Tag: self care

Visceral Massage

Sounds strange doesn’t it? Most people don’t really know what it is but it’s less complicated than you think. Viscera is a term used for our organs and visceral massage works to release the adhesions around the organs and position them in proper alignment for optimal function. Tension within the abdomen, pelvic dysfunction, and poor posture […]

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Sleep Well

With the leaves changing colour and the days growing shorter and colder, it seems like a great time to talk about sleep – I think the bears would agree! Although we aren’t aware of it in the moment, sleep is an active and complex process.  Sleep cycles through predictable stages during the night, beginning with […]

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What do you do (as a massage therapist) to prevent injuring yourself?

Honing technique – As an RMT, it helps to pay attention to your workload in relation to your schedule. Hopefully, at the end of the day, you are not working so much or so hard as to injure yourself. A common example I see with RMTs, are thumb injuries. If injuries are common, then using […]

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Travelling and your health

When we take holidays, we like to take the opportunity to get some much needed R&R. Now, don’t get me wrong this is very important for our mental and physical health, however, it can also play a negative role if taken to far. All too often I see clients return from their holiday with complaints […]

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