Massage Therapy for Chronic Shoulder Pain As we get older, years and decades of mechanical stress may lead to deterioration of joints, ligaments, and tendons. This degenerative process, commonly known as arthritis, primarily affects weight-bearing joints such as the …
Massage therapy and running for therapy are a great combination ! Turns out you really can get to a place in your running, where you can actually relax, despite the fact that you are breathing at a higher rate than …
What is it that makes us get up and go ? Do we need a group of people to motivate us, compete against us or organize us ? Or do we need a challenge more closer to home: a personal …
Women Petition to Ride Tour de France Top female cyclists call for race organizers to hold shorter women’s stages on the same days as the men’s ByJen See at bicycling.com Photo: Female professional cyclists race an 8-day Tour of …
Pain is subjective, no questions about it, but how much pain is normal ? By definition we need to extend our capacity to grow (both in real life and in muscular terms) , so how much is too much? Brandi …
Should you feel sore after your work out and how massage can help Read more »
Running should be fun, but sometimes we are all struggling to get going – down the same road again…. Here some brilliant bits of inspiration from Tina Reale, real body fitness: 1. Get some good music or an …
Running for fun – and having a massage afterwards! Read more »
People regularly ask me if massage has to hurt to be effective. Is it really ‘no pain- no gain’ when it comes to sports massage or can a deep tissue massage even be enjoyable ? First of all it is …
Occasionally clients will say to me: ‘ That just felt so great, but how does massage actually work?’ As you can imagine there are just so many levels on which we could discuss this question, physiologically, emotionally , mechanically… It …
As you probably already guessed: yoga is a great complimentary activity to running! Flexibility, strength, balance, control to mention but a few qualities Yoga can inject into your running are invaluable tools to improve your performance and your …
Ok, so how many of you are calling yourselves an athlete ? Right – obviously a seasoned sports person is entitled to have sports massages, because they have been training a long time, are at a good level of fitness …