Spring is in the air and many of us are spending more time outside being active. If you’re like me you may have been more couch potato and less pro-athlete through the winter months and now the warm weather is encouraging you to go ride your bike, take a hike, go for a paddle, run, rock climb, swim, or play your favorite sport. If you’ve been fairly inactive for a bit it’s easy to overdo it in your eagerness to get out, enjoy the weather and have some fun. If you haven't been

The beginning of each new year is the time we take stock of our lives and decide what we want to accomplish for ourselves during the next trip around the sun. Most of us focus on self-improvement like getting fit, eating healthier, or managing our stress more skillfully. All are smart goals to set in a culture that seems determined to make us mentally and physically debilitated. Adding therapeutic massage to your regimen can help you create a better life for yourself: · If ge

There are plenty of things daily that are virtual pains in the butt and no amount of massage, ice, or analgesics will make them go away. Some of you, however, have actual pain in the buttocks along with numbness, tingling and pain that can travel down the back of the leg and calf all the way to the foot. These symptoms are typically tossed into the general classification of sciatica but there are a number of musculoskeletal problems that can cause these sensations. Many peopl

It would be a fortunate person who could go through life without suffering from a headache. Everyone gets one occasionally and many suffer from them chronically. A minor headache can be irritating enough to ruin your day and a serious one can be completely debilitating. Headaches are one of the leading causes of lost productivity worldwide. I will discuss the most common types of headaches, their causes, and how you can utilize massage as a drug-free alternative to prevent an