Health


The Painful Side Of Positive Health Care Marketing

It’s a strange world. Massage therapists and other types of practitioners have to be very careful about what we promise to clients. And rightly so. We can’t tell them that everything is going to be hunky-dory and that we will […]


Navigating the Path to Wellness With Massage Therapy

I love reading about research that shows how massage can help people with specific conditions. This article describes research showing how massage can help people with: – Osteoarthritis – Type 2 Diabetes – Alzheimer’s – Cancer – Mood Disorders If […]


Great DIT Class in Little Rock

We had a great DIT class this weekend in Little Rock. Therapists from early 20’s to early 80’s and from all over Arkansas. What a fun group! Lots of folks that learned how to get deep into those hip rotators […]


What’s in a name: Myofascial Release or Myofascial Induction?

I’m always interested in reading about research that looks at the techniques we use on our clients to see if it validates those techniques or not. Below is a review of several studies on Myofascial Release affecting different conditions, published […]


Hot Spring Cranial-Sacral Therapy Class

We had a lovely time in Hot Springs with the therapists in the Cranial-Sacral Therapy class this week. It started out a little slow, as I described how the CST techniques work. There were a few puzzled faces. As they […]


Fascia and Movement

Watch this Ballet Rotoscope. Then think of the fascia in your body moving 1,000 times more 3-dimensionally than even this beautiful representation. https://www.facebook.com/universaldancebr/videos/1971772456400073/


Stepping up weight loss: Can walking help dieters shed fat?

This is an interesting study that looked at people trying to lose weight through either dietary changes alone OR dietary changes and a regular walking program. I’ve become more interested in ways that people can lose weight in a healthy […]