Anatomy

Recognizing different tissue textures and densities upgrades your palpation skills.

No matter how many textbooks and photos massage therapists sift through, no experience can equate to seeing bodies and tissues in the dissection lab.

Learning about the core beyond the muscles can promote new ways of thinking about your hands-on work.

Our bodies comprise four tissue types: epithelial, muscle, nervous, and connective. Your massage strokes touch all of these.

Recent research indicates that massage therapists can help with ankle and wrist injuries by focusing on retinacula.