Most massage therapists, physical therapists, and other health practitioners use the 0 to 10 pain scale with clients and patients. I use it all the time. I guide my clients by saying, “10 means take me to the emergency room. 0 means you don’t feel it at all.” I listen and, just as I instruct students in the Ray of Light Training CE classes, I look for other signs that may indicate more about their pain level.
Massage Therapy As an Alternative to Opioids? They’re doing some research to see if massage can help those addicted to opioids. Very brave research. Much needed research. I know that massage helps to ease my stress load. A lot! I […]
Helping Patients After Surgery It looks like the research is clear on the benefits of massage for folks that have had surgery. “A major review of 16 existing studies published in the journal Pain Medicine indicated massage therapy can effectively […]
Message from a Previous Student I love hearing from therapists who have taken the ROLMT classes to see how their clients are responding to the techniques. We get emails and texts and fb messages and even phone messages regularly from […]
At Cirque du Soleil, Acrobats, Contortionists and Clowns Are All in a Day’s Massage Work There are lots of gigs in the massage therapy world. How about working on the incredible athletes and performers in Cirque du Soleil shows? Sounds […]
Wonderful Cranial-Sacral Therapy Training in Conway We had a wonderful Cranial-Sacral Therapy training in Conway this past weekend. It was especially sweet to have a few therapists who had taken this class with me several years ago, as well as […]
Healing Through Movement I don’t know if this hip flexor program works. Seems like lots of marketing hype. What I do know is that I see more and more clients who need really good iliopsoas bodywork, like what we do […]
