Super Interesting Articles
I have decided to add a percussive massager to my work. For some people this can be very helpful to open up the tissues at the beginning of your massage. I have found this helps clients with very tight muscles, clients with fibromyalgia, and clients who cannot tolerate trigger point therapy. It activates your muscles and brings more blood to the area being worked on to begin to heal your body. I only use it for less than 10 mins during a session but so far it has been very helpful and well liked. The video below is a bit outdated but it explains the importance of massage pretty well and in simple terms and why the use of a percussive massage device can be helpful both for at home and in a session with a professional Massage Therapist. See video below.
For all my prenatal clients, here's a great and helpful website to help you give birth naturally and to encourage the baby to be and stay in the correct position to be born. I refer all my prenatal clients to spinning babies and encourage them to do the exercises they recommend.
https://draxe.com/hemp-protein-powder/
As I sit here drinkning my hemp protein smoothie this morning, I decided to google "benefits and uses of Hemp protein powder" and this very good article came up from Dr. Axe whom I highly respect. Check it out.
How can massage help a person dealing with cancer? Read this very informative article about massage and cancer.
Finally some very positive news about massage and how it should be in the frontline therapy approach toward back pain...
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-guidelines-how-to-handle-back-pain/
Here's a video link of my amazing MLD teacher talking about the benefits and uses for Manual Lymph Drainage. It's only 25 mins and may get a little technical at times, but very educational.
https://youtu.be/_z6VEPPb_fM