Category: injury treatment

An injury treatment story: Plantar Fascitis »

I had a massage client once who had plantar fascitis as well as “no cartilage in her knees.” (quotes means it’s her that said that) 
She was somewhere around 65 years old at the time, and I was about 2 years into my massage career and  around the age of 23. (I’m 28 at the time of […]

Massage and God talks: Continued… »

So why am I saying I’m talking about God now? Very simple - and I’ll get to it.
I’ve been doing injury treatment massage for the last 7 years. I have averaged somewhere around 10 hours of intensive massage a week over the course of that 7 years.
Back when I was working […]

Massage hours and Rates Changing. »

This is a simple public notice - read my most recent post - it’s really really long but very informative.
I will be reducing my hours of massage per week to 10 or less for deep tissue.
I will also be phasing out my package discounts.
Rates:
Now: $270 for 3 1hr massages $360 for 3 1.5hr massages
Starting May 15th, […]

Seattle Massage Goddess goes effin’ nuts on God, Change… to be continued… »

There’s lots of space between posts this time.
 
I “shouldn’t” go this long without posting.  need that constantly updated material, right?  keep up with the Jones’s, or something like that.
 
I tend to go long periods of time off-line because of, well, a good many reasons.  Many of them are “not serving me” as one could say.
 
Consistently […]

Massage is like working out! It is deeply healthy for you! »

I often find my clients having a hard time carving time out of their busy schedule for massage.
I know for me, that over the past 7 years of massage practice, it can still be a challenge to carve time in my own schedule. The rational and “workaholic” section of my brain argues that “Surely we […]

Thoracic outlet syndrome - often confused with Carpal Tunnel syndrome »

symptoms:
1. hands go numb in the pinky, ring and half of middle fingers
2. “fat” or full tight feeling in the forearm
3. in severe cases - whole arm is swollen and numb and some poor fucker needs to visit the ER
often confused with:
Carpal tunnel syndrome - the symptoms of which are primarily in the hand proper […]