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A right pain in the neck!

Natalie — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:16:35 +0000

The saying ‘a pain in the neck’ is used in many contexts these days but for many people the discomfort of pain in the neck is a very real and daily occurrence, particularly if they have recently or at some time in the past suffered a whiplash injury. If a whiplash injury has occurred – [...]

Working with the Spine

Natalie — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:25:41 +0000

For the first time in weeks my spine feels totally free – free from tension, free from discomfort, free from compression. And what has happened to enable that? A weekend in Brighton with The Jing Institute of Advanced Massage refining my understanding of spinal restrictions and receiving some rather fabulous bodywork as part of the learning process! Many [...]

What makes a really GREAT bodyworker?

Natalie — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:15:55 +0000

Reproduced with kind permission from The Jing Institute of Advanced Massage Training: The Seven Secrets of highly successful Bodyworkers New article by Meghan Mari and Rachel Fairweather (with acknowledgements to Steven Covey for his inspirational book: The Seven habits of Highly successful people) What makes a really GREAT bodyworker? During my fifteen year love affair [...]

Shoulders up to your ears?

Natalie — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:20:54 +0000

This has got to be one of the most commonly presenting areas of pain and discomfort that I’ve seen in the clinic since I began practicing massage therapy. It is not uncommon for clients to arrive with their shoulders literally up to their ears – and in a great deal of pain because of it. The largest [...]

Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Pain

Natalie — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:07:23 +0000

Continuing with the back pain series we are moving up to the shoulders, looking at problems that can occur with tightness around the shoulder blades. Rotator Cuff The shoulder blade (scapula) is covered in a muscle group known as the rotator cuff. This is a group of 4 muscles that help hold the humerus (upper [...]

Thoracic Outlet and Carpal Tunnel Syndromes

Natalie — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:51:54 +0000

In this next installment of the Back Pain Series we jump up a little to the upper back and problems associated with tightness and misalignment in this area, and the similarity to the more localised Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Most common in women between 20 and 50 years of age, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome [...]

Degenerative Disc Disease, Osteoarthritis and Spinal Stenosis

Natalie — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:26:39 +0000

In this second part of Lumbar problems we are looking at the more serious conditions of Degenerative Disc Disease, Osteoarthritis and Spinal Stenosis. Degenerative Disc Disease The term Degenerative Disc Disease sounds frightening and permanent. However, it is not as serious as it may suggest. As we get older our spinal discs start to degenerate. [...]

Need a reason for Massage?

Natalie — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:13:01 +0000

In the words of Gerry Pyves, NO HANDS Massage creator, a great reason for having a massage is NURTURANCE! “From the moment of birth until our death we experience less and less touch. You could say that our ‘touch quota’ steadily reduces from the moment we are born! Yet touch is one of the primal [...]

Sacral and lumbar problems

Natalie — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:52:37 +0000

So, continuing with the Back Pain series, we move up to the sacrum – the large flat bone right at the base of your back and then up to the lumbar vertebrae, the five large flexible bones at the bottom of the spine. The sacrum consists of five bones that are fused together to form [...]

Excellent understanding from a great client!

admin — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:33:50 +0000

I received this lovely email from a client following the newsletter on Sciatica and Piriformis Syndrome. Paul has been coming for regular treatments for a while now and shows a real understanding of the importance of allowing things to heal and repair at their own rate. As impatient as we might be, we cannot hurry [...]