Headaches can be, well, a real headache. Almost everyone experiences one every once and a while. For some though, the headache can seriously debilitate them. They either suffer constantly or cannot function in their daily lives because of the headaches. The type of headache will determine the correct treatment: cervicogenic headache, migraines, and […]
Education
Which will it be? The Red pill or the Blue pill? How color affects pain.
Color Theory and Pain First, she sits on her meditation pillow with her hands on her heart. She feels pain from a recent break up. Then, as she visualizes the color green in her heart: it grows; it heals her. She used the color green on her heart chakra based off of the veda scripts […]
The Iliocapsularis
The Hip Flexor Group The hip flexor complex has gotten a bad reputation lately. Everybody stretches them, beats them, and digs them with their fingers trying to get it looser. Doing so isn’t entirely invalid. Sitting all day has led to tighter hip flexors causing all sorts of muscle imbalances and cross syndromes. I find, […]
Emotional Release
Have you experienced an emotional release? Almost every massage therapist, and probably every myofascial release therapist, has experienced it. While working with a client you find an area that feels . . . different. Then, the client has an emotional release. They may start crying, laughing, screaming. The emotional release may bring back flashbacks, memories, […]
Your MRI does not Define You
Patients with MRIs I often see patients with back pain coming into my clinic who focus solely on the MRI results. Some believe until they have an MRI, physical therapy can’t help. On the other hand, others have MRIs showing severe spinal damage: these people believe they will not get better. This belief plays […]
Hydrosols: The Other Missing Link in Aromatherapy
What are Hydrosols? In my previous post, I talked about carrier oils and butters. Now I would like to share some information about hydrofoils. Hydrosols come from the water that the essential oil separated from during steam distillation. This water contains small amounts of the essential oil in it. However, it is not just water […]
Hip Bursitis? . . . It may not be what you think.
Do you have pain on the outside of your hip? If so, you may have been told by your medical doctor that you have hip bursitis. Yet more than likely, you don’t. The physical therapy community has been treating “bursitis” on every client who comes in with hip pain. Therefore, we stretch out the ITBand, […]