Sports Massage Therapy Reduces Inflammation Post Workout After a hard workout, nothing feels better than a good sports massage. We call it a “flush,” and technically speaking it’s a post-event massage designed to help athletes recover faster so they can train harder. For years, we have know that massage relieves pain in injured muscles after exercise. Now, research through the …
Supporting Male Athletes In December 2012, our Sports/Injury Specialist, David, was interviewed by DaySpa Magazine to help them understand the needs of male athletes. Their article, “SPA TREATMENTS: Catering to Male Athletes,” likely stems from the trend that women typically take “better care” of themselves and seek professional support & care more frequently…especially in the spa setting. We were honored …
Massage for Knee Osteoarthritis and Knee Pain Have your Knees been Achy with Cold Weather? Do you have Increased Knee Pain from Skiing, Hiking or Snowshoeing? Study Determines Optimal Dose of Massage Therapy for Osteoarthritis of the Knee Research supported by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) showed that 60-minute sessions of Swedish massage therapy delivered once …
Learn More About Fascia We recently watched this amazing video (see clip above) from Dr. Jean-Claude Guimberteau, MD called “Interior Architectures.” The video explores the fascial connections and connective tissue within our bodies using an HD camera and clearly demonstrates just how integrated our tissues really are. For those of you who have heard David, our Injury Specialist, lecture at …
“Sweet Little Lies: The 40-yr Campaign to Cover up Evidence that Sugar Kills” “[T]he fact that no confirmed scientific evidence links sugar to the death-dealing diseases…is the lifeblood” of the Sugar Association. I encourage you to read the article and review the Internal papers from the Sugar Industry which reveal a strategy to safeguard sugar from “opportunists,” “pseudoscientists,” and “enemies.” …
Healing Massage: Healthy Therapy For Cancer Patients by guest blogger Melanie Bowen Awareness Advocate for Natural Health Few things in life are more stressful than a diagnosis of cancer and the subsequent treatments that follow. Stress, however, is a known contributor to poor health and diseases, which makes controlling stress for a person going through cancer treatments all the more …
The 12 Most Important Foods Everyone Should Eat Everyday! On October 22nd, Boulder Therapeutics & Pace + West Physical Therapy kicked off our bi-monthly lecture series with a Nutrition Talk given by nutritionist Pam Vagnieres. With over 20 people in attendance, we all learned how to eat a well-balanced diet which focuses on reducing inflammation in the body and the …
Health Benefits of Yoga This article, written by NursingDegree.net, highlights 77 health benefits of yoga. We’re happy to see this article published by a medical website supporting the numerous benefits of yoga. Read the full article here. Health Benefits Within From lowering blood pressure to increasing pain tolerance, these health benefits can all be discovered within the body. Health Benefits …
AcroYoga Therapeutic Flying What is AcroYoga? AcroYoga blends the wisdom of yoga, the dynamic power of acrobatics, and the loving kindness of healing arts. These three lineages form the foundation of a practice that cultivates trust, playfulness, and community. What is Therapeutic Flying? AcroYoga has 3 main elements to the practice, yoga, acrobatics and healing arts. Therapeutic flying is categorized …
Yoga Anatomy Trainings Have you ever been interested in learning more about anatomy in your yoga practice? Our Sports/Injury Specialist, David Abookire, has been teaching functional anatomy to yoga instructors since 2005. His hands-on classes educate thru power point presentations, use of a full-skeleton model, lecture, Q&A and a hands-on workshop approach to education. Functional Yoga Anatomy Trainings: Level 1 …
