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Getting a professional therapeutic massage is supposed to be a relaxing, healing experience.

How Long Should I Wait to Exercise After a Massage or Bodywork Session?

Exercising right after a session can both increase muscle soreness and compromise the value of the soft-tissue work you’ve just received.

Fibularis Muscle And Tendon Injuries

If you’ve strained one of your fibularis tendons, the pain in your ankle will let you know something is wrong, but you’ll probably have a hard time identifying the fibularis as a source of the trouble.

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Back Pain: Why Exercise Can Provide Relief – and How To Do It Safely

After many months in lockdown, a lot of us are finding that we’re experiencing back pain that we hadn’t been bothered by before.

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Considerations for Clients Returning to Massage Therapy

You’ve booked your first post-pandemic massage session! Now what?

While you’re probably looking forward to your session with a mix of excitement and anticipation, throwing a bit of awareness into the mix will set you up for a successful reentry to bodywork. Specifically, this means creating an awareness of what you really need and want from the session and what your body is ready for.

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Massage is for EveryBody

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP) invites you to join us July 18–24, 2021, as we reconnect, take a collective deep breath, and celebrate that massage is for every body.

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Massage and Emotional Wellness

Massage therapy offers myriad physical benefits, but we sometimes forget everything hands-on treatments can do for our emotional well-being. Let’s take a quick look at the importance of touch and some of the specific ways it can help our mental and emotional health.

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Treating Wrist Tendonitis with Trigger Point & Red Light Therapy

Tendonitis (or tendinopathy) is a common injury that can be caused by sports, accidents, or repetitive use of a body part. It is m

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