by Clare Katner | Apr 11, 2021 | Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy
One of the main reasons to seek a licensed massage therapist when experiencing hip flexor pain is due to the iliopsoas (many people call it the psoas). It’s a large grouping of muscles that attaches directly to the spine in the lower lumbar region. Such a sensitive...
by Clare Katner | Mar 30, 2021 | Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy
Whether you’ve been hunched over a computer, involved in a car accident, or just slept wrong, it’s important to get the best massage therapy you can find for the resulting neck pain in a timely manner. Naturally, you will try to compensate for the neck pain, which can...
by Clare Katner | Dec 31, 2019 | Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy
If you can picture the human body as a tree and the spine as the trunk of that tree, the peripheral nervous system would be like the branches of the tree; reaching out to the very edges of our limbs and connecting the rest of the body to the trunk,or central nervous...
by Clare Katner | Dec 18, 2019 | Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy
Myofascial release is a manual therapy that is “ hands-on”. The fascia is manipulated and slowly brought to its original healthy state. Fascia is a lot like saran wrap-but it’s actually tissue that surrounds the body’s muscles and other organs. This fascia protects...
by Clare Katner | May 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
When people think about manual lymphatic drainage massage they think it’s only for individuals who have lymph problems. Lymphatic drainage has recently become a very useful tool in helping people recover from any type of inflammation. For example, when treating...