Renee Faifer, Massage Therapist and DōTERRA Wellness Advocate

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2nd treatment of cupping and infrared light on my sister. She has scoliosis 42% curvature and a rotation in the spine. The muscles (erector spinae) are always extremely tight and pulling. She always says it feels like my organs are stuck together. She seems to have less pain and can mover better during the day. 1st treatment was last Friday. We are going to try a few session every week to help her with the pain. About 15 mins infrared light with cups.

🔈 RELATIONSHIP OF SCIATIC NERVE TO PIRIFORMIS

(A) The sciatic nerve usually emerges from the greater sciatic foramen inferior to the piriformis.
(B) In 12.2% of 640 limbs studied by Dr. J. C. B. Grant, the sciatic nerve divided before exiting the greater sciatic foramen; the common fibular division (yellow) passed through the piriformis.
(C) In 0.5% of cases, the common fibular division passed superior to the muscles where it is especially vulnerable to injury during intragluteal injections.

🔈 REDEFINE YOUR SPINE - BREATHE INTO YOUR BACK

Most people do not pay enough attention to their daily posture and everyday movement habits, and it can have long-term health consequences if left unimproved. Your breath and posture are undeniably intertwined. Good posture cannot happen if the breath is trapped, restricted, or underused.

What’s more, your posture directly impacts the way your body breathes. Excess pressure on the body’s respiratory diaphragm and intercostal muscles alter the ability of those muscles to dynamically contract and lengthen to their fullest. Ever heard the term “chest breather”? This implies that a person is not fully using their diaphragm and has limited their breath’s movements to the rib cage, neck and shoulder muscles that kick in to help the body breathe when the diaphragm fails.

A chest breather’s posture will alter over time to accommodate the habit of “bad breath.” Bad posture follows you around like a shadow. It shows up in the way you stand while cooking breakfast, waiting in line, or working at your desk, in your form while you exercise, within your yoga routines and even in the way you sleep. Our physical structure begins to adapt to our inefficient position and over time we can develop chronic aches and pains that are directly related to how we carry ourselves in the world.

The spine is intimately connected with the respiratory diaphragm, and understanding their symbiotic relationship will help steer your posture improvement in the right direction. The diaphragm is a parachute-shaped muscle that lines the lower six ribs and the last six vertebrae of thoracic spine. (The thoracic spine has 12 vertebrae, all of which attach to ribs.) The diaphragm also hooks into the front side of most of the lumbar (low back) bones.

Organizing these bones and toning the diaphragm helps rearrange the tension patterns of the spine from the inside-out and provides a more efficient lattice for the diaphragm to elongate and contract upon.

The following exercise targets the back of the diaphragm and the spinal bones and joints that connect with this most important breath muscle.

RIB ROCK

1. Lie on your back and place two tennis balls along the left side of the spine in the mid-back region.

2. Breathe slowly into the ribs and rock from side-to side and allow the balls to massage in towards the rib joints. Do this for 1-2 minutes on left side of spine, then switch sides. Next, move the balls slightly lower or slightly higher along the thoracic spine and ribs and repeat.

HOW IT WORKS:

This exercise uncorks tension along the upper back and spine so that the spinal bones regain fluidity and mobility. This frees up trapezius, rhomboids, erectors and intercostal tension, mobilizes rib joints, spinal joints, and posterior diaphragm rib connections, and massages deep back musculature.

🔈 NECK PAIN, HEADACHES OR TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT (TMJ) SYNDROME?

[NEUROMUSCULAR INTERACTION BETWEEN SUBOCCIPITAL MUSCLES AND TMJ MUSCLES]

The TMJ is a complex joint that allows us to open/close our mouth. TMJ disorders do not only create pain and limitations with the jaw. Oftentimes, there are associated issues with the neck, face, and ears.

The body is classically divided into systems such as muscular, skeletal, nervous system etc.

However, this is a mirage as these systems are all a part of one super-system that works in unison to create function.

An excellent example of this is the links between the muscles of the suboccipital region, the jaw muscles and the central nervous system.

As you know the suboccipitals are short and have only minor contributions to gross movements of the spine. However, they are loaded with sensory muscle spindles which indicate these muscles have a strong link to the cerebellum and the CNS. Postural distortions that affect the position of the skull and upper cervical vertebrae are immediately relayed to the CNS via these spindle receptors and the ganglion of C2 which is the largest in the body with 49,000 neurons. For comparison, the T4 ganglion has 24 neurons. More neurons = higher speed delivery of information to the brain.

The muscles of the jaw include the masseter as well as the deeper pterygoid muscles. They obviously allow for chewing but also have an interesting link to the CNS. The masseter has been shown to spontaneously activate during periods of stress. The masseter will also activate in unison with the subocciptal muscles during sudden postural changes in order to keep the eyes stable on the horizon.

The suboccipital and TMJ muscles may not be physically linked but they are absolutely “connected” in the cerebellum and in most clinical cases. This relationship tells us these muscles have a large role in stress/sympathetic nervous system syndromes as well as global postural regulation. A patient may present with complaints of neck pain, but now we see how we must look globally at posture, TMJ function, vestibular function and stress management!

🔈 WHY DO YOU HAVE WEAK GLUTES?

ANATOMY

The three gluteal muscles are located in the buttock region, deep to the surronding adipose tissue. The large, superficial gluteus maximus is the most posterior of the group and has fibers that run diagonally across the buttock. The gluteus medius is located on the laterl side of the hip and is also superficial, except for the posterior portion which is deep to the maximus. Both the glutes maximus and medius are strong extensors and abductors of the hip. With its covergent fibers that pull the femur in multiple directions, the gluteus medius could be thought of as the 'deltoid' muscle of the coxal joit'. The gluteus minimus lies deep to the gluteus medius and is inaccessible, however its dense fibers can be felt beneath the medius. Because it attaches to the anterior surface of the greater trochanter, the gluteus mnimus flexes and medially rotates the hip, thus performing the opposite actions of the gluteus maximus.

WHEN DO YOU USE YOUR GLUTES?

You use glutes when you climb stairs, when you run, go cycling, swimming and skating. You use glutes when you dance – especially latin dancing (there are lots of latera rotation of the hip).

WHY ARE YOUR GLUTES WEAK?

Your glutes may be weak for a number of reasons since it's such a complicated goup of muscles responsible for doing so much. However, I would like to point out a few reasons:

1. ASYMMETRY

Weather though sports of habits, humans have a good and a bad side when it comes to certain muscle groups. If you play soccer and you prefere to kick with your right leg, which means you will be standing on your left leg, you are likely to have your left glute musculature stronger than the right, even if your dominant leg is your right leg. That means that your good side could accutally be the weaker side.

Another way an asymmetry can develop is through habits, including something as simple as standing. Stand long enough, and you will inevitably shift your weight to one side for relief, we usually do this to one side more than the other. Another example would be only crossing one leg over the other when you sit; these both have the potential to create asymmetries which may lead to more severe imbalances.

2. INACTIVITY

Unlike the other muscle groups that get used throughout normal life, for example, the quadriceps when you go from sitting to standing or the abdominals when you sit up in bed, the glutes typically get left behind. The problem is two-fold however because we are also sitting on them for hours on end. So not only are they not being used, but our brains are forgetting how to communicate with them as they atrophy in our office chairs.

3. INJURY

If you have ever suffered a lower-body injury that impacted how you walk or even stand, it most likely caused glute inhibition. Broken toe, torn groin, back injury? All of these will create compensatory movement patterns while the injury heals, but we never spend time undoing those patterns leading to problems down the road.

SYMPTOMS OF WEAK GLUTES

You may feel soreness or tightness in the buttocks, pain in the hips, tight hip flexors, low back pain, tight hamstrings, knee pain, or even pelvic instability. Basically, the glutes can present a number of problems because of their many roles!

We severely take our glutes for granted because of this. From walking and running, going up and down stairs, or anything having to do with rotation, weakness can manifest in many different areas. However, the biggest issue stemming from weak glute muscles is posture.

If your glutes are weak you are more likely to have less control over the positioning of your pelvis. If your hips are too tilted this will cause issues up and downstream, pain at the knee or ankles as well as the back, shoulder, and neck. Fix the glutes, align the pelvis and many problems go away on their own.

Reference: David Schroer, Glute Week, Andrew Biel, Trail Guide to the Body.

🔈 ANATOMY OF THE SCIATIC NERVE

Several important nerves arise from the sacral plexus and either supply the gluteal region (e.g., superior and inferior gluteal nerves) or pass through it to supply perineum and thigh (e.g., the pudental and sciatic nerves, respectively).

Sciatic Nerve is the largest nerve in the body and is the continuation of the main part of the sacral plexus. The branches converge at the inferior border of the piriformis to form the sciatic nerve, a thick, flattened band approximately 2cm wide. The sciatic nerve is the most lateral structure emerging through the greater sciatic foramen inferior to the piriformis.

Medial to the sciatic nerve are the inferior gluteal nerve and vessels, the internal pudendal vessels, and the pudendal nerve. The sciatic nerve runs inferolaterally under cover of the gluteus maximus, midwy between the greater trochanter and ischial tuberosity. The nerve rests on the ischium and then passes posterior to the obturator internus, quadratus femoris and adductor magnus muscles. The sciatic nerve is so large that it receives a named branch of the inferior gluteal artery, the artery to the sciatic nerve.

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🔈 ROTATOR CUFF SYNDROME
What Does A Torn Rotator Cuff Feel Like?

Rotator cuff injury is one of the common causes of shoulder pain in individuals. To ensure that your shoulder pain is only because of torn rotator cuff, it is important to study the causes of pain, symptoms and also the reason of such condition. It is important to know what it feels like to have a torn rotator cuff and how long does rotator cuff injury take to heal. This information can give you an insight into understanding the possibility of rotator cuff in your case and prompt you to seek timely medical opinion.

Torn rotator cuff can be defined as a tear in one or more of the tendons of the four rotator cuff muscles of the shoulder. This rotator cuff tear can be chronic or acute due to pathological reason or traumatic injury.

What Does A Torn Rotator Cuff Feel Like?
When you wonder what it feels like to have a torn rotator cuff, you need to know the signs and symptoms of torn rotator cuff. Some of the commonest signs of what rotator cuff looks like include:

Pain
The pain occurring from rotator cuff injury occurs at the outer side of shoulder and the upper arm. Such pain also occurs while performing overhead activities or usually happens in the night. If in case the torn rotator cuff is serious, then the pain might awaken the patients from sleep and make them feel stressed.

Decreased Strength
Strength of each rotator cuff tendons can be tested separately by the doctor. They can isolate each tendon and work to find out the extent of tear on each one of them. If in case, significant tears have occurred, the patient will find it difficult to raise their arms over head. Individuals might also find it difficult to hold arm directly out from the body and this is one of the prominent signs of rotator cuff tear.

Inability To Do Normal Tasks
Individuals suffering from rotator cuff tear find it difficult to perform their day to day activities, which include combing their hair, sleeping on the affected shoulder, hooking or unhooking their bra buttons etc. While approaching the doctor patient should ensure to specify activities which have got limited due to shoulder pain.

On average, with appropriate treatment for a torn rotator cuff, it may take around four to six months to heal. However, it depends on the severity of the injury, type of treatment and the rehabilitation.

EXERCISE TO PREVENT SHOULDER PAIN

Pendulum exercise
Stand with your good hand resting on a chair. Let your other
arm hang down and try to swing it gently backwards and forwards and in a circular motion.
Repeat about 5 times. Try this 2–3 times a day.

Shoulder stretch
Stand and raise your shoulders. Hold for 5 seconds. Squeeze your shoulder blades back and together and hold for 5 seconds. Pull your shoulder blades downward and hold
for 5 seconds. Relax and repeat 10 times.

Door lean
Stand in a doorway with both arms on the wall slightly above your head. Slowly lean forward until you feel a stretch in the
front of your shoulders. Hold for 15–30 seconds.
Repeat 3 times. This exercise isn’t suitable if you have a shoulder impingement.

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So excited to be adding cupping to my massage practice. CUPPING? What is that? It is where suction cups are place on you body creating a raise in you tissue drawling blood to the service. Often this helps with pain, inflammation, blood flow.... rheumatism, migraine , stomach issues, bronchitis even the common cold.

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Alrighty I’m allowed to work again! So I’ll start calling tomorrow for appointments. Going to take this slow....afternoon appointments only!

Hi everyone... just wanted to let you know ... I miss you all... the licensing board and state of Texas say I can not massage yet... maybe mid May ... hope to see you soon. Wishing good health to everyone

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