We often keep our jaw muscle tensed without even realizing it. Check in with your jaw right now – is it clenched tightly, or is it relaxed? Many people naturally keep tension in their jaw out of habit or even stress. However, this can lead to jaw pain and tenderness around that important area and up…
When it comes to learning something new, you can listen to the facts and read all about it, or you can experience it in a practical setting. The same applies to different massage therapy techniques, one could describe to you how the target of the treatment is different and how you may feel, or you can…
What does Sports massage offer compared to a more traditional Swedish massage? Is Sports massage designed to treat only elite athletes? Who does it benefit? In this post we will go through all of these questions with Vancouver RMT Michael Scottnicki, and hope to shed some light on the topic of Sports Massage.
Fascia is making an appearance on the main stage of health care in recent years. It is no longer considered “just another tissue” but an integral part of our anatomy and how we function. As you may know from our previous posts, incorporating fascia as part of a massage therapy treatment is often the missing…
Have you been seeking therapeutic care for back pain related to postural issues? Have you been going week after week, month after month and not experiencing lasting results? Or have the results only last for a week or a couple of days at a time? The problem may not be entirely skeletal, or bone-related. The…