perspective of the Serratus Anterior
Learning how to find and work with the serratus anterior will help your clients understand the muscle's unique capabilities.
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Easing the Sacroiliac Joints: Ilia Torsion Techniques
By Til LuchauThe sacroiliac joints (SIJs) move only slightly in the sagittal plane, but we can use this potential mobility to help with low-back, hip, gluteal, or pelvic pain, as well as pain or a feeling of stiffness in the SIJs themselves.
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Get to the Point: Understanding Muscle Motor Points and Their Relationship
Understanding the motor points of the neuromuscular system and their corollary—tonic acupressure points—increases efficiency in helping clients relax and deepen into a sense of calmness and well-being.
Critical Thinking and Essentials
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Fibromyalgia: Working with Invisible Pain
By Ruth WernerClients with fibromyalgia deserve our appreciation and respect, even though they might present some special challenges for practitioners.
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Creating Space from the Inside Out
The benefits of decompression breathing are cumulative and exponential and flourish with a dedicated practice.
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Protecting Your Livelihood
Disability insurance is important for MTs to understand because our incomes depend on bodies that can do the work. And if we ever unable to massage, our financial security is in jeopardy.
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Uniting Researchers and Clinicians
The 6th International Fascia Research Congress (FRC) was held in Montreal, Quebec. Read some highlights from our Massage & Bodywork authors, educators, and friends.
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Core Exercises for Better Massage Sessions
Stability exercises for massage therapists and bodyworkers that can be done with or without a stability ball. Begin by using your body weight and try incorporating a stability ball as you progress.
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Fibularis Longus
Weakness, poor mobility, or lack of control of the fibularis longus and other ankle muscles may contribute to injuries such as lateral ankle sprains or chronic conditions such as tendinitis, shin splints, or plantar fasciitis.
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Diagnosing and Bias: Stop the Insanity
It's important for MTs to remain in scope of practice and not diagnose.
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Should You Be Forthcoming in Business About Your Personal Beliefs?
Being forthcoming about their beliefs and values may help MTs avoid ethical conundrums down the road.
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Setting Boundaries with Inappropriate Clients
When a person is starved for physical intimacy, they may make an emotional leap in a massage setting, confusing physical intimacy with sexual intimacy. Strong, clear boundaries help create functional professional relationships that last.