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Misunderstood Modality
... MYTH: THAI MASSAGE IS HARD ON THE PRACTITIONER’S BODY Would-be practitioners often fear that Thai massage will be taxing to ... strength. The power behind Thai massage is excellent body mechanics and conscious breathing. It does take some getting used to, ...
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Pain in the App
By Joseph Hunton Originally published in Body Sense magazine, Summer 2011. Technology can make our life ... who specializes in repetitive strain injuries, body mechanics, and ergonomics, I am particularly interested in the interplay of man ...
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Perfect Posture
By Ruth Sova Originally published in Body Sense magazine, Spring 2003. Associated Bodywork and Massage ... to as good alignment, proper alignment and good pelvic mechanics. Of course, when you deviate from good postural alignment in one area ...
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Massage Helping Move Golfers “Fore”ward
... have come to understand the increasing importance of the body’s role. Figure 1 “Today’s golfers, especially the ... injuries surface from weak muscles, but poor technique and mechanics can wreak havoc on the golfer. The swing, requiring great rotation ...
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Comfort Touch
... touch, as well as to prevent injury or discomfort to my own body, I had to learn how to adjust my core mechanics. I also developed a greater understanding of the importance of ...
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Nurses’ Injuries
... fatigue can set in after many hours, leading to poor body mechanics and overwhelming the soft tissues from excessive demand. Fatigue is a ...
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Fantastic Fascia
... provides the structural and mechanical framework of the body, allowing tissues to slide and glide against each other during movement. ... Thomas Myers. “Everything we ‘know’ about how our mechanics work—that we have 600 muscles that work via tendons over separate ...
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MT Straight Talk
... will startle you, and your hands will jerk away from the body. To their credit, they will almost always say, “Excuse me.” YOU ... it may be physically impossible to maintain proper body mechanics while you work. It’s often difficult to find bony landmarks, and ...
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Dimensions of Alignment
... Judith Aston, a pioneer in the field of human ovement and body mechanics, was that regardless of how well people were trained into a ...
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Yin and Yang of Seated Massage
... standard Western approach. The first has to do with proper body mechanics. “The posture of the therapist is different in tui na,” he says. ...