So really,..why get a massage? This is the question many ask, So few seem to have any answer. Let’s start with 3 reasons. The first would the amazing health benefits. The 2^nd would be the human stress/tension reset switch. So third would be the “ahhhhhhhh” factor! Allow me to explain. Read the rest of this entry »

“In the shadows lurk the opportunistic seed of all the hell of our existence.” Illness and chronic injury rarely appear overnight and out of nowhere. They start small and then a sedentary lifestyle opens the doors for it to get worse. Such is the case of CVI (Chronic Venous Insufficiency)

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“In all animals great and small there is a point of ease, of minimal energy expenditure where everything just works right. That point is not at work in bad posture!” Locking your knees, rolling your shoulders forward, head sticking forward like a chicken are all examples of bad posture. They are also some of the worst harbingers of injury and bad health.

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In every article I write you will find the same close “So, stand up straight, take a deep breath, another glass of water and get a massage” followed by some clever quip. But the real reason for this is they are very important steps to maintaining and improving your health.

Stand up straight. Structurally we are designed to be erect and mobile. If you slouch to change the dynamic of how the body functions. It usually is not for the good either. Slouching causes you to rest on your diaphragm and does not allow you to breathe fully, slowing and hampering a host of vital process from maintenance to improvement. Read the rest of this entry »

Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness month the next few articles I write will be on that topic. In my research on the topic of breast cancer from a lymphatic point of view I have found several points of interest. Read the rest of this entry »

Where the waters flow so flows health. I have found over the course of my studies in Lymphatic Drainage that it is probably the least understood and respected part of the massage Therapy tool box. Even with the extensive training and study I have done I still only scratch the surface of the depth of its benefits to health. Case in point shoulder problems Read the rest of this entry »

A client asked me the other day whether or not massage could improve one’s libido. My answer is yes! Now we are not talking Viagra here. Rx’s inflict a chemical response out of the norm to produce a specific response in the body. Massage influences the body by helping it to work easier. The more relaxed you are the better “everything” works, libido included! Read the rest of this entry »

Relax & Heal With Gary

Massage and Bodywork as therapy

Let me tell you straight up that not all LMT’s do therapeutic or medical bodywork. While all massage has a therapeutic value, not all massage is medical therapy.

First of all Bodywork is a term for massage Therapy more commonly used by those in my profession. It tends to approach illness or injury to the body more like a mechanic. I can already hear my peers cringing at this definition. But bodywork is more along the lines of restorative work, helping the body to rebalance itself and heal as opposed to the soothing and more relaxing oriented work commonly referred to as spa massage. Read the rest of this entry »