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By: Eric Lichtfuss
Call it what you want – personality, vibe, energy, chi, prana, yin and yang, emotional intelligence, compassion, or nonsense – there is an indescribable, intangible power within our individual presences. Sometimes people receive a massage for the nurturance provided by the therapist, and sometimes even for the “energy” of that person.
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Without adequate flexibility, mobility of a given joint will be limited. Muscle flexibility can be improved through stretching. Stretching can help affect both the muscle tissue, itself, and the nerves that innervate and control the muscles.
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This 3-part series, including foam rolling, stretching and mobility, is designed to help people understand self-care techniques to be used in conjunction with their regular fitness regimen.
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I’m irritated. No sugar-coating, no spin, no kid gloves. Every time I turn around and see how massage is represented, specifically in media through images, I’m upset. Even in trade magazines, the imaging of massage is unrealistic. Images depicting massage therapists in awkward poses with god-awful body mechanics in over-idealized settings like the middle of the woods look like photos of interpretive dance.
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By virtue of clearing her range of motion of clicking, catching and pain, I have helped a passionate CrossFit athlete access more of her potential for better performance. Do I think that massage therapy can help enhance performance? You bet!
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What I find is that when I’m not educating my clients, I’m not hearing as much positive feedback from them. Just yesterday, I had a client tell me that she’s been doing the home care that I’ve recommended, that it’s helping a lot, and she’s looking forward to our appointment next week!
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Our learning environments enable students to feel comfortable asking any and all questions they may have, without fear of judgement, or ostracism. We believe that this kind of environment allows for better learning and greater personal growth.
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We know that reception of clinical massage as an alternative treatment has come with an increase in research. Whether the research is driving the acceptance, or the acceptance is driving the research is unimportant – we know that we are seeing a steady increase in the amount of massage therapy research.
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Foam rolling – also called Self Myofascial Release or SMR – is the self-administered release of tension in soft tissues. If you run or cycle a lot, there’s a chance that you do or will have some IT band discomfort at some point. Frankly, if you are alive, there’s a reasonable chance that you will have some imbalance in your TFL/Glutes. So foam-rolling should be included in your self care regimen, but
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I just said farewell to a group of students I’ve had the honor of working with through their last two terms. It’s been so much fun working with them and helping them to master the very different yet complementary skill sets of Integrated Massage and Orthopedic Assessment. Their thirst for knowledge and dedication to the learning process played a larger part in their success.
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