Tag Archives: pain
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Can SMRT Be Used on the Arm?
Posted on September 29, 2017 by Dawn in Arm & Hand, bodywork, Elbow, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, NCBTMB approved continuing education, Shoulders, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueRecently I spent an entire day working on arms. The first woman I worked on was a client I have seen for about the past 6 months for an ankle break that required 3 metal plates. She had a second accident and broke her proximal radius about a year ago. That required an L shaped […]
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Using SMRT on the Shoulder
Posted on September 1, 2017 by Dawn in Arm & Hand, bodywork, Massage Therapy Continuing Education, Shoulders, SMRT, Spontaneous Muscle Release TechniqueOne of the student therapists in my last class asked me to look at her left shoulder. She had limited flexion and abduction. With palpation and assessment, I believed that she had a facilitated latissimus dorsi on her left side. Assessing the Shoulder As I began to work on her, most of the class gathered […]
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Anatomy of the Elbow, Part 2
Posted on April 3, 2013 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle PainBefore we get into the ligaments and muscles of the elbow, I want to relate an experience I had yesterday. Recently I began to work with a fellow massage therapist. She has been booking 2-hour sessions, which is fabulous for me. The index finger on her right hand has developed some arthritis. It is swollen, stiff, and the range of motion is fairly limited. She has had these symptoms for two years! I said something to her about how she should have had it worked on before now (because massage therapists chronically do not get enough bodywork!), and she responded that she had tried a few times, but she couldn’t find a therapist that knew what to do with her arm and hand.
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Pectoralis Release Experience
Posted on August 8, 2012 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Questions and Answers, Self ResponsibiltyWhile I was on vacation in Seattle, WA recently, I taught a four hour class at Northwest Academy, the school we hope to hold a class in at the end of October. I wanted to give the students a protocol they could incorporate into their regular massage and use, but not too much because we […]
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Deep Tissue Work with Less Pain and Effort
Posted on July 20, 2012 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, PhysiologyDeep-Tissue Work with Less Pain and Effort Deep-tissue massage could be defined as a set of moves designed to guide the therapist into deeper tissues, or as a variety of strokes meant to treat a specific area of pain. Then again, deep-tissue massage could be defined as any technique that allows the therapist to contact […]
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Chronic Neck Pain
Posted on September 2, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Physiology, Questions and AnswersIssue: Chronic neck pain Solution: First, I had to palpate to figure out where the problem seemed to be. This client was a 66 year old man with torn rotator cuff tendons in both shoulders. He had already had surgery twice on the right shoulder, but no surgery had been performed on the left. The […]
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My abdomen is sore and bloated
Posted on August 26, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Physiology, Questions and Answers, Self ResponsibiltyIssue: My abdomen is continuously bloated and sore. Possible solution: This can be caused by many different things. You may have a diagnosable disease, such as diverticulosis. Alternatively, you may be low in enzymes and unable to digest your food. Another possibility is that you have recently taken antibiotics and have destroyed much of the […]
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I am getting pain and tenderness at the elbow?
Posted on August 16, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Questions and AnswersIssue: Swelling, tenderness, and limited range of motion at the elbow. Solution: This was emailed to us by an 11-year-old boy. He plays quite a bit of baseball and is over pitching. Maybe the problem is poor form while pitching or maybe pitching simply isn’t for him. I don’t know. But what I do know […]
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Symptoms of Rotator Cuff Tear
Posted on August 15, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Physiology, Questions and Answers, Self ResponsibiltyWhat are the symptoms of a rotator cuff tear? Generally, if the tear is a supraspinatus tendon tear, which most are, the symptoms begin with abduction of the arm. Remember, supraspinatus is responsible for abduction (when the arm moves away from the side of the body) of the arm to the first 15 degrees […]
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Neck Pain
Posted on August 15, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Questions and AnswersIssue: An 8-year-old came to me with a sore neck. The pain was right underneath her occiput. Solution: Kids are not as resilient as we like to think. Bad pillows, crazy heavy back packs, braces, retainers, head gear, sleeping in strange places, it all effects them and the effects can be lasting. Luckily, kids do […]
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Shoulder DVD
Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Physiology, Questions and Answers, Self ResponsibiltyThe first video we are doing is about the shoulders. The advantage, I think, about having all of this information on video is that you will pick up what you are ready for each time you watch the video. Unlike watching one demonstration in a class while taking written notes, the video allows you to […]
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Is there alternatives to fixing our pain?
Posted on August 10, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, Self ResponsibiltyWhy? Because they didn’t know to do that. Or maybe because insurance doesn’t pay for those types of treatments and doctors are lodged in our insurance system, unable to send patients to anyone outside of said system. I had broken my right wrist at the tender age of two. It makes complete sense that those […]
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Rotator Cuff Tear
Posted on August 9, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human Body, Muscle Pain, PhysiologyBefore I start giving you things to do for the shoulders, there is one common injury we have to talk about – a rotator cuff tear. Most of the exercises and/or stretches that I give you in the blog and that will be on the video will be contraindicated for a rotator cuff tear. You […]
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Neck Anatomy
Posted on August 9, 2011 by Dawn in Anatomy, Human BodyStylohyoid O: Styloid process of the Temporal bone I: Hyoid bone A: Draws the hyoid bone posterior Omohyoideus O: Superior Border of the Scapula I: Hyoid Bone A: Depresses the hyoid bone Longus Colli O: Anterior Aspects of C3 through T3 I: Anterior Aspect of C1 through C7 A: Flexion of […]
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