Now that I’m in Wichita, I occasionally pop up in some of the places in Kansas where I used to work, before I moved to Texas. A client told me that in my absence she had visited a different massage therapist in the area, but found the therapist consistently used pressure that was deep toContinue reading “Fluff and Buff”
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The Psoas Controversy
Oh, this is one of my favorite muscles. It’s deep, mysterious, and controversial. It’s like the occult conspiracy of soft tissues, many people have never heard of it, but it’s secretly affecting your posture, your comfort, and your freedom of movement. In my first specialty of Myofascial Massage Therapy, we learned to palpate and releaseContinue reading “The Psoas Controversy”
The Beautiful Dance
When I was learning Zero Balancing, it was notably different from soft tissue massage in theory as well as practice. When I had an online meeting with Fritz Smith, the founder of Zero Balancing, his advice to me was to approach this new modality with a “beginner’s mind.” I took his advice to heart, andContinue reading “The Beautiful Dance”
Rachel Creager Ireland, LMT 