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All Blog Posts Tagged 'technique' (4)

Misconceptions about knee pain "its deep in the joint/cartilage, arthritic, part of getting older?" simple solutions for you and your clients.

I have recently asked all my clients about their knee pain. They had not perceived massage as able to offer effective relief as they frequently thought it was bone or cartilage pain.

The following, is a suggested method you can try, on a big cross section of your clients from athletes to chronic pain sufferers.

First practice this during "swap treatments " with your fellow massage…

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Added by Stephen Jeffrey on October 6, 2010 at 2:30pm — 4 Comments

CARE Intensives Rehoboth Beach DE October 17-19 and Reno NV November 7-9

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware is great in the early Autumn- crouwds are less but the sunshine is still great! Come to Rehoboth and enjoy the weekend and stay a couple extra days for the Sunday --Tuesday CARE Intensive. More information here: http://www.raindroptexas.com/training/locations-and-dates/rehoboth-de/

The Reno/Tahoe area is another…

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Added by Teena Johnson on October 1, 2010 at 2:32pm — No Comments

Someone posted an article about foot pain and our staff and alumni responded.

Someone posted “What is the best modality for foot pain? Foot pain can exist in many areas, plantar surface, dorsal surface, deep, superficial, and can be caused by multiple factors. Which modality would you use to alleviate conditions of the feet?” I tried to find the article which was posted a week ago but it's been deleted. Anyhow, here's a few responses from some of the staff and alumni at ASIS, including a few NCMTBM CE providers here at ASIS.

This is from Wendy Hines,… Continue

Added by ASIS Massage Education on August 5, 2009 at 1:29pm — 4 Comments

Feeling the Heat:The Energy "Phenomenon"

I was reading recently about MT's struggling with energy over loads occurring during massage treatments. If you've experienced something like this good on ya! You're connecting with your clients on a deeper and more valuable level than simply manual technique based massage.

We all learned manual technique as the core of our required training for certification/licensure. Depending on our school's focus, energy techniques landed some where between a core competency and dangling on the… Continue

Added by Ruthellen Wood on July 12, 2009 at 11:12am — 7 Comments