In a study of one NFL team from 1998-2007, the occurrence of hamstring pulls accounted for 85 injuries, second only to knee sprains, which came in first at 120 injuries1. Hamstring injuries often plague competitive and weekend warrior athletes for years, giving the illusion that the initial injury never healed…
The three scalene groups derive their name from the Greek word skalenos meaning “uneven.” Although anatomists depict the scalenes as individual muscles, most touch therapists are aware of how they work together as a functional unit during neck sidebending and rotation
Ideal shoulder girdle balance requires that some muscles act as stabilizers and others as mobilizers, depending on joint position and movement required for the particular
Treating Kinetic Chain Kinks Recent manual and movement therapy blogs tout the importance of thoracic spine (t-spine) mobility as if it were a new discovery.
Peroneal Nerve Mobilization Tightness is one way the brain applies the parking brake when the body’s natural braking systems fail — and pain is another.
Ever since Hippocrates coined the term scoliosis to describe deformity of the spinal column, structural scoliosis (the fixed type) has occupied the attention of researchers, physicians and manual therapists
Erik Dalton’s 10th annual Oklahoma City workshop is happening June 30th. This three-day workshop titled “Leveling the Head and Tail: Techniques for Tension, Trauma, &
Congratulations to the four students who have been selected to receive this year’s Erik Dalton Myoskeletal Massage Therapy Endowed Scholarship at Indiana State University.
The second cervical vertebra, the axis, is considered the most important of all the neck’s bony structures partly due to its unique dural membrane attachment and also because of the powerful myofascial structures…
Diane Matkowski (aka “The Massage Mentor”) talks with Erik Dalton about his upcoming workshop on the theme of Leveling the Head and Tail, in Oklahoma City, June 30th to July 2nd, 2023.
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