The Massage Message: March 10th, 2009

News

A New Look!

Lia Suzuki Massage and Bodywork has a new online look! Yep, the web site got a major make-over!

Check it out!

Sprains, tendonitis, broken bones… What comes to mind first when you hear these words? Football? Rugby? Mixed martial arts? Ballet? Wait. “Ballet”?!?! Yep.

The article Sprains and tendonitis: Dancer injuries and treatments by Lindsay Zier-Vogel introduces us to Paul Papoutsakis, the company athletic therapist for the National Ballet of Canada. As company athletic therapist, Papoutsakis “regularly treats acute injuries, like twisted ankles and broken bones, and says the pain threshold of dancers is probably the highest of all other athletes.”, the article informs us.

In Alex M. McDonald’s article Plantar Fasciitis: Overview, Prevention and Treatment, we’re given a brief overview of what exactly plantar fasciitis is and how to treat it and prevent it from coming back. First of all, Dr. McDonald explains that plantar fasciitis is an irritation of the fascia in the bottom of the foot. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term fascia, dictionary.com gives the following definition:
a band or sheath of connective tissue investing, supporting, or binding together internal organs or parts of the …

The Massage Message: October 28th, 2008

Events
World’s Greatest Massage Workshop: This Sunday!
(Last chance in 2008!!)

Time: 2pm – 5pm
Date: Sunday, November 2nd
Location: SB Yoga Center

News
Weird
Massage by Snakes!?!

“Barak has a business where clients lie on a massage table and have snakes slither around on them to give their own version of massage!”

Read more…
New Web Sites

Introducing Massage-Santa-Barbara.com

“…an on-line community and directory of health professionals and clients… …a discussion forum, a resource center, and a “face”…”
Read more…
Photos / Reviews
World’s Greatest Massage Workshop with Lia Suzuki, October 11th

“…everyone seemed to have lots of fun …

Russian Sports Massage for Violinists’ Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
By Zhenya Kurashova Wine
Originally published in Massage & Bodywork magazine, April/May 2000.Copyright 2003. Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals. All rights reserved.
Some time back I received a request from a reader to cover treatments for violinists. Although violin-playing is not a sport, these clients are athletes — each day undergoing continuous use of their upper extremities, especially the hands. Let’s cover some of the common dysfunctions seen in violinists, as well as preventive treatments to help keep these athletes’ upper extremities in good …

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 4:47 PM CST
By AIMEE HECKEL, Scripps Howard News Service
Jon Fox is always on, and so are his thumbs.
The Boulder, Colo., man e-mails through his BlackBerry handheld computer all day, all evening and throughout the weekend. He types and scrolls with his thumbs, not fingers, like on a standard keyboard. When he takes a break, it is to work at Whole Body Balance in Boulder.
Fox has had a handheld of some sort for two years. In that time, he has noticed his thumbs and elbows get …

By Camden Massage Therapy
Clay King, 691-5140
CAMDEN (Dec 26): In a perfect world, traditional medicine would be able to focus on preventative health care rather than treating illness and injury. Insurance would happily cover therapies prescribed by a physician promoting physical and emotional well being instead of having to treat patients for all the preventable troubles that seem to plague us these days. It’s hard to deny the fact that therapeutic massage is the number one way to defuse stress, a leading cause of most visits to our primary care …