Symptoms and Causes of Runner’s Knee Pain Running injuries are relatively common among both new and experienced runners, so it is important to know what to expect. Knee pain or discomfort while running can potentially be a symptom of a knee injury, which is often referred to as runner’s knee. This particular ailment manifests as constant pain under the knee …
Neck Whiplash Treatment for a Car Accident Have you been involved in a car accident in Colorado? Are you experiencing whiplash symptoms? The trauma inflicted on the neck from whiplash can be extreme. During a car accident, tremendous force is applied to the body. This often results in the neck straining to keep the head from being “thrown around”, which …
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In the News: Massage Benefits Sciatic Nerve Pain We were pleased to see the article in the Cincinnati Herald, “Benefits of massage on sciatic nerve pain.” The short article outlines some ways massage therapy has helped people suffering from sciatic nerve pain (aka: sciatica). It also has some suggestions for self-massage care using a tennis ball. Sciatica & Sciatic Nerve …
What is Thai Yoga Massage? This type of bodywork involves opening the body’s energy lines through a combination of rhythmic compression, soft-tissue manipulation, acupressure and stretching. It is referred to as Thai Yoga Massage because the therapist will move you through series of yoga-like stretches. Thai Yoga Massage is felt as both relaxing and energizing as it includes deep muscular …
Self-Massage Tool for your Legs
Self Care for Your Arms, Elbows & Hands Is Armaid for You? The Armaid is the best self-massage tool for your forearms & hands. We use ours daily to prevent injuries and suggest the same for many of our clients who rock climb, lift weights, practice yoga or crossfit often. This is also a great tool to use if you …
Massage Therapy for Chronic Low-Back Pain Research released in July 2011 expanded on previous studies demonstrating the effectiveness of massage therapy for chronic low back pain. Researchers found that “patients receiving massage were twice as likely as those receiving usual care to report significant improvements in both their pain and function”. The study was conducted over 10 weeks through Group …
Sports Massage Therapy Reduces Inflammation Post Workout After a hard workout, nothing feels better than a good sports massage. We call it a “flush,” and technically speaking it’s a post-event massage designed to help athletes recover faster so they can train harder. For years, we have know that massage relieves pain in injured muscles after exercise. Now, research through the …
Supporting Male Athletes In December 2012, our Sports/Injury Specialist, David, was interviewed by DaySpa Magazine to help them understand the needs of male athletes. Their article, “SPA TREATMENTS: Catering to Male Athletes,” likely stems from the trend that women typically take “better care” of themselves and seek professional support & care more frequently…especially in the spa setting. We were honored …
