Soft tissues around the spine play an important role in the health of the back. A large, complex group of muscles work together to support the trunk and hold the body erect. They also allow the trunk to move, bending and twisting in all directions.
Three types of back muscles that help spinal function are…
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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…
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Deep Tissue Massage
When muscles feel knotted, tense or damaged a Deep Tissue can provided a soothing treatment either applying it shallow or deep. It can be gentle or harder.
Deep Tissue (Remedial) Massage concentrates on the deeper layers of muscle tissue releasing the persistent forms of tension in the body through purposeful strokes and deep pressure…
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What is the Psoas Muscle?
The Psoas is the only muscle to connect the lumbar spine to the legs.
The Psoas is perhaps the single most involved muscle, and it is the cause of most grief in the low back, neck, shoulders and especially the hip joint. Often, the patient will complain of feeling sore in the…
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Massage is thought to be the oldest form of medical therapy practiced on the human body.
The different types of massage and the various techniques that encompass them stem from our most celebrated civilizations and the traditional beliefs of ancient Greece and Rome, ancient India, Japan and China.
The Chinese wrote the first book about massage 3000…
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One session with an experienced and qualified massage therapist is usually enough to convince most people massage really works.
They are often surprised to find it offers an effective alternative for treating problem muscles and joints normally considered the domain of modern medicine or other well-recognised forms of health care.
Over the past five to ten years…
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Back pain is one of the most common complaints treated by remedial massage therapists, and other health professionals. Back pain could be caused simply by muscular imbalances or by more complex issues related to disc and vertebral, spinal cord, facet joint, ligament, inflammation and spinal canal problems to mention a few.
The back muscles are…
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Back pain is one of the most common complaints treated by remedial massage therapists, and other health professionals.
The causes of back pain are many and varied, so treatments vary widely from massage to surgery.
Back pain could be caused simply by muscle imbalances or by more complex issues related to disc and vertebral, spinal cord, facet…
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