Hill Running and Low Back Pain
It’s common for trail runners to experience low back pain from uphill running. This article addresses some of the reasons this occurs, and what you can do to prevent and/or alleviate the problem. The...
View ArticleOveruse Injuries: their care and prevention
It’s high season for trailrunning and now is a good time to talk about the potential for overuse problems to crop up. Increased mileage or intensity carries with it an increased chance for injury....
View ArticleCombining Facilitated Stretching with Soft-Tissue Injury Care
By Bob McAtee RMT, CSCS, C-PT As massage therapists, we have the ability to work with injuries to the soft tissues in a way that few other practitioners do. If you think about it, massage practitioners...
View ArticleAn Overview of Facilitated Stretching
This article offers a brief look at facilitated stretching, an active-assisted form of stretching based on proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation. It describes the method, the rationale for its...
View ArticleCelebrating 30 Years!
July 2018 I’ve been very fortunate in my massage career. Thirty years ago this summer, I moved to Colorado Springs from Southern California, where I had a seven-year-old, moderately successful massage...
View ArticleThe P is silent
The other day, I was talking with a client during session. She is a linguist and avid amateur anatomist. I don’t remember the exact context, but she suddenly blurted out the word “pterygium.” Neither...
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