SIMPLE PAIN RELIEF with Kathryn Merrow, the Pain Relief Coach

Massage therapy is very beneficial for all ages.
I have had many senior citizen clients who have had heart surgeries (even an artificial heart!) and with asthma or other breathing problems.  We have been privileged to serve clients in their 90’s.
Every massage therapist is different.  Ask friends and relatives for their recommendations.  If someone you know [...]

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Does massage help relieve muscle pain?
Oh my goodness!  Don’t even get me started on the benefits of massage.
I am SO biased!  I LOVE massage!
Pain happens for lots of reasons but therapeutic massage can help with virtually ALL of them.  Why?  Because muscles are responsible for so much of your pain.
Massage ranges from so light it [...]

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Some people have soreness following therapeutic massage and others never do.  The possibility of having sore muscles following a massage  is more common with your very first massage. Soreness occurs because “new” things are happening to your muscles.  They get kneaded, moved, squeezed.
All of this can release metabolic (body) wastes and other materials that are [...]

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Massage therapy can be an excellent way to get rid of physical aches and pains.  It’s likely that 90% of our pain and dysfunction is caused by muscles, according to at least one researcher, so it makes sense to help your muscles with massage.
If you have back pain or headaches or other pain, maybe you [...]

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When you have muscular pain and want relief, how can you find a massage therapist who will give you the most benefit for your money? A nice “feel good” massage has many benefits but not when what you want is pain relief.
There are many types of massage and a few different professional organizations and lots [...]

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Back pain, migraines, hip pain, headaches, that “knot” in your back.  Those are all symptoms.  Something caused those symptoms.
If you can get rid of the something, you will get rid of the pain.
Now, sometimes a baby is born with a structure that is a bit different than usual and may have asymmetries (different leg lengths, [...]

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I recommend therapeutic massage for almost every type of physical pain.
Why?  Because it works!
Massage is old medicine.  It’s used all over the world for a wide variety of ailments.
Why?  Because it works!  (Oh, I already said that, didn’t I?)
But sometimes when you go to a massage therapist your pain doesn’t go away.  Maybe it feels [...]

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