Low Back Z-joint Pain: Addressing Facet Joint Syndrome
Clients with nonspecific low back pain may be experiencing mechanical wear and tear of the zygapophyseal joints, located in the posterior…
October 27, 2025
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Miracle Of Motherhood
The miracle of motherhood is eloquently expressed when observing how perfectly the female body is designed to conceive, birth, and nurture a child. Following conception, a woman and her unborn baby unite in an oceanic blend of energy and identity. Where one ends and the other begins no one knows.
October 16, 2025
Treating Frozen Shoulder & Adhesive Capsulitis
The term frozen shoulder has been around since the early 1930s, but research by Drs. Andrew and Robert Neviaser found that a stiff, painful glenohumeral joint doesn’t necessarily mean the shoulder is “frozen.”1 According to these authors, frozen shoulder and adhesive capsulitis are
September 23, 2025
TMJ, Forward Head Posture, and Neck Pain
TMJ dysfunction is more than jaw pain. Forward head posture and muscle imbalance fuel clenching, headaches, and tension. Discover how massage therapy restores balance and relieves stress in the jaw and neck.
August 25, 2025
Assessing Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Double Crushed Nerve Damage The term double crush syndrome (DCS) was coined by Harvard University plastic surgeons Albert Upton and Alan McComas, who wrote, “Neural
March 11, 2025
Stomach-Sleeper’s Headache
The obliquus capitis inferior (OCI) muscles may be the most underappreciated of all the suboccipitals. Arising from the spinous process of C2 (axis) and inserting on the transverse process of C1 (atlas), their primary function is head-on-neck rotation…
January 28, 2025
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Revisited
Artists, bodyworkers, computer programmers, and writers are among those who suffer from overuse syndromes such as carpal tunnel…
November 12, 2024
Treating the TMJ
From Technique Tour course Treating the TMJ It’s not uncommon to be in the final stages of a history intake when the client casually states,
June 11, 2024
Triggering Feel Good Hormones in Times of Stress
Triggering the feel-good hormones through touch Everyone knows good bodywork feels good, but what causes those feel-good feelings, and how can we further elevate our
December 13, 2022
Brenda’s Dowager’s Hump
From Motion Is Lotion course Brenda was referred to me for treatment of chronic (non-traumatic) head, neck, and thorax pain, exacerbated by more than two
February 2, 2019
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