In this episode we talk about several subject relating to health and preventative health actions and screenings.
Preventative MRI
Preventative MRI, often referred to as proactive or screening MRI, is a diagnostic imaging technique used to detect potential health issues in their early stages, especially in individuals with a higher risk of certain conditions. It's…
More About Graston Technique Therapy
A Graston technique therapy is a manual therapy that is effective in improving and treating soft tissue conditions. Patients experiencing chronic pain, acute, or post-surgical conditions can greatly benefit from GT therapy.
Stainless steel tools are used in Graston technique therapy. They are usually concave and convex shapes with rounded edges…
Massage for Back Pain Relief
The practice of regular massage is considered more of a treat than a necessity. Most people believe that getting a massage will relieve their aches and pains. It can even help if they’ve overdone the exercise. But not everybody realizes that massage therapy is also a powerful painkiller. Massage…
Massage Therapy For Runners and Athletes
Whether you run for fun, competition, or stress relief, there are ways massage therapy can significantly improve your running potential.
Reduced Muscle Pain and Fatigue
When you have started a new training program, increased the intensity of your training, or are simply just running more mileage, massage therapy…
Self Massage Tools: Back + Lumbar Support For Chair + How To Use It?
Back Stretcher - is a convenient at home and office back pain relief device and preventative care product. It's a simple way to gently stretch your back and neck, helping to eliminate the source of your back pain and restore your…
Well-weekend with four 20-minute presentations, each of which will teach, demonstrate, and guide a different approach to at-home wellness. Each presentation will leave you with a variety of tangible exercises, tools, and resources that you can choose from and try out at home to improve and develop your personal wellness.
Topics to be covered will include:
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Facial Cupping Can be Added to Your Massage
This is an example of Cupping Facial- a treatment on it's own. I however offer facial cupping, as an add-on to a full body massage. Facial cupping is the same as Cupping facial in terms of cupping technique itself and benefits, it is just done in a…
HSAs, HRAs, FSAs in Vermont
Due to no regulation of massage therapy in VT and thus inability to bill insurance, we would like to remind that we can take Health savings account payments with a referral from your doctor stating that massage is beneficial to your treatment/wellness plan.
Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Health Reimbursement Accounts (HRA) and…
How To Make Your Deep Tissue Massage Therapy/Physical Therapy, Chiropractic Treatment Results Last Longer.
Massage Therapy is great for chronic pain treatment and management, but how do you stay out of pain for as long as possible after the treatments?
Be mindful of your posture, body mechanics and repetitive movement patterns.
Stretch and perform strengthening exercises when…
What is Fascia?
Thoracolumbar fascia
A fascia (/ˈfæʃ(i)ə/; plural fasciae /ˈfæʃii/; adjective fascial; from Latin: "band") is a band or sheet of connective tissue, primarily collagen, beneath the skin that attaches, stabilizes, encloses, and separates muscles and other internal organs.
The fascial network is a beautiful, crystal like, three-dimensional, spider’s web structure that is ever-flowing and uninterrupted. It encompasses the…
Thoracic Kyphosis
Help back, neck and shoulder pain, tight pecs!
Used for:
Clinical mobilization platform
Lower thoracic/upper lumbar dysfunction
Ideal posture retraining/stretching tool
The Thoracic Pivot is to be used alone. The Thoracic Pivot is ideal for persons with a forward head posture. This is the only time they can truly have a pivot…
If you have been suffering from back pain, there are things you can do live as pain free as possible with little changes. If you do not have any bulging or herniated disks or any other damage with these little steps you might be able to keep it that way until the old age! It's…