by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein, Deep Massage, Types of Massage
About a year and half ago I wrote about the process of writing The Deep Massage Book, which I’ve been doing, off and on, for a number of years. So here’s an update. I’m done with the writing and the commissioned illustrations from a fantastic local...
by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
It is not the therapeutic intention that is fruitful, but it is how we really meet that is therapeutically fruitful. (paraphrase of Martin Buber) The nerve cells which sense pressure and vibration were discovered in 1831 by the Italian anatomist, Giovanni Pacini, who...
by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
By David Lauterstein We hear the terms “medical massage,” “clinical massage” and “orthopedic massage therapy” used in our field these days. But what is Clinical Massage really? Clinical massage therapy uniquely focuses on the treatment of soft tissue to maintain,...
by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
These words are excerpted from the essay “The Wisdom of the Body” from Stanley Kunitz’ book Next-to-Last Things. I’ve found them inspiring my massage therapy again and again over the years. For ages before (human writing), “immense...
by Bethany | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
Deliberation is born of joy. — Rumi Andrew Taylor Still, Osteopath’s founder, said the body contains all the healing substances it needs. And indeed humans have within their nervous systems equally the antidote to the social epidemic of excess stress. The...
