May/June 2014
Technique
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Lubricants: Understand Your Options
Your choice of massage oil affects more than just the ease of performing a technique. Oils can condition, hydrate, and soften the skin, improve skin elasticity, and more. Learn how to look at the various oil ingredients carefully.
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Reclaiming the Body
A client describes soreness, neck and shoulder pain, and tingling sensations in both arms after being a passenger in a rear-end crash in a snowstorm. Then, pain in her lower back crept in.
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The Sum Of All Intentions
By Cyndi DaleWe are constantly informed about the power of belief, whether it is via the placebo effect, positive thinking, prayer, or intention. It’s just that the power seems so hard to manage or enforce...
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The Wobbly Wheel Syndrome
A joint’s normal range of motion is defined by the connective tissue that binds it. The muscles, tendons, and fascia that cross a joint dictate approximately 80 percent of its stability. Think of the optimal alignment, or joint centration, like a wheel on a car.
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Joint Alignment and Rotations of the Knee
The knee is the most frequently injured joint in the body for three reasons: it is the largest, most complex, and most unstable joint.
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Essence And Form
Polarity therapy and biodynamic craniosacral therapy (BCST) are two different bodywork systems that endeavor to help us understand the essence of the healing process.
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Craniosacral Therapy & Infants
There’s no better time for a craniosacral practitioner to get in touch with the fluid motion of the cranial rhythmic impulse (CRI) than at birth, the most tender stage of development.
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Craniosacral Work
By Robyn ScherrCraniosacral techniques can be integrated successfully into almost any kind of session or modality. In this article, I’ll discuss several approaches to this work.
Critical Thinking and Essentials
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Evaluating Different Modalities
There are many different types of massage, and all of us have opinions on which is the most effective. But what does the research say?
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Bipolar Disorder
By Ruth WernerBipolar disorder, sometimes called manic depression, is a common, severe, and progressive mood disorder. People with bipolar disorder live at the edges of human experience. Let's look at the different types.
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4 Questions for Self-Inquiry
Concentrating energy on my self-care makes it possible for me to have a full caseload and not get burned out. The following are some questions you can ask yourself to customize your self-care.
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Time Waits for No One
Time management is a challenge we all face—how can we fit in everything we want to do? And how does that fit in to running a practice?
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Make Business Relationships Work For You
Building a professional network of like-minded colleagues can be just as important to your practice as building a stable of loyal clients.
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Palmaris Longus
By Christy CaelThe palmaris longus is a relatively slender, superficial muscle located centrally on the anterior forearm. Learn how to palpate here.
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Understanding Fascial Change
By Til LuchauEven more abundant in our bodies than bones or muscles are the fasciae—the membranous connective tissues that surround and connect every part of our internal structure.
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Darren's Back and Leg Pain
By Whitney LoweLearn from a case study about a client with some low-back tightness and pain extending down his right leg.
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6 Short Stories About Connective Tissue
By Andrew BielYour bones, fasciae, tendons, ligaments, joint capsules, blood and lymph fluids, adipose tissue, and mucus are all forms of connective tissue. Our bodies must be able to move while simultaneously retaining structural integrity. Connective tissue does this job, balancing mobility and stability.
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Running with Jessica
Massage therapist Jessica Goldman went out for a run on April 16. A trans-American run. She plans to return sometime in June. Read her story.
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Workers' Comp Basics
By Nancy PotterDo you need workers’ compensation insurance for your practice? The answer is pretty straightforward.
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10 Rules to Work By
Here are 10 business rules that can help you and your practice survive and prosper in this—or any—economy.