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Activation of the Glymphatic System Through Bodywork
By Travis Krick FSN,CMT Understanding the movement of fluid inside and outside of the tissues is vital when it comes to massage and bodywork. Fluid flows inside the cells as intracellular fluid or outside the cells as extracellular fluid. This balance of the two is what creates homeostasis within the body. When it comes…
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Sauna and the 680 nm Infrared Light Spectrum
I’ve said many times before “if I could only have one health tool to use for the rest of my life it would be a sauna”. Here at Sonora Massage a very modern version of a sauna exists. Using infrared to penetrate the bodies tissues and heat more internally than the surrounding air like a…
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Structural Integration: Knowing What is Underneath
Anyone who has had a 5 minute adjustment at a chiropractors office knows typically how that ends up feeling about 30 minutes later. Or the other side of the equation anyone who has gone to get a massage with a rib that was out of place and got light soft tissue work with out setting…
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The Ultimate Guide to Bodyworking and Massage Tools: Gua Sha, Graston, Coining, and Shoni-Shin
For the past ten years that I have been preforming Gua Sha on clients I havetried just about every style of Gua Sha tool out there. My intent is to lay outa case for each style and let you decide which one will work best depending onuse and application. Lets start by comparing Gua Sha,…
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A Different Take on Massage Therapy
Most people who think about getting a massage view it as a indulgence or as being pampered. They use it as a way to destress or often disengage from the world for an hour or so. Now there is nothing inherently wrong with that mindset, sometimes that is exactly what people need. But there is…