Although a professional massage has many excellent benefits, there are still many misconceptions surrounding the practice that may prevent people from actually getting one. Here are a few of the more prevalent myths surrounding massage, and why they’re certainly not true. continue reading »

What so many people do not realize is that they have the power to alleviate and sometimes even eliminate aches and pains right in the palm of their hand – literally. Self-massage is an excellent first responder for everything from headaches to hematomas (bruising).

Many medicines ‘band-aid’ and sometimes even discourage the body’s natural response mechanisms, but they are constructed and advertised in a way that has created a national, if not global, pharmaceutically dependent society. Find your own healing power by applying some of these self-massage techniques before embarking on another path. continue reading »

I’ll never forget the day my massage therapist told me: “You could either get a foam roller and start using it at home or you could start paying me a whole lot of money.” Let’s just say he got my attention. As a cyclist, my legs are punished five days a week and I’d been using massage therapy (trigger point and deep tissue work) to break-up some nasty adhesions I’d developed over the years. I was astonished by the impact that fifteen to thirty minutes per day of foam roller work had on my post-exercise soreness and overall range of motion. continue reading »