Riktr PRO Deep Tissue – Sports Injuries, Nicola, LMT
THERAPEUTIC PROFESSIONAL BODYWORK
Ball Rolling and Massage Tools For Self Massage is one of the easiest, best, cheapest ways to self massage your body!
You can roll on any type of ball, baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis, golf, marbles, foam rollers, or a big inflated ball. These images should give you some ideas. I roll daily!
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My style of Deep Tissue Massage releases the body’s natural painkillers whereby it stimulates the release of endorphins, the morphine-like substances that the body manufactures into the brain and nervous system. Once that happens (your now in a parasympathetic state “rest and digest”) I then go to work on your injured area to break up the damaged fibrous adhesion’s which are spread randomly throughout a muscle thus increasing blood flow, oxygen, strength, flexibility, and tissue re-building.
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Resistance training (also called strength training or weight training) is the use of resistance to muscular contraction to build the strength, anaerobic endurance, and size of skeletal muscles. Resistance training is based on the principle that muscles of the body will work to overcome a resistance force when they are required to do so. When you do resistance training repeatedly and consistently, your muscles become stronger.
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What is Rheumatoid Arthritis ? Massage for Rheumatoid Arthritis in Santa Barbara, Goleta, Ca.
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Ashiatsu is a generic name for a type of barefoot massage where the massage therapist uses their feet to provide deep compression, gliding strokes and assisted stretches(ROM).
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My style of relaxation massage combines a few massage styles… Swedish, Reflexology, Trigger Point, and some Chinese massage. Swedish Massage works the muscles by various techniques: effleurage, kneading, friction, long strokes, kneading, tapping, vibration, shaking, and percussion or tapotement… Swedish massage stimulates the whole body system thus makes it possible for the body to be …
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What is bodywork? Wikipedia defines bodywork as a term used in alternative medicine to describe any therapeutic or personal development technique that involves working with the human body in a form involving manipulative therapy, breathwork, or energy medicine. In addition bodywork techniques aim to assess or improve posture, promote awareness of the “mind-body connection”, or to manipulate a putative “energy field” surrounding the human body and affecting health.
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