Massage Therapy Benefits The Wall Street Journal recently published an article highlighting the medical benefits of massage therapy. Thanks WSJ for sharing this important research so more people can find relief. Here are some highlights from the Wall Street Journal article “Don’t Call It Pampering: Massage Wants to Be Medicine” 3/14/12: Massage helps Carpal Tunnel Syndrome “Research… has found that …
Kinesio Taping & Massage Last week I attended a Kinesio Taping introductory class with Katie at Pace & West Physical Therapy. Kinesio Tape is an elastic tape used to support and stabilize the muscles and joints without restricting the body’s range of motion. It is useful in our massage therapy practice and your treatments and it is a treatment strategy …
Why you’ve been doing forward folds wrong for years. “Stack your joints.” As students, we hear this in every class. “Stack your joints.” As teachers, we offer this reminder throughout our asana practice. But when it comes to forward folds, it seems we forget this cue in our journey toward the floor. Or do we even know what it means …
We love to learn. And we love to educate. We’re happy to review your surgery videos (or to attend them when we can) to help us learn more about your body. The more we understand, the better we can apply our soft-tissue work. Here is an example of a knee scope & microfracture. The scope cleans the uneven surfaces to …
We Were Quoted in a Recent Article The Real Cost of Quitting Smoking Original article by Bloomberg.com 4/13/12 Our Injury Specialist, David, was contacted by Bloomberg.com in February to discuss using massage therapy to help people who are trying to quit smoking. We told them that our work was about supporting people on their path to making healthy lifestyle choices. …
Broomfield Sports Massage Therapy (as of June 2016, this office has moved to Superior) We’re fortunate to be a part of Impact Sports Performance , Colorado’s Premiere Sports Performance and Injury Rehab facility in Broomfield. Since 2009, we’ve been working on creating packages for youth and professional athletes that bring together massage therapy, physical therapy w/Synapse Physical Therapy, nutrition and …
Yogis, I’m sure you were shocked to read the New York Times article, How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body, published on Jan 5th, 2012. While a bit sensationalized and dated in its examples, there is some truth to the article. Let’s use this opportunity to hear the warnings and modify our practice accordingly. It’s important to recognize that yoga, like …
As a massage therapist and anatomy instructor, I receive many questions about herniated discs and lower back pain. This amazing 4 minute video gives a view inside our bodies with 3D animation. See the anatomy behind how our vertebra stack on top of one another, how they move around the spinal cord and how the spinal nerves exit the spinal …
Proper Sleeping Positions It’s not uncommon for people to wake up with discomfort in their neck or back. Sleeping is the time for our bodies and brains to rest and “reset.” It’s unfortunate that many people wake up in pain. Below are some tips to help you find a comfortable, biomechanically correct posture while sleeping. Avoid Sleeping on your Stomach! …
Healthy Living Boulder Therapeutics believes that healthy living is a lifestyle choice and something we do for ourselves and family everyday. During our massage sessions various health-related issues and topics are often discussed and we feel this information should be shared with all of our clients. We have created a list of links that we refer our clients to regularly. …
