Therapeutic massage therapists – also known as medical massage therapists, clinical massage therapists, neuromuscular massage therapists, and soft tissue specialists – are set apart from general massage therapists through the intention of their work. Although...
Few people have heard of the vagus nerve, and even fewer are familiar with what it does. We have also heard of the many benefits of massage, but is there a close connection to the duties of the vagus nerve? What is it about soft tissue manipulation that slows us down,...
Myofascial pain syndrome is a relatively common and often underdiagnosed condition that medical massage therapists often encounter. It is believed that 85% of the general population (that’s 283 million people, young and old) will experience myofascial pain throughout...
