How many times do you Google for new information, on a weekly basis? Are you curious to find out about unusual conditions to help understand your clients, or to continuously improve your knowledge? As a massage therapist, Google can be …
Table Talk #5 – Have You Ever Heard of the “Jelly Donut” Theory of Disc Protrusions?
The Jelly Donut Theory The Jelly Donut theory suggests that your vertebral discs behave like jelly donuts. If you flex forward you can squirt (bulge) the “jelly” (nucleus pulposus) out the back of your disc (annulus fibrosus) in disc related …
Table Talk #3 – What is Interoception, Really?
Contrary to what you might guess, “interoception” is not the end of the world, or a new Hollywood blockbuster. Interoception can be defined as internal perception, meaning it is the internal sensations of your body. This would include feelings of …
Table Talk #1 – Tips for Individualised Client Care
Welcome! Today we’re pleased to introduce Table Talk… some thought provoking reading for the astute Massage Therapist (or just something to do while you’re waiting for clients). We hope it will become a regular fixture on Tuesdays right here on the Bright Health …
Is Pain Science Just a Pain in the Gluteus Maximus?
If you are reading this, there is a very good chance that you are a professional, dedicated Massage Therapist, or Myotherapist. You spend days, weeks, months and years up to your elbows in oil or balm, rubbing, kneading, pressing and …
Strange Times in Massage Therapy – Beyond the Biomechanical Model
We are entering strange times of change in the realm of musculoskeletal and massage therapies. Once upon a time, the dominant model of understanding pain and the human body was mechnical – now it is changing. We should now also …
AAMT Conference 2016 – Review Pt 1: John Sharkey – A New Way to Think About Fascia and Anatomy
It has been a couple of months since the AAMT national conference rolled into Hobart and while this article was originally written to update those that were unable to attend, the ongoing developments since then are also worthy of discussion. The conference kicked …
Massage as a Mindfulness Practice
Mindfulness can be described as the practice of deliberate connection with the sensory abilities of the body. It is a quieting of the “thinking mind” and has been shown to have a significant range of health benefits. Mindfulness practice is …
The Modern World Needs More Massage – Here’s Why…
The modern world is like nothing any animal, vegetable or mineral has ever experienced previously, EVER! For hundreds of thousands of years, the planet earth has evolved without electronic gadgetry, smart phones, email, internet, facebook, 50” LED TVs, Skype or …
Giant Leap for Massage Therapists – 5 Essentials for Effective Remedial Massage Treatment
If you were asked what your most effective technique is, how would answer? Would you explain that trigger point techniques are the most effective, they are the best for reducing pain right? What about myofascial release, it is backed up …
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