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DKMassage - Home Over 12 years experience in therapeutic massage with customized client's preference to match his or hers individual needs and preferences.

Stretching the soft tissues in the back, neck, and hips can help relieve back pain. See more back and neck pain stretches in this exercise video library: bit.ly/3TnmxZJ

Stretching the soft tissues in the back, neck, and hips can help relieve back pain. See more back and neck pain stretches in our exercise video library: bit.ly/3TnmxZJ

So true! We see first hand how massage helps our clients! 💖

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PUBLISHES LARGEST STUDY EVER ON MASSAGE THERAPY USE

July 2024

"Many people receive massage therapy and for many reasons. But according to a new study – the largest and most comprehensive ever conducted on the subject – the prevalence of visits to massage therapists is higher than one might have imagined and the reasons may be surprising."

“What our study shows is that it’s probably not helpful any longer to label massage as an ‘alternative’ therapy, with all of the marginality that the term conveys.”

“Licensed massage therapists ought to be respected as mainstream practitioners, whose profession provides a therapeutic approach not just to address pain and functional challenges but to foster wellness and overall well-being, physical and emotional.

Everyone can benefit from working with a skilled massage therapist. They’re the hidden gems in the healthcare system.” - Jeff Levin, Ph.D., M.P.H., University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health. (Robert Rogers/Baylor University)

Study Link: Journal of Science & Healing
Prevalence & Determinants of Massage Therapy Use in the US
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1550830724000958

Video: Why is Exercise Important for Lower Back Pain? Learn why exercise is so important for a pain-free, healthy back in this video.

Repost from @dr.catherineclinton • FASCIA MOVEMENT Recent research discovered that gentle stretching of the fascia decreased inflammation and decreased breast cancer tumor growth in animal studies. Helene Langevin has been doing incredible research with fascia and the effects of stretching it. She found that gentle stretching increased the factors that resolve inflammation in the body. Not only that, but she found that gentle stretching of the fascia for 10 minutes decreased breast cancer tumor growth in mice. Fascia creates a bodywide system of collagen that connects every structure in our body. This fascial collagen is piezoelectric liquid crystal. It creates an electrical current on its surface when moved. From a quantum biological perspective, inflammation is an excess of positive charge and a decrease in the negative charge of a cell or organ or system. It makes perfect sense that increasing the negative charge of fascia through movement helps with inflammation and cancer. Fascia is far from the unnecessary and passive structure that we learned in school. Explore the incredible world of fascia and quantum biology with me this Saturday, June 24th. Link in my bio. Recording provided to all registrants. Let’s tend to our fascia. #TENDYOURTERRAIN

Did you know that fascia is a connective tissue that surrounds and supports muscles, bones, and organs? Massage therapy helps to release tension in the fascia, improving overall muscle function and movement! 💪

The perfect addition to your peaceful morning routine. ☀️

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⬆️ Increased Circulation, ⬇️ Decrease Muscular Tension, 🤸🏽Improves Flexibility, & 😌Decrease Headaches
📝The list goes on and on! It just makes sense!💆‍♀️

10 Ways Massage Can Improve Wellness - Massage Therapy 10 Ways Massage Can Improve Wellness In this day and age, if you’re not stressed out there ‘must’ be something wrong with you. High levels of stress in our daily lives is simply the norm for most of us. Luckily for this generation, there are many ways to de-stress—travel, yoga, exercise, mov...

🔊 PAIN CAUSED BY STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID

What SCM Pain or Sternocleidomastoid Muscle?

The SCM or the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle is one of the largest muscles of the neck. This muscle is divided into two parts. It begins at the skull just behind the ears. From there, it forms two parts of which one attaches to the sternum or the breastbone and the other attaches to the clavicle or the collar bone. SCM or the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle is located just underneath the skin and can be visualized when moving the neck completely to one side. Since an individual moves the neck and the shoulders many times during the day hence this muscle is used extensively by the body. This makes it prone to overuse and this results in what we call as SCM Pain or the Sternocleidomastoid Pain. Putting stress to these muscles, having abnormal sitting posture, or sudden movements of the neck or shoulder like in a motor vehicle accident can cause SCM Pain or Sternocleidomastoid Pain.

What are the Pain Patterns of SCM Pain or Sternocleidomastoid Pain?

When we speak of SCM Pain or Sternocleidomastoid Pain, it becomes important to understand the pain patterns of it as the SCM muscle is divided into two parts and both parts have different pain patterns.

Pain in the Sternal Part of SCM or the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle: The sternal division of the SCM or the Sternocleidomastoid muscle may cause pain to the cheek which can be mistaken for a case of trigeminal neuralgia which is a condition in which a nerve irritation causes intense facial pain. In some cases, there may be pain to the breast bone. It can also cause pain deep in the eye resembling pain from sinusitis. It can cause pain in the tongue when swallowing food.

Pain in Collarbone Part of SCM or Sternocleidomastoid Muscle: The clavicular or collarbone pain pattern causes severe pain in the forehead, in the ear or behind the ear. In some cases, an individual can also feel pain in the face and cheeks as well.

How is SCM Pain or Sternocleidomastoid Pain Treated?

Massage: Coming to treatments for SCM pain or the sternocleidomastoid pain, massage is the best form of treatment. This therapy is simple and can be done by the experienced massage therapist or the patient themselves can do it as well. The patient can use the thumb or the forefinger to squeeze the muscles gently so as to relax the muscles. This can be done through therapy as well. Apart from this, stretching and strengthening the Sternocleidomastoid Muscle may also help treat the SCM pain.

Sternocleidomastoid stretch

1. Standing with feet comfortably apart. Roll/fold a regular bath towel lengthways into a strip roughly 6” wide. Drape the towel strip evenly over the shoulder of the affected side. Grip the end of the strip hanging behind the back in the hand of the affected side, and the end at the front using the other side.

2. Apply firm downward pressure to the shoulder by pulling simultaneously on each end of the towel. Then slowly and in a controlled manner tilt the head away from the towel toward the opposite shoulder. Then also rotate the head away from the towel. When a stretch is felt in the neck, stop and hold the position for 20 seconds whilst breathing slowly and deeply. Return to starting position.

5 Health Benefits of Therapeutic Massage: Integrated Body and Medicine: Integrated Medical Clinic If you get massages, you know they feel good, but did you know that they actually alter things inside your body? Therapeutic massage is about much more than jus

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Massage works best for anxiety and depression.

Massage Therapy for Mental Health The time has come to take massage seriously as a mental health intervention.

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🔈 WHY ARE THE PSOAS MUSCLES CONSTANTLY CONTRACTED DURING PROLONGED PERIODS OF STRESS?

Whether you run, bike, dance, practice yoga, or just hang out on your couch, your psoas muscles are involved. That’s because your psoas muscles are the primary connectors between your torso and your legs. They affect your posture and help to stabilise your spine.

The psoas muscles are made of both slow and fast twitching muscles. Because they are major flexors, weak psoas muscles can cause many of the surrounding muscles to compensate and become overused. That is why a tight or overstretched psoas muscle could be the cause of many or your aches and pains, including low back and pelvic pain.

👩‍🔬 ANATOMY

Structurally, your psoas muscles are the deepest muscles in your core. They attach from your 12th thoracic vertebrae to your 5 lumbar vertebrae, through your pelvis and then finally attach to your femurs. In fact, they are the only muscles that connect your spine to your legs.

Your psoas muscles allow you to bend your hips and legs towards your chest, for example when you are going up stairs. They also help to move your leg forward when you walk or run.

Your psoas muscles are the muscles that flex your trunk forward when bend over to pick up something from the floor. They also stabilize your trunk and spine during movement and sitting.

👩‍🔬 THE PSOAS AND FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE

The psoas muscles support your internal organs and work like hydraulic pumps allowing blood and lymph to be pushed in and out of your cells.

Your psoas muscles are vital not only to your structural well-being, but also to your psychological well-being because of their connection to your breath.

Here’s why: there are two tendons for the diaphragm (called the crura) that extend down and connect to the spine alongside where the psoas muscles attach. One of the ligaments (the medial arcuate) wraps around the top of each psoas. Also, the diaphragm and the psoas muscles are connected through fascia that also connects the other hip muscles.

These connections between the psoas muscle and the diaphragm literally connect your ability to walk and breathe, and also how you respond to fear and excitement. That’s because, when you are startled or under stress, your psoas contracts.

In other words, your psoas has a direct influence on your fight or flight response!

During prolonged periods of stress, your psoas is constantly contracted. The same contraction occurs when you:

➡️ sit for long periods of time
➡️ engage in excessive running or walking
➡️ sleep in the fetal position
➡️ do a lot of sit-ups

💡 Here are some tips for getting your psoas back in balance:

✔️ Avoid sitting for extended periods
✔️ Add support to your car seat
✔️ Try Resistance Flexibility exercises
✔️ Get a professional massage
✔️ Release stress and past traumas
✔️ Stretch

💡 HOW TO STRETCH

Roller Psoas Stretch
Use a foam roller for this passive, relaxing stretch that lengthens your psoas, one of your deep hip flexors.

1. Place the roller perpendicular to your spine and lie with your sacrum (the back of your pelvis) — not your spine — on the roller.
2. Pull your left knee toward your chest, keeping your right heel on the ground. You should feel a stretch on the front of your right hip.
3. To increase the stretch, reach your right arm over your head and open your left knee slightly out to the left.
Hold for 30 seconds, then switch legs. Repeat as needed.