Rob Waterson - Traditional Swedish Massage, Bath

Hello folks, I trust you are keeping well and your massaging is going great guns. I've been off for the past 9 months, but that's 1st Episode psychosis. Fortunately my recovery is progressing, my meds are down to one tablet a day and I'm having CBT as well. Back working part time with main job. I expect to be out of action for a year but I'm 90% back in myself and I'm stil keeping my fingers on the massage pulse. Keep up your good work. X

Hi folks,

I am unable to do the Bath Half this year, unfortunately. I wanted 3 MTs in place, although 2 should be okay hopefully Emma should be able to source a replacement for me from the uni.

If anyone on here is running in Bath Half next Sunday 15th for the Bath Rugby Foundation kindly visit my table and I'll bring your legs back to life.

On a sabbatical at the moment but (if all goes well) will be helping out again with the Bath Rugby Foundation Team with Bath Half Marathon 2023 on Sunday 15th October.

30 runners will be taking part. At a minimum a team of 3 would be ideal, so another 2 MTs required.

Strong And Beautiful Massage Therapy and Front Row Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy were in the team last year, and would be great to work with again...they have first refusal as it were.

However, they do have to travel in from afar...so...Anyone in the local massage community up for the challenge? An intense but good time and stretching your abilities does you good.

Heavy handed...? Who, Moi...??
I beg to differ...You may or may not experience a little soreness granted but hey.... you still have a pulse. You'll live.
NEXT...!!!

Ok, before you head off to the roadworks you passed on the way home, you may want to use this link…
https://www.fresha.com/book-now/bee-free-massage-therapist-xnk3guq7/all-offer?pId=753294.

Hmmm....another Phantom enquiry. It happens....a lot. Hey ho.

Parallels are found in surprising places. Think of the body as a ship. It has vital systems to make it work. Break it down...
A ship has a keel (spine) and skeleton... frames, divided into Watertight zones. It has a skin. It has circulation...ie moving working fluids from where stored to point of use, cleaned, filtered and back around. Kms of pipes, ringmains and hoses. Hydraulics which need fluid and pumps, HPA for pneumatics, Fresh Water (hot and cold) made by Reverse Osmosis and minerally dosed from Sea Water, Sea Water, Chilled Water, Technical (distilled) water for HVAC and cooling, Grey Water (lymphatic) Black Water (Renal) Power and Propulsion (Digestive and energy conversion), Air intakes, Exhaust (Respiration) Air filtration (imnunity and to prevent ingestion of foreign objects), Protection, Fire Fighting and Damage Control (antibodies) Environmental Control and HVAC (Homeostasis) Electrical and Control. Fibreoptics (Brain and CNS)....anti fouling, cathodic protection, degausing, information gathering...I could go on but you get the gyst....but without a crew is going nowhere.

And inside...with a more precise sanding than with the power tool I've also been wrestling with today. That said, I still went with the beast to chew through the worst layers of paint on the main underside panel.

If you can control this and still use with gentle enough force (reign this in to be more on point..it has quite a kick..) you can develop your sensitivity for Deep Work. Wood grain or striated muscle fibres...not that far apart as a comparison. Grain, flow and direction...fibres that are separate, yet interwoven.

As an interjection, genetically, we are cousins to the trees...I tried talking to them, but they didn't listen to meee...🎵🎶🎙 Must be on a different frequency...

Anyway.....

Remember, this was a living organism at one point...a tree also takes a long time to mature...and there is no 'timeline' on maturing your craft. Trees have branches...and with branches come knots...but they have roots and a trunk.

Trust your training, trust your gut and whatever "grounding' techniques, rituals that work. You'll get to that point that if it 'feels right'...it IS right.

Almost done...

Very satisfying...

Old School massage practice.....

I think I now have Trans Atlantic clientèle ... Montreal/Quebecc and Atlanta, Georgia.
"Whoah....Atlanta..." 🎶

"Meeeeeeep...meeep meeep.....meep meep.."

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Tonight's driving theme...

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I have a good double scheduled for tomorrow...hope it goes well. My clients fly from NYC tomorrow morning. Male is from the USA 🇺🇸 and the Female is from Canada 🇨🇦. 😊 International network going on.

In a way, Massage is like religion. There are 4500 different believe systems/deities/religions etc...but they pretty much boil down to the 'Golden Rules' common to all....(essentially try not to be a.....)

So, what's the parallel? Human Anatomy and Physiology hasn't altered that much...apart from loosing the tail and retaining an Appendix...breaks down cellulose in herbivores...if ours still worked then sweetcorn would be fully absorbed. A&P is fairly constant and just carrys on.

Our knowledge and understanding however has grown exponentially.

Pre Renaissance, the best medical text books were from ancient Greece written by Galen. When dissections were starting to be performed and drawn up by Leo and others https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anatomy_Lesson_of_Dr._Nicolaes_Tulp the RCC was in uproar..but once the genie is out...people realised this was all really useful stuff and a major step up. Text books written and rewritten with advancement. Illustuated with the most exquisite art. Gray's Anatomy is a classic and still holds up.

Oh....Shout out and thank you to Burke and Hare for your (albeit unorthodox) services to the advancement of Medical Science. Joseph Mengelie..not so much. I'll acknowledge you pioneered many techniques which are now commpnplace...but not wrt your approach or methods.

Then along came photography and the serendipitous discovery of X Rays.

Fast forward to today and we can MRI and 3D map the entire body, enabling surgeons to construct simulations of conditions that rarely present, rehearse and refine procedures before going in...and there is still more to learn.

I recommend watching the entire Surgeons - Edge of Life series on BBC IPlayer.

Anyway, what's this leading to...? Explore any modality or avenue that draws you learning and expanding knowledge in whatever way works but don't ignore nor neglect the basics. Keep those core moves in your routine. Your style evolves over time but keep your foundation strong. X

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp - Wikipedia The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp is a 1632 oil painting on canvas by Rembrandt housed in the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, the Netherlands. It was originally created to be displayed by the Surgeons Guild in their meeting room.[1] The painting is regarded as one of Rembrandt's early masterp...

But, my Dearie, I'm worth every penny...

I will neither confirm nor deny my level of Deep Tissue...

Just heard from the lovely Emma, who is the ticket lady at Oldfield Park that GWR are closing ticket offices...and Oldfield Park (OLF) is on their list. News of this emerged yesterday and Public Consultation started yesterday and closes 26th July. From past experience Public Consultation means minds are already made up and the decisions have already been taken.

Have your say and please show support for our station and stations like ours. The ticket machine is unreliable at best..so much better to talk to a human being.

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Today's booking went well. Turns out to be Armed Forces. Well, that's a discount for you right there my friend.

Or not...booking had to cancel, Travel issues causing delays. C'est la vie....

However, funny how things turn out...an urgent request for Deep/Sports tomorrow in Bristol has come in...Elbows locked and loaded.

Warmley, the right side of Bristol, travelling wise.

Back from Pompey, mission accomplished..and we finished a day early. Epic. After a couple of days recharging I'm back in the saddle. Booking tomorrow AM in BS5.

The top of the hatch coamings on board ship are the same height off the deck as your average car tow bar is off the ground...as my shins rediscovered today...ow...
And how do I know this..?? I caught the edge of it in the same fu***ng spot as my car bumper incident. Took an age to heal over.

Off down Pompey with the 'day job' for the week. See y'all next Friday.

'Tutum in manibus meis.'

Hah....Let's try that again...
"In manibus tutum."

Thought I'd refresh the strap-line..."In manu nostra".

Delivered a lovely 90min last evening...B&B booking from a holiday maker from Adelaide, Australia. Over for 3 months. Could do with expanding 'Down Under'...imagine that...

Bathford this evening. 90min at The Cedars. On my way back.

Had some lovely clients in the past fortnight. Our calling to massage is something I'm passionate about. I love it. And you meet so many fascinating people from all walks of life. Everyone has a story. X