by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
Part three of Massage and the Nervous System. (See parts two and one.) As massage therapists we know how to get our hands on muscles and connective tissues. But now we see somehow we have to get our hands on the nervous system because otherwise it’s a bit like...
by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | Anatomy, David Lauterstein
Did you know it is basically a law of structure that under compression fascia will “migrate” laterally? Think of pressing down on a beach ball. The more you press, the further out each of its color segments would get. This is exactly what happens to the...
by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | Anatomy, David Lauterstein
By David Lauterstein, LMT, Cert. ZB Most people don’t know much about their bodies. As a result, we live with suffering individually and as a society suffer from the symptoms of “psycho-physical illiteracy”. Most of the physical suffering happens in the back. Lower,...
by Bethany | Mar 13, 2012 | All Articles, Massage Careers
By Jennifer Shaw, LMT, Marketing Director Are you considering working with a chiropractor? Have you been referred a client from one? How many of your massage clients also see chiropractors? Because the massage and chiropractic industries often overlap, at the 2010...
by Bethany | Mar 13, 2012 | All Articles
By Jennifer Shaw, LMT, Marketing Director From a historical perspective, the Five Element Theory is one of the major systems of thought within Chinese medicine that serves a major diagnostic and treatment protocol. In modern clinical practice, the Five Element Theory...