Living in Pain? Hip Flexors Play a Huge Role in your Posture & Could be the Root of your Discomfort.

 

One of the most common pain issues we see in clients is probably neck and shoulder pain. This is often from improper sitting posture in front of a computer at work, and looking down at their phones. A close runner-up is probably lower back pain often caused by tight hip flexors (among other things), also from spending too much time sitting down in chairs. As it turns out, both are usually interrelated and stem from the same sources and imbalances. On some clients it shows up as low back pain, on others, neck and shoulder pain. Read More 

Back Pain – What Is It and How can Massage Therapy in New York Help?

 

Back pain is one of the most common issues we experience. The human body as a whole is complex, especially the structures around the spine. Our backs have a veritable maze of muscles, ligaments, tendons, disks, and bones. How those structures move (or don’t move…) is a huge piece of the back pain puzzle. A healthy balanced back supports the body and enables us to move. A stiff and immobile back makes everything else have to work much harder to move us. Thankfully, most types of back pain respond very well to back pain massage. Read More

Shoulder Pain: What’s Causing Yours and How Massage Therapy can Help

 

Shoulder pain is one of the most common issues people face today. The shoulder is a very complex set of muscles and bones designed for a large variety of movements. In order to gain that freedom of movement, evolution had to sacrifice some stability. This makes shoulders especially vulnerable to injury. Both impact injuries such as a torn rotator cuff, and overuse injuries such as a pinched nerve. Thankfully, massage therapy can work wonders on many types of shoulder pain. Read more this blog