technique

Massage and bodywork practitioners are getting older, just as the nation as a whole is getting older. Massage and bodywork pioneer Art Riggs discusses topics like physical activity, massage, and aging.

We've all experienced the roadblocks of pain that won't subside, a puzzling condition, or general uncertainty. But when a client asks tough questions, we must answer them honestly.

The sternocleidomastoid, a muscle MTs tend to avoid, can ease a lot of tension—if you know what you're doing.

Learn how to differentiate between chronic compartment syndrome and acute compartment syndrome, an emergency condition.

Consider the bones, musculofascial tissues, and possible restrictions when a client presents with low-back pain.

Til Luchau and Whitney Lowe interview manual therapist and researcher Mark Bishop about his research into how clients’ expectations influence results.

When clients present with a range of symptoms, we attempt to make sense of all the information they reveal with a model of understanding that makes the pieces fit.

The sacrum twists slightly within the pelvis in walking and trunk rotation.

What happens when muscles become too entangled in their muscle groups? Focusing on the fascia that surrounds and separates muscles can help in a number of ways.

Every client, every session, every day is an opportunity for assessing and reassessing, and from that comes mastery, growth, and progress for our clients and the profession.

Using verbal cues while the client is in a relaxed state and open to suggestion can lead clients in pain to favorably reinterpret the nociceptive (danger-signaling) input.

After a full day working with clients, massage therapists can develop their own sore, stiff muscles. Using a foam roller before and after a workday can help alleviate some of those pains.