May 12, 2019 | Massage & Bodywork Blog
My legs were bandaged up to my knees in 7 layers of gauze: What it’s like to have a disease no one understands I was seven months pregnant when a woman in a children’s toy store stopped me while I was browsing a few books. “I know what you have,” she said very loudly...
Apr 24, 2019 | Massage & Bodywork Blog
The Lymphatic System drains toxins from your body and protects you against...
Aug 27, 2014 | Massage & Bodywork Blog
Stressors may be either of physiological or psychological etiology (Lavallo, 1997; Upledger, 1987). Any threat to the homeostatic mechanisms of the body is considered a stressor (Lavallo, 1997). Physical stressors are events that directly challenge one’s health,...
Aug 27, 2014 | Massage & Bodywork Blog
Central Nervous System In the brain, a potential stressor is first perceived in the thalamus which relays the sensory information via cortical projections to the pre-frontal cortex. In the pre-frontal cortex the implied stressor is given meaning and is evaluated. The...
Aug 27, 2014 | Massage & Bodywork Blog
The tempormandibular joint (jaw joint or TMJ) is a rather complex aspect of our anatomy. Its complexity leaves it prone to a number of pain responses and histological (tissue) changes. The following is a brief description of its anatomy and how it functions in...
