STUDYING LIGAMENTOUS PAIN FROM THE INSIDE WITH ROB LIBBEY
Rob Libbey is a well-practiced, well-written, and, some would argue, well-experienced massage therapist. His years of studying and...
Teeter Totter... Boom!
The relationship between the sternocleidomastoid and the upper traps is a lot more complicated than you think. Between the up and down,...
Art Riggs: The Teacher Of The Teachers
Art Riggs stumbled into a career that happened to be perfect for him. After pivoting later in life and discovering the world of bodywork...
The Levator Scapula: That Which Cannot Be Fixed
How do we fix something that can’t be fixed? We can’t. But a good look at the Levator Scapula gives us some insights into how we perceive...
RACHELLE CLAUSON: LIVING LIFE LIKE A ROOMBA
Rachelle Clauson is your average mild-mannered, everyday massage therapist. Except for one thing: She has mastered the art of pivoting....
THE BICEPS BRACHII: SMOKE AND MIRRORS
The biceps are that muscle you know before you study anatomy. But there is a lot going on underneath the skin to make it all look easy....
LISTENING TO EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION WITH AUBREY GOWING AND ALISON KAVANAGH
Aubrey Gowing and Alison Kavanagh, a brother and sister team from Dublin, Ireland, are the founders and college directors at the Holistic...
THE MASSETER: A LESSON IN LEGOS
The muscles of mastication are many. But if one of them goes astray, it can create a downward spiral into a series of pain responses that...
Heath and Nicole Reed: Changing Reaction into Creation
Heath and Nicole Reed started off like many of us—falling in love with bodywork while in massage school, then having to juggle all the...
The Rhomboids: Spread Too Thin
Any muscle that is named after a geometric shape is bound to have issues. For the rhomboids, this shows up in the same way that a people...
