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Ease The Pain

Body Rolling By Sharon Truelove Want to ease those aches & pains; or better yet prevent them? Body Rolling is a therapeutic self-care practice that can help prevent headaches, low back problems,...

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My Tush Hurts!

My Tush Hurts! By Ross Ashcraft Well, your butt hurts.  You sit on it all day and you can’t figure out what you could have possibly done to irritate it.  The answer is “you sit on it all day.”  The...

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Assess Yourself

By Ross Ashcraft !!!Why am I hurting?!!? Is it the weather? My allergies?  My new medication?  My pillow?  My job?  My kids? My dog?  My high heels?   This last one doesn’t apply to me, but you get the...

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Are You a Hippy or a Superhero?

By Ross Ashcraft Are you a hippy?  You may be one and not know it!  Your hips may be the cause of your pain.  You don’t know it, because you think the problem is in your back. Many people have back...

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Stillpoint

By Sharon Truelove Craniosacral Therapy is a  restorative therapy  that uses very light touch to help equalize various systems of  the body, such as: bones, nerves, fluids, and connective tissues of...

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My Hips are Horrible

By Krystal Willis and Ross Ashcraft Ever have problems with your hips? Do they ache?  Do you need to walk around after sitting for long periods of time? Is your low back consistently sore?  These pains...

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My Rhomboids Really Hurt!

By Ashley Jones & Ross Ashcraft Rhomboids create those ugly knots in my scapula. The Rhomboids are a major source of upper back pain. They will cause problems for a wide range of people:...

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Lazy Man’s Yoga?

By Sharon Turelove If you are looking for a very different, yet energetic massage experience; Thai massage just may be for you! It is like yoga being done to you instead of by you. Thai massage is...

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AUCH! My Back Hurts!

By Rosane Collier Back pain is the second most common reason people go to the doctors.  Guess what? It might be your quadrates lumborum (kwa-DRAY-tus lum-BOR-um).  Now that you know how to pronounce...

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Best Back Stretch!

By Matthew Cockrum If you have ever had any lower back problems then please keep reading and take this technique into consideration. This technique has helped me with my many lower back issues. I had...

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Massage, I Love Thee….Let Me Count the Ways

By Q The ancient way to ease all that ales you is as simple as touch. Massage helps with many conditions such as premature infants weight gain to lowering high blood pressure.  Here are 5 things that...

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Life Happens to Our Back

By Katie Tallent In my experience back pain seems to be the most common complaint beginning in our 30′s and approaching our 40′s and can increase in subsequent years if not properly treated. My journey...

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Comment t’aimé-je? (French for “How do I love thee”)

By Sharon Lively Can you think of a better way to tell your sweetie that you love them than the gift of a personal massage? It can be a daunting experience to stand over someone’s back, and see only a...

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Working within Their Abilities

By Jenna Gouskos Not everyone is comfortable around those with physical or mental disabilities, let alone do bodywork on them. Those with disabilities in some cases, are the ones who need bodywork more...

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Are you Discombobulated?

By Laura Gordon Ever have a day or part of a day when you felt loosely wrapped, out of step with things….discombobulated? We all experience something like that at one time or another. It creeps up on...

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“Serenity Now! Serenity Now!”

By Katie Tallent How often have we had those moments when we feel like a character in a Seinfeld episode? “Serenity now! Serenity now!” “What is that?” “The doctor gave me a relaxation cassette. When...

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How Beautiful Are the Feet?!

By Ross Ashcraft & Sage Baker Have you ever said these phrases out loud??  “My feet are killing me!”  “Why does that spot hurt on my big toe?” & “Honey, please rub my feet tonight!?” One of the...

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I Knead You!

By Sharon Livley The first beautiful weekend of spring is a common time to want to get outside and feel the warmth of the sun, smell the new growth of flowers coming to life, hear the birds sing, see...

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Yoga for Massage Therapists….& More!

By Katie Tallent I was introduced to a handful of yoga positions in massage therapy school and found it to be deeply centering.  After graduating I attempted building my personal yoga practice with a...

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There Is Friction Between Us

By Sharon Lively Do you have chronic aches and pains that have lived with you for years?  Do you wish there was something besides medication that could make a difference?  Perhaps what you need is a...

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