Training


Trademarking ‘Trigger Point’

I received a message from AMTA about a company trying to trademark the term ‘trigger point’, which would mean no one else could use it without licensing it from them. Have you heard anything about this? What company is trying […]


Hurricane Irma

The class at the Upledger Institute was cancelled due to the hurricane. However, I had two excellent CST sessions with a therapist that worked with John Upledger himself and who teaches all over the world, including the CST Aquatic program […]


Upledger Institute in Florida

I’m at the Upledger Institute in West Palm Beach, FL this week for some training and for some Cranial-Sacral Therapy for myself. Hoping Hurricane Irma bypasses this area! https://www.facebook.com/RayOfLightMassageTraining/videos/1455085097910084/


Direct-Indirect Technique Works!

I had a client come in yesterday who is an LMT and a bodybuilder. She had some chronic shoulder and arm pain, as well as hip issues. I released the shoulder and hip tightness and then I noticed that her […]


Can supplemental vitamin D improve sleep?

Interesting article about research on sleep issues and vitamin D supplementation. It looks like vitamin D can definitely benefit some folks that have sleep problems, though there are still lots of questions as to how it helps. https://examine.com/nutrition/can-supplemental-vitamind-improve-sleep/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blog-082217


Fix Your Shoulder Pain

This is good information on the importance of diaphragmatic breathing, core strength, and flexibility in the cervical and thoracic spine to having a healthy, happy shoulder. I haven’t seen the exercises themselves, so I don’t have an opinion on those. […]


Wonderful Muscle Balancing Class in Fayetteville!

We had a wonderful group of therapists at the Muscle Balancing and Joint Stabilization class in Fayetteville the past two days. You can see their eyes just glowing :-). (The camera flash helped a bit.) We had a blast! Great […]