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Healing is Teamwork

Engage Your Clients with AET How the body heals has not changed, but the techniques, research, and science behind what...

Seeing the Sacroiliac Joint

Low back pain is a popular subject. This might be the 700th article you have read about it. It is...

The Anatomical Machine

“Body Mechanic” is a creative, concise, and common title many massage therapists give themselves. And with good reason. The body...

Under Pressure

Is pressure a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Can good pressure be bad? Can bad pressure be good?...

What Has 2 Thumbs And A Propensity To Overuse Them?

Me! In most of my YouTube video tutorials, I lean pretty heavily on my thumbs. And I get a fair...

The Muscle, The Beast & And A Cup Of Tea

The sternocleidomastoid (the SCM) is one of those muscles massage therapists tend to avoid because there are so many cautions...

What The Stretch: Pandiculation and Stretching

Learn about three stretch types—static, dynamic & PNF—and about pandiculation, that delightful dawn “yawn-stretch” that wakes everything up without breaking...

An Ode (Kind Of) To The Sternum

Although this may not be an “ode” in the way you might have been expecting, it is written with the...

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