The most important rule with massage and with self massage is to not irritate the nerves. Click here to review this most important point. When pressing into (massaging) a muscle, the amount of soreness/pain is usually proportional (directly related) to the amount of tension and stress in the muscle. I’ll go through the exceptions to this rule […]

The most important rule with massage and with self massage is to not irritate the nerves. Click here to review this most important point. You’ve probably had someone rub the top of your shoulders when you’re sitting down. Sometimes when they rub/massage across the top of your shoulders it can be painful. There is a simple rule

For reasons of simplicity, I’m going to refer to tension as muscle tension. Muscles make up the majority of the mass of tissue that gets massaged. I know that fascia, tendons, and ligaments also receive pressure and can respond positively to massage pressure. So fascia, tendons, ligaments and muscles will all be included as I

The most important rule with massage and with self massage is to not irritate the nerves. Introduction The type of therapy that I do the most is deep tissue therapy. I say deep tissue because I apply pressure to muscles, fascia, tendons and ligaments; so I cannot call it deep muscle massage. For the reason

The Three States Of A Muscle During RestRest is when your muscles are not needing to do any work; neither moving your body/exercising nor tightening to hold you up when you’re sitting or standing (postural muscle tension). 1. The Normal Resting State Of A MuscleThe normal resting state of a muscle has a very low amount

When You Stretch: The First Fibers Of The Muscle That Lengthen/Relax Are The Fibers That Are Least TightStretching/yoga is a great all round exercise for your body. Stretching is essential for overall muscle health. Stretching adds flexibility and lessens tension. Stretching definitely helps tight muscles become less tight, though stretching doesn’t target first releasing the

It’ll be helpful to read this page before this page continuing about the topic of muscle memory. If you don’t read the entire page, then read at least the beginning part of the three states of a muscle during rest (a short part of a long page). Muscle Memory = The Longer A Muscle Is In A Certain

The Two Main Benefits To MassageThere are two main benefits to massage. The first benefit is that repeated massage will re-establish normal length and normal function to tight/shortened muscles. Click here to read about the second benefit of reducing the lactic acid/toxic accumulation in the muscle. The Two Types Of Massage PressureA Steady, Sustained PressureThere are two

Nerves are the most sensitive/vulnerable tissues of your body; and nerves are much more sensitive/vulnerable than muscles. Too much pressure on a nerve and you’ll irritate the nerve. Nerves run through and around all of the muscles of your body. When you put massage pressure on a muscle you are also putting that massage pressure