http://www.townsvillemassage.com Massage therapy kneads and relaxes muscles, easing and soothing your aches and pains. It rejuvenates… restoring balance to your body, making you better prepared for all the things life throws your way Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:50:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Rotator Cuff is a group of four muscles and their tendons, which cover the Glenohumeral or shoulder joint where the Humerus fits into a shallow socket in the shoulder blade. The Rotator Cuff is an amazing piece of kit that allows the arm to raise and rotate at the shoulder and helps to stabilise the [...]]]> http://www.townsvillemassage.com/index.php/2010/03/stabilising-the-shoulder/ http://www.townsvillemassage.com/index.php/2010/03/opposing-muscles/ What are the Rotator Cuff muscles? The Rotator Cuff is a group of  four muscles along their tendons working together to give the Glenohumeral (shoulder) joint stability.  Each Rotator Cuff muscle moves the arm (from the shoulder joint) in a specific direction, and work together to stabilise the shoulder joint. The Rotator Cuff muscle group include: * Supraspinatus * [...]]]> http://www.townsvillemassage.com/index.php/2010/02/rotator-cuff-injuries/ Mobility is one thing we all take for granted until we lose it. When we can’t walk or stand because of feet or knee problems, we soon realise how much we take our limbs for granted in our day to day activities. Despite the fact that arthritis or injury like torn ligaments or tendons are common complaints [...]]]> http://www.townsvillemassage.com/index.php/2010/02/mobility-and-massage/ What gets air into and out of our lungs? You’ve probably never given it a thought, but the answer may seem as obvious as breathing in and out.  But except for those rare occasions when we consciously regulate our breathing pattern, we do not decide when to inhale and when to exhale.  And even when we [...]]]> http://www.townsvillemassage.com/index.php/2010/02/our-big-breathing-muscle/ http://www.townsvillemassage.com/index.php/2010/01/back-to-front/ Muscles enable us to move, contribute to our shape, maintain posture and produce heat as well as helping us to breathe, digest food, circulate blood and perform invariable other body functions.  Approximately 40-50% of body mass is made up of muscle tissue. Posture is the bearing in which you hold your body plumb when you are [...]]]> http://www.townsvillemassage.com/index.php/2009/12/posture-how-do-you-stand-with-it/ Frozen Shoulder Syndrome is an extremely painful condition characterised by pain and stiffness of the shoulder and has the medical profession stumped. There’s lots of theories about the cause and pain killers are prescribed by the bucket load, but from my experience, nothing works. If there was a medicinal cure for Frozen Shoulders, the chemist [...]]]> http://www.townsvillemassage.com/index.php/2009/12/frozen-shoulder/ The Shoulder Girdle. The shoulder girdle consists of  a whole bunch of bony joints and muscles that connect the upper limbs to the rest of the skeleton and provide an impressive range of movement. The three bones which form the Shoulder Girdle are the Scapula, the Clavicle, and the Humerus, and the most important feature of the [...]]]> http://www.townsvillemassage.com/index.php/2009/12/the-shoulder-girdle/ On the back of the body, the trunk muscles are built in layers, and as a group they help stabilise the trunk and protect to the spinal cord.  They hold the body upright while extending and rotating the neck and trunk.  The many muscles throughout the back are named because of the actions they perform… [...]]]> http://www.townsvillemassage.com/index.php/2009/11/muscles-of-the-trunk/