#5 of the 31 blogs in 31 days blogging challenge and another in the “What If” series. What if I pop? It happens sometimes during a massage, a popping occurs. In 26 years of practice thousands of pops have occurred on my table. It isn’t what my intent is, nor is it in my scope […]
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What Do You Really Want?
I hope you have been enjoying the blogging challenge so far. This is the fourth of 31 blogs in 31 days and a continuation of the “What If” series. What if massage clients who requested Deep Tissue really wanted something else and didn’t know how to ask? Good thing I have always done a […]
A Personal Perspective of Depth
This is the third of the 31 in 31 Annual August Blogging Challenge and the second in my “What If” series. What if we could begin to understand that depth is subjective? Massage should not hurt. Deep tissue work need not be painful. Manual therapies performed correctly will not leave bruises. Can we all agree […]
Feet First
This is the first in a series of blogs I am calling What If. These are things I think about and clients ask about frequently. So this will hopefully clarify a few things or at least let you know this Massage Therapist’s opinion. Someone asked me once if I did reflexology. I said no but; […]
Here We Go Again
Last August I participated in the First 31 in 31 Blogging Challenge. I really enjoyed it. I know many of you did as well. I met some amazing Bad Ass Blogging Massage Therapists and had a great time. Along the way I wrote a lot. I hopefully began to improve my writing and got some […]
The Value of Words
Being a massage therapist, one of the most frequent questions we get is “What kind of massage do you do?” The answer that I usually give is “Yes.” Which leads to a bigger discussion – understanding that many people are attached to styles and names more than the fact that a massage at Phoenixville Massage […]
Busting the Astroturf Ceiling Series VI: Playing B...
There are rules in every game for every player. These rules are common knowledge and expected in every game. There are refs there to make calls when the rules are violated. There are also rules for Coaches, Parents, Physicians, Athletic Trainers and yes even Massage Therapists. These are not that well known. They are […]
Busting the Astroturf Ceiling IV: The Continued Ad...
I was determined to learn as much as I could about Sports Massage. I decided the best way to do that was attended continuing education over the years with some amazing educators; Myk Hungerford, Bob King, Harold Packman, Erik Dalton, Whitney Lowe, James Waslaski, Django Sanders, Bruno Chikly, MD and Phil Nokes, DO. I have […]
Busting the Astroturf Ceiling III: The Adventures ...
First, I never wanted to be a Sports Massage Therapist and I still do not call myself that. I am a Massage Therapist. I have had many classes of continuing education and lots of experience in Sports Massage but, that isn’t what I set out to do. In fact, when I went to Massage School […]
Busting the AstroTurf Ceiling: Introduction
Christopher and I had an opportunity to go to the Philadelphia Eagles Training Camp this year. It was an amazing experience! Since it is football season I decided to start a blog series about Sports Massage. Here is a disclaimer: we do not intend or mean to imply in any way that we are working […]