With up to 70 million Americans suffering from chronic sleep disorders and countless experiencing occasional insomnia, we need to start thinking multidimensionally in order to get adequate rest (Institute of Medicine. (2006). Sleep Disorders and Sleep Deprivation: An Unmet Public Health Problem. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.). Studies show that massage therapy is an…
[Read More...]Massage and Fibromyalgia; What Can We Do?
Pain can make it difficult to enjoy everyday activities, but for people with fibromyalgia, pain can be constant- interfering with sleep, work and daily tasks. Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterized by widespread muscle pain and tenderness. Other common symptoms associated with FM include fatigue, intolerance to cold, tension headaches, cognitive difficulties, sleep difficulties and irritable…
[Read More...]The Benefits of Postpartum Massage
If you have received any massage during pregnancy, no convincing needs to be done about the rich body and mind benefits of this treatment. But what about after your baby is born? Pregnancy changes the body so much through the gestation period and after the child is born, the birthing parent’s body now belongs to…
[Read More...]What Is a Trigger Point?
“Trigger Point” is a buzzword that you might hear a lot if you get massage or chiropractic care, but what is a trigger point exactly? Let’s go to the source. Travell and Simons, the guys who coined the term, defined it as “a focus of hyper-irritability in a tissue that, when compressed, is locally tender…
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