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Donna,
Deep tissue can be a very powerful therapy that you may benefit from. However, it's very important to get deep tissue work from someone who has trained and has experience in it. Many therapists who have basic massage training do not know how to effectively do deep tissue work. They think it just means you work deeper and press harder. This is not the case. When I teach deep tissue work, before we ever start working on the muscles and fascia with deep tissue, we spend a great deal of time learning to palpate and actually "feel" what's going on in the tissue. I also teach my students how to recognize what is happening in the tissue while they work - is it releasing? Is it "fighting back"? There are many subtleties to effective deep tissue work - it's not just about working deeper at a physical level by pressing harder.
If you choose to receive deep tissue work, ask your therapist what kind of training they have had specifically in the area of deep tissue work. And if you become interested in adding deep tissue to your "massage toolbelt", be sure to get the proper training in order that you may be effective!
Hope you have a fabulously Happy New Year!
Jackie McLaughlin
http://www.jmtherapy.com
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