Why Orthopedic Massage and Sports Massage are so valuable to Athletes Part 1
www.alohamassageschool.com Who is an athlete? An athlete is a sports person who regularly participates in sports Whether it is track or field, soccer, basketball, hockey, football, etc.. What do athletes really want to improve? The obvious answer is performance. What impacts an athletes performance negatively? Factors like agility, dealing with pain, recurrence of injuries, stress, [...]
Preparing For Rotator Cuff Injury Surgery
Preparing For Rotator Cuff Injury Surgery by Dr. Richard Edelson Physicians see more rotator cuff injuries than almost any other musculoskeletal injury. A patient with a rotator cuff injury will experience pain and weakness in the shoulder, but not swelling. Sometimes the patient does not have symptoms. Usually, though, the patient will have increased weakness [...]
Wrangling with Fibromyalgia: A Massage Chair Absolutely Helps
Wrangling with Fibromyalgia: A Massage Chair Absolutely Helps by Susan H Esquire Fibromyalgia can be very difficult to cope with successfully. Dealing with the physical and psychological effects of fibromyalgia can be devastating. You are beyond exhausted and sometimes the energy is just not there to perform your daily routine. Massage chairs can be very [...]
Sports Low Back and Neck Pains: Chicago Chiropractics to the Rescue
You may think that the latter is just lucky because they seldom experience sprain, muscle strain, or low back and neck pain. The thing that is keeping this athlete healthy, agile, and flexible is chiropractics. As of the current times, there are already a lot of trainers and athletes going for this kind of sports [...]
Pain Management and Relief
Most of us experience pain to some degree or another every day, even if it just a headache or a stubbed toe. Pain management or medicines arm of pain relief is a sector in health care which is expanding and gaining credibility as more and more people suffer with long term illnesses which cause pain [...]
An Exhaustive Guide to the Application of Aromatherapy | Otte …
Generally, besides making them feel better, aromatherapy also aids the actual massage portion of the medication to be more efficient. Treating sports injuries which can often be quite serious not only physically but mentally will be …
Is Male Hormone Replacement Therapy Safe For Treating Andropause …
T he male hormone replacement industry has been hit hard recently by continued scandal in professional sports . For companies that specialize in treating low testosterone and other male hormone deficiencies, having continued bad …. Massage beds are relatively new, but the art of massage has been around for centuries upon centuries..
Inflammation or rupture of the tendon of Peroneus Brevis
Image via Wikipedia What is the Peroneus Brevis tendon? The tendon of the Peroneus Brevis muscle helps you go up on your toes (plantar flexion) and also pulls the outside of the foot upwards (eversion). Its tendon attaches to the fifth metatarsal on the outside of the foot. This muscle can get very tight in [...]
Tibialis Posterior Syndrome
Image via Wikipedia What is tibialis posterior syndrome? The tibialis posterior muscle comes from behind the shin bone (tibia) and runs into a tendon that passes behind the bony bit on the inside of the ankle (medial malleolus). Inflammaion can occur around the medial malleolus and further down under the foot where the tendon attaches. [...]
Achilles Tendon Bursitis
What is Achilles Tendon bursits (Retrocalcaneal Bursitis)? Achilles tendon bursitis is a common foot pain in athletes, particularly runners. It can often be mistaken for Achilles tendinitis or can also occur in conjunction with Achilles tendinitis. A bursa is a small sack of fluid that goes between a tendon and a bone in the feet [...]
Plantar Fasciitis | Heel Spurs
Plantar Fasciitis (Heel Spurs) What is plantar fasciitis or heel spurs? Plantar Fasciitis is inflammation of the plantar fascia or arch tendon of the foot. It is an overuse injury causing heel pain which may radiate forward into the foot. Plantar fasciitis can also be known as a heel spur although they are not strictly [...]
Ways to Get Back Pain Relief
More than 100 million Americans suffer with some form of chronic back pain. This epidemic problem, represents the number one reason for lost productivity and efficiency in American Corporations today. Whether you suffer with lower, middle, or upper back pain, it can be both debilitating, and compromising toward one’s work and lifestyle, making it difficult [...]
Boulder Athletes Receive Massage as Preventative Healthcare for …
I have an Orthopedic and Sports Certification from BCMT, which gave me additional knowledge and understanding of the athletic body and mind. Most if not all, Olympic athletes have a massage therapist that travels with them; …
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