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Comment by hakan meriç on June 14, 2010 at 3:27pm

Hi, Deep Tissue Massage Therapists;
Greetings from the cool waters of the Mediterranean

Comment by Mirra Greenway on May 6, 2010 at 10:02am

Anywhere there is hypertonic tissue, there is a "reflection" of hypotonic in the opposing/antagonist tissue. The Balanced Body is one of my favorite teaching texts, and explores the dynamic of structural imbalance. I use Postural Analysis to visually confirm, along with the palpation assessments.
As a general rule, I will see clients hurting on the opposite side of where they are truly hypertonic. For example, the pain is in the rhomboids, but the pec minors are the real culprits. Therefore, the rhoms would be hypotonic and the pec minors would be hypertonic. "Tight-long vs tight short" is a common explanation I make to them.

Comment by akemi mckee on April 2, 2010 at 9:32am

OKay, so here is the consistent question I get ...I know we all get, "So," says client to the therapist, "Do you feel any knots in there? Am I tight?" First, right off the bat I don't like giving statements to clients that connotate any kind of judgement. I am not about to "give them" a problem if it doesn't exist. Only they really can tell if their bodies are different than what they normally experience. I usually answer their question with a question, "How do you feel? Does it seem tighter than normal to you?"

My question is this...as I work with clients I have often wondered just how you are supposed to differentiate between normal, hypotonic, and hypertonic tissue? I compare bilaterally. This however leads into other queries about dominant arm, body tone and makes me realize more just how easy it is to just call everything "hypertonic." Am I alone in this or can anyone further illuminate my concern?

I hear insurance companies complain on just how much our profession gets stuck in just talking about hypertonicities. Surely there is hypotonic dysfunctions out there along with myofascial restrictions, trigger points, somatic dysfunctions, structural imbalances.

But, just for now, lets talk about deciding the differences between normal and hypotonic muscle.

Comment by Frank J on February 21, 2010 at 8:34am

is it just where i live? a lot of clients think that DT is just massage that is suppose to hurt

Comment by Jessica Weagle on November 18, 2009 at 9:33pm

Shari I just watched the preview of your DVD. Very nice !!!! I like the way you work

Comment by Shari Auth, LMT, L.Acu, NCBTMB on November 18, 2009 at 3:46pm

Hi DT therapists,
I'm happy to announce that my new instructional massage DVD on forearm massage is officially out. Using the forearms is very helpful for deep tissue massage. The DVD is 74 minutes and teaches how to give a full body massage using the forearms as the primary tool. To watch a preview just visit authmethod.com.
Peace,
Shari

Comment by Vicki Carpenter on November 10, 2009 at 6:11am

Hi! to all my fellow Deep Tissue enthusiasts. If anyone has worked with Frozen Shoulder clients, I will like to share what has helped you. I find that these clients are very sensitive and I have to start out using Biofreeze to calm the nerves. Any comments or suggestions.

Comment by Gloria Coppola on October 11, 2009 at 12:03pm

I wanted to share this video with all of you who may be hurting your hands from deep tissue work. Inspired by many questions. It can also be viewed at www.massagenetworknews.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54vh11cNBwQ

Comment by Ariana Vincent, LMT, MTI, BCTMB on August 13, 2009 at 10:18pm

Dear Don -

Thanks so much for your post.

My mother studied with the Sister Kenny Foundation in the 1940s. Mom was a registered nurse who first worked at Texas Childrens Hospital in Houston and then in Pediatric Intensive Care at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.

The Wikipedia story about Sister Kenny is very interesting. Here is an excerpt, "In 1946 her story was dramatized in the film Sister Kenny, starring Rosalind Russell, who had become her close friend. Through Kenny's accomplishments, in 1951 she headed the Gallup poll's Most Admired Women list, the only woman in the first 10 years of the list to displace Eleanor Roosevelt for the #1 spot."

It is interesting to read how Sister Kenny's work influenced Dr. Kabat.

Thanks again and again for your informative and educational post, Don.

Warmly, Ariana Vincent, Ariana Institute, www.arianainstitute.com

Comment by Don Solomon on August 13, 2009 at 9:51pm

I find the origin of these techniques very interesting. I was researching the origins of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) when it struck me that the technique sounded very similar to the work pioneered by Sister Elizabeth Kenny. Her story is very interesting and you can read about it at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Kenny
PNF Originated from Dr. Kabat who's conceptual framework for PNF came from his experience as a neurophysiologist and physician. Kabat said the work of Sister Elizabeth Kenney, in her treatment of polio patients with specific stretching and strengthening activities, was an early influence on his ceative process. Indeed, Kenney's work was viewed by many as medical heracy, Kabet, integrated neurophysiological rationale with the manually focused techniques of Sister Kenney's then mixed these ideas with the newly theorized ideas postulated by Sherrington in the area of successive induction, reciprocal innervation and inhibition, and the phenomenon of irradiation. Read more about this at http://www.ipnfa.org/index.php?id=113
So who would have thought that the practical observation and application by a Australian 'Bush Nurse' could have found its way into a discussion on a MET vrs PNF eh Nate!!
Its rather like arguing apples or bananas. Non the less, Here we are. In Practice, I find myself using MET primarly for manipulating the axial skeleton. I find the MET assessment techniques very valuable for both articular as well as fascial tension assesment. I apply PNF stretching to assist in maintenance of contractile and noncontractile elements of the force cancellation subsystems. I will often employ PNF patterns (D1 and D2) for activation and integration. They form a major component of the selfcare folow up I prescribe. I find my patients like the dance like quality.. I often encourage them to "perform" the pattern in a very Shakespearean way :). Its rather fun!!
Bye for now
Don Solomon RMT
ps I believe in creative spelling :)

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