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Anatomy and Physiology Injuries Massage Pain Remedial Massage Sports

Remedial Massage for Muscle Bruises, Contusions, and Hematomas

Remedial massage is an excellent treatment for healing bruises, but only after 5–7 days from the initial injury.

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Experience Manual therapy Massage Posture Stress

Why I almost never put you face-down first for your massage treatment

There’s a conventional wisdom in massage therapy: “rub where it hurts.” This is wrong.

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Anatomy and Physiology Experience Manual therapy Massage Pain Posture Remedial Massage Stress

The most important thing your massage therapist doesn’t know

Do you see a massage therapist for your sore, tight-feeling shoulders? If you do, there is every possibility they are making you feel worse, not better.

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Remedial Massage

Forward Head Posture and How To Fix It

A bloke named Joseph posted this question on one of my videos that got me thinking about forward head posture, also known as “chicken neck.” The short answer to Joseph’s query is the cervical (neck) extensors/erectors – the muscles on the back of your neck, for example, the splenius capitis. There is a little more […]