“Why Didn’t My Physician Recommend Myofascial Release?” and Why I provide it with Kinessage (DMG).

Why Didn’t My Physician Recommend Myofascial Release? This is a common question I get from clients: How could something that helped them so much go unnoticed by their doctor? From your physician’s standpoint, I truly believe that they are inundated with “miracle cures” on a daily basis. From pharmaceutical representatives selling the newest medication, the […]

Consumer Report article – “Should you try massage for back pain?”

http://www.consumerreports.org/health/should-you-try-massage-for-back-pain/ “The studies reviewed were small (124 people, on average), notes Andrea Furlan, M.D., Ph.D., the review’s lead author and a scientist at the Institute for Work & Health in Toronto. “I really believe massage is effective,” she says, “but we need bigger and better-designed clinical trials before we can be sure.” So, how might […]

Okinawa’s Longevity Lessons

Subject: Okinawa’s Longevity Lessons Embrace an ikigai Older Okinawans can readily articulate the reason they get up in the morning. Their purpose-imbued lives gives them clear roles of responsibility and feelings of being needed well into their 100s. Rely on a plant-based diet Older Okinawans have eaten a plant-based diet most of their lives. Their […]

Massage tunes your body

http://www.massagetherapy.com/articles/index.php/article_id/1660/Massage-Multiplied Excerpt: “This being the case, it only makes sense that those aches and pains you see your massage therapist for might disappear faster, stay away longer, or even go away altogether with more frequent visits. Stress might never reach those physiologically detrimental levels where the immune system is suppressed or the nervous system is […]