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Posted in foot pain on Apr 6th, 2010
If you have stiffness in your ankles or pain in the arch of your foot, this article is for you! My client Pat had told me about the pain that ran from her hip to her foot. We had worked on the muscles of her lower back and hip in previous sessions because those muscles [...]
Posted in muscle pain, pain relief on Apr 2nd, 2010
Muscle pain happens for reasons. The good news is that you can get rid of those reasons by taking simple, natural actions. I’ll tell you about five of them shortly. As a neuromuscular massage therapist, I learned a lot from my clients, my instructors and my own body and pain. That’s how I know that [...]
Posted in massage on Apr 1st, 2010
Which type of massage is best? Here’s an article from my friend Janet McClain. She’s been providing therapeutic massage to residents of southeast Michigan since 1992. Janet says: Some people have a preference for a certain type of massage. This may be because they have had it in the past and enjoyed the experience. But [...]
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 [...]
Posted in muscle pain on Mar 4th, 2010
Muscle pain always has a cause. Sometimes the cause is a crooked body. This can happen from an injury, poor standing or sitting habits or bones that are not equal in length. Bodies are really logical. And smart, too! But sometimes they need a little help. From you, of course. If you have muscle pain [...]
Posted in ice & heat on Mar 1st, 2010
Muscles respond very well to heat and ice therapy. Why is this? Applications of heat fill the tissues with blood and increase circulation. Short applications of ice also increase circulation. This is all good! Longer applications of cold by itself reduce the flow of blood to the area so keep application of cold in an [...]
Posted in hip pain on Feb 25th, 2010
I had a great time talking with muscle expert and author Gini Maddocks at PainReliefRadio.com Gini always has a lot of excellent input to help listeners get rid of their pain and today was no exception. We talked about your hip, how it moves and why you have hip pain. Gini told us about her [...]
Posted in shoulder blade spasm on Feb 23rd, 2010
Readers ask a lot of questions about knots in their backs. I’m going to give you several links to articles that I wrote which will give you a lot of insight into the causes of pain in the shoulder and upper back. Usually people have shoulder and shoulder blade pain on the side of their [...]
Posted in knee pain on Feb 2nd, 2010
Knee pain can be caused by strains and tears to ligaments, injuries to the structure of the knee, or by soft tissues. Soft tissues means everything that is not bone. That includes muscles. You may have to see a doctor if you have an injury which requires repair. But for knee pain which has come [...]
Posted in jaw pain on Jan 18th, 2010
Do you have pain in your jaw? Is it hard to open and close your mouth? Do you clamp your teeth together without even thinking about it? Did you know that there are muscles around the joint of your jaw that will cause these symptoms? Let’s talk about those muscles and about that joint–the temporomandibular [...]
