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Normalizing Treatments for Health and Fertility

7/19/2018

"Normalizing" treatments are wonderful, because whatever is out of balance will begin to return to balance. For example: The Old World manual therapy treatment called Gua sha has been shown to lower liver enzymes that are too high, and raise liver enzymes that are too low. This is normalization, and it is worth seeking out normalizing foods, activities, and treatments, especially if you have inexplicable chronic conditions. Tok sen is proving to be another, highly effective normalizing treatment, and both gentle Gua sha and Tok sen are used in my practice. Get ready for the big leap: Intermittent Fasting (IF) and Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) lifestyle diets are very likely normalizing digestive and endocrine function. Here's a lovely, true story (one of untold many) of how being thin doesn't mean healthy and how IF and LCHF can help improve digestive health and turn infertility around: The Faces of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

Breast Tissue Flush

9/1/2017

I'm sad to hear that The Upper Breast Side is closing for I know they helped many women and children. But, it reminds me to remind you that Connective Tissue Therapy can do wonders for breast health. Just sign up for any Combo service and ask for a "breast tissue flush" as the focus of our work together. An easy-peasy way to get things flowing and keep it healthy for any adult at any age, with or without children. Extremely helpful for before and after reconstruction surgeries, too.

What Should I Know Before I Go?

8/14/2017

Massage Therapy is both an Art and a Science. There is a long line connecting those two and therefore a wide variety of massage therapists exist, from hard-hitting medical and sports therapists to esoteric energy healers. Fortunately, the needs of individuals are just as varying.
The trick is to find the right therapist for you and your circumstances.

Chronic Tension and Pain - A new explanation and longer relief

7/21/2017

It is not unusual for new clients to blame themselves or their muscles for feeling tight and hurting.

With a little show-and-tell, I am able to convince them that it isn’t their fault. In fact, it's not even the fault of their oft blamed muscles. Better yet, there are better solutions than ordinary massage.

How Often Should I Come Back?

5/9/2017

My new client gets off the table, gets dressed, notices that something dramatic has changed within themselves and asks, “How often should I come back?”
This is both the most frequent question I receive and the most difficult to answer in person.
Post treatment, clients are in a state of mind and body that I amusingly refer to as stoned, and that is not the time to give a complex answer to someone you have just met! So, I send them this article after their first appointment, to read at their leisure.

Quick Fix Massage May Be Harmful To Your Health

11/27/2015

As consumers discover that massage is less about pampering and more about repairing and restoring, they end up moving away from full body massage toward shorter, fix-it sessions. This is unwise, even if it is an option I still give people.

Gua Sha - The Best Technique You've Never Heard Of

8/19/2014

An example of mild sha located directly in the areas where client was feeling tightness and pain before the gua sha treatment.

Gua sha is an ancient and deceptively simple Traditional Chinese Medicine treatment that clears a variety of underlying problems in the body, seemingly by magic.

The Ultimate Piriformis Stretch

8/19/2014

Person laying supine with one knee bent and stretching it to opposite side

One of the leading causes of low back pain is sciatica and the leading cause of most sciaticas is over-tight muscles in the buttock region, deep beneath the glutes.

Make The Change Toward Therapeutic Massage

8/19/2014

If you are looking for spa or traditional style massage, please allow me to change your mind...

Ida Rolf, Arthritis, and Me

8/19/2014

Most clients are unaware that much of their pain comes from undiagnosed arthritis. Others, come to me with diagnosed arthritis, and I find none.

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