by admin | Nov 2, 2020 | Massage Therapy
The term sports massage reminds me of the terms functional, or pain science. Terms like this conjure up a powerful idea of what we think they mean. Is it more feeling than content though? Does it really mean what we think? Sometimes, an attractive...
by admin | Jun 27, 2018 | Massage Therapy
I had persistent mid back pain for about 5 years. It was pretty bad. It drove me bananas (2006-2010). It was through this experience that the wheels really fell off the ortho bus for me. It was through this experience that I got turned on to some pain science, and the...
by admin | May 21, 2018 | Massage Therapy
“Listen to the patient” In the lovely melodic tone of an unmistakably Trinidadian accent, these words still ring in my ears. “Taylah, Taylah, Taaaylah….you have to *listen* to the patient”. That’s what I heard at a disciplinary meeting before I was pretty sure I was...
by admin | Apr 14, 2018 | Massage Therapy
One of my teachers in college used to say “what’s wrong with massage?” The wisdom in that statement took me 8 years to understand. We don’t need to make fancy explanations. For the most part they simply aren’t defensible, and plain old massage with a bit of...
