by davidl | Oct 19, 2012 | David Lauterstein, Deep Massage, Types of Massage
For lower back pain, some of the most important structures we need to address are the ligaments. Of particular interest are those running “horizontally” – from the levels of S5, 4, 3, 2, 1 and L5 to the ilium at each vertebral level. The sacroiliac and...
by davidl | Oct 18, 2012 | David Lauterstein
This year I received the 2012 Jerome Perlinski Teacher of the Year from the American Massage Association. I thank AMTA for this great honor and thank Central Texas therapist/fellow teacher, Ariana Vincent, for initiating the nomination and seeing that process...
by davidl | Sep 24, 2012 | David Lauterstein
Having been an artist, working first in music, then in bodywork, for now for over 50 years, I have met many wrestlers – clients wrestling with their lives, students, teachers, and therapists. And I’ve been fighting the good fight myself these years as well. The first...
by davidl | Sep 20, 2012 | David Lauterstein, Deep Massage, Types of Massage
REFLECTIONS ON ANGER AND DEEP MASSAGE Anger’s just the natural, healthy vibration that happens when we encounter an obstacle – like water vibrating against a rock in the middle of a flowing stream. It’s no accident we so often say “damn” when we encounter obstacles!...
by davidl | Sep 11, 2012 | David Lauterstein
Over the last few years, some practitioners of so-called medical massage have implied it represents the highest level of our profession. First problem, in the U.S. most state laws say massage is NOT the practice of medicine. Many therapists have gone on blithely...
by davidl | Sep 5, 2012 | David Lauterstein
When I first came to Texas in 1984 I thought I’d just teach advanced trainings. I started teaching a class out of my apartment on San Gabriel and 29th. It was a group of about 10 students/therapists that included, among others, an interesting young man named,...
