Stories from Feel Better Fast
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Self-Massage: Doing It to Music
Feel Better Fast &bull Sep 4, 2010
Music improves athletic performance and will power your massage. Millions of runners, cyclists, and gym rats move better with their ear buds plugged into a tune. Running with an iPod has been shown to improve athletic performance, while reducing perceived… Full Story »
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Topics:
- iPod
- Motivation
- Training
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Seated Massage on Tennis Balls
Feel Better Fast &bull Jun 7, 2010
If you want to relieve muscle pain in your butt while giving your upper hamstrings and seat a treat and try this youtube video. This massage may help relieve pain you're experiencing in your lower back or knees. It will… Full Story »
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Self-Massage for Fitness Professionals
Feel Better Fast &bull May 24, 2010
If you're reading this you probably need a massage. Or maybe you have a client or student who does. Most people aren't aware of their need for massage but you are. As a fitness professional, you're attuned to your body's needs. You work with the bodies of clients and students, you observe them, evaluate them, and train them. You understand, better than most people, the regenerative and therapeutic powers of massage. But if going to a massage therapist every time a muscle tightens… Full Story »
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Self-Massage for Runners
Feel Better Fast &bull May 10, 2010
Every runner has a different reason for needing a massage. Maybe yours is your feet or your calf muscles? Or maybe it's your knees and hips that need attention? Perhaps your quads or hamstrings are too tight? One thing is certain though, if you run often, or you run hard, your legs and possibly your whole body needs frequent massage. But are you getting it regularly? While sports massage therapy has grown rapidly during the last twenty years, it can't meet the needs of millions of runners. Just as a professional chef isn't available every time you get hungry, a… Full Story »
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Self-Massage for Massage Therapists
Feel Better Fast &bull May 3, 2010
You may be wondering why, as a massage therapist, you should practice and promote self-massage. Maybe it's because self-massage can do things for you that nothing else can. Self-massage can make you a more effective practitioner by improving your body, your practice, and your profession. Of course, all massage therapists use self-massage, if only unconsciously, to relieve minor aches and pains. The intent of this article is to encourage you to go deeper, to receive more.You already know the benefits of receiving frequent massage: it improves your health and mood, reduces your likelihood of injury, and allows you to become… Full Story »
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Hamstring Massage Video
Feel Better Fast &bull Apr 19, 2010
This post is intended to be read before, during, or after watching the hamstring video Balls on Hamstring Massage with Tennis Balls: Do It While You View It.Recommendations: You may want to warm up your hamstrings before trying this massage, it can be intense. The first time you attempt it, go easy. If your hamstrings are weak or injured try one of the alternative massages described below.Accessories: You'll… Full Story »
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Treating Your Trigger Points
Feel Better Fast &bull Mar 29, 2010
Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual, Volume 2, page136.Gentle stretching lengthens muscles and removes many latent trigger points; but not even the super heroes of stretching, yoga and Pilates, will get them all. Trigger point therapy,… Full Story »
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Stretching It: The Truth about Stretching
Feel Better Fast &bull Jan 18, 2010
Stretching by TobyotterThe perceived benefits of stretching are that they make your muscles more flexible and will protect you from injury. The truth is that they do neither. According to a recent New York Times article, old fashioned stretching just doesn't deliver… Full Story »
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IT Band Self-Massage
Feel Better Fast &bull Nov 23, 2009
Massaging your iliotibial bands can be a big help if you run, cycle, or are experiencing pain in your knees.The IT band lives on the lateral portion of your thigh and runs from just below your knee to your pelvis.… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Muscle
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Quadriceps Massage
Feel Better Fast &bull Oct 19, 2009
If you've got quads, you'll benefit from massaging them. But this massage is particularly helpful if you run (especially up hills), cycle, ski, board, play soccer, practice karate, squat, or jump rope.Your quadriceps are a muscle group made up of… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Muscle
- Quadriceps
