We try to make the intangible tangible and vise versa.

Hopefully Part 1 and Part 2 have primed us to reframe this statement. Now when thinking “I can handle the pain,” instead of hearing a phrase loaded with resignation, overwhelm, and gritted teeth, the connotation has shifted to one underlain with positivity and a clear plan of action. When that action includes massage, often clients come to looking for “deep tissue” massage because they have heard or have experienced that as the only type that provides relief. Asking for dee

Trigger Points: Modern Gordian Knots As someone who has performed self-massage – yes, that quick rub over the temples and neck counts! –, you have most likely come across the sore, pebble-like spots in your muscles. The aptly called knots. These little buggers are one of the biggest reasons people come to see me: “Please help me get rid of these knots!” Since Trigger Points, the also apt scientific name for knots, play such a significant part in my clients’ pain, I want

Remember that final fight scene from The Matrix? The one when Neo is able to see the world for the hologram it is? What if I told you that is how your mind sees your body?! Okay, not exactly, but pretty close. Most of us have been taught the Cartesian model of pain. This theory concludes that pain results directly from tissue damage and in proportion to the extent of the injury. As research has progressed and we have struggled to explain phenomena such as chronic low