I find myself feeling a little uncomfortable when people ask me how often they should take massage therapy. I think of the places I’ve worked, where there was lots of emphasis on “retention rates,” which is how many of a therapist’s new clients return within a month. So, there was great incentive to say whateverContinue reading “How Often Massage?”
Category Archives: The Body
Epsom salts
Clinton Ober, in his book Earthing, posits that daily life typically leads to imbalance in the natural electrical charge of the body. This has to do with the difference in charge between the earth and the atmosphere. Direct contact with the earth is the simplest way that we regain balance. (I got a C inContinue reading “Epsom salts”
Are You Touch Deprived?
My husband was out of town for a few days on business, then tested positive for covid the day after he came home. Then everyone else in the house got it, except me. (Though I did not take massage appointments while my family was in isolation.) After my second negative test, and several days afterContinue reading “Are You Touch Deprived?”
A Cupcake In Her Shoe
I don’t talk about bunions much as I don’t have a massage therapy technique that directly addresses them. However, as a structural therapist, I take great satisfaction in helping people improve their structural balance for reduced pain, improved balance, and better facility in doing whatever we want to do; even if it doesn’t directly benefitContinue reading “A Cupcake In Her Shoe”
Supporting the Immune System
Everyone is thinking about immunity these days, so I posted an informal poll asking friends what they do for their immune systems. The most common answer was getting adequate sleep, which surprised me, even though it is definitely very important for optimum health. The reason it surprised me was because I wasn’t raised to valueContinue reading “Supporting the Immune System”
Rachel Creager Ireland, LMT 