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Massage Myths Debunked!
People go through life carrying a lot of misconceptions about massage, mostly created by bad media information or by word of mouth from...
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Aug 2, 20244 min read
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Healing Touch: The Power of Palliative Massage
Introduction Living with a chronic illness can be physically and emotionally challenging. As symptoms persist, individuals often seek...
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Feb 29, 20242 min read
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Exercise Benefits Your Brain
Cerebral Cardio: Aerobic exercise is associated with increased grey matter volume in the brain’s cortex, where memory networks are...
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Jan 19, 20241 min read
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Your Thoracic Spine
About 80 percent of people experience back problems at some point. Most people attribute back pain to their lower backs or necks, but...
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Jan 8, 20242 min read
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The Final Word on Good Posture
This is the last of the posts on Posture and I hope you've found it informative. Here are some general suggestions for improving your...
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Dec 18, 20232 min read
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Our Inner Clock Needs Regular Sleep
Three scientists earned a Nobel Prize in 2017 for their research that helped discover the clocks running in every cell in our bodies....
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Dec 12, 20231 min read
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Good Posture: Part 2
In parts 2 and 3 of our Good Posture guide, we'll be looking at three of the most common daily activities we participate in that can...
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Nov 4, 20232 min read
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The Relaxation Response
The term "Relaxation Response" was coined by Dr. Herbert Benson, professor, author, cardiologist, and founder of Harvard’s Mind/Body...
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Oct 24, 20232 min read
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The Importance of Good Posture
Poor posture is one of the more common causes of injury or pain that massage therapists see in practice. If you use poor body mechanics...
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Oct 12, 20232 min read
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Scars: The Octopus and the Iceberg
Caring for scars with the right therapy can help wound healing, detect emerging issues, and evaluate and treat existing issues. In short,...
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Jul 31, 20233 min read
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Persistent Pain and You
Clients and chronic pain. Or more specifically, you and chronic pain. or as an AI Chatbot would want me to say: You Don't Have to Live...
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Jul 5, 20232 min read
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Training for Ehlers-Danlos and Hypermobility
Hypermobility is a general term for any stretching of the joints beyond 'normal'. Many people with hypermobile joints go through their...
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Jun 29, 20233 min read
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Willow and Water Massage has Moved! (and Expanded)
Update on the move!
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Jun 11, 20232 min read
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Keeping Fit as You Grow Up (What are the differences in fitness from 20 to 50 and beyond).
So you might like working out, or not. But certainly, when we are younger, we seem to be able to get away with doing more, pushing our...
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Apr 3, 20233 min read
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What to expect during a massage at Willow and Water?
Whether your coming for pain reduction, sports, fibromyalgia, stress or just for the pleasure, there are probably questions you want...
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Mar 2, 20233 min read
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