Your first treatment can be a bit of a nerve wracking experience, whether you have had massage before or not. This is usually because of the unknown variables (first experience with massage in your home, first time having a male therapist work on you, first time getting myofascial release work done on you, etc.). Read on – we are here to put your mind at ease!
By: mike
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There are a few reasons to incorporate stretching into a massage treatment, but there are also many reasons to stretch on your own at home. In this post we will be talking about these reasons, but at the same time I will provide a list of times or situations where stretching should probably not be attempted (otherwise beware the dastardly consequences).
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Learning new stretches (and really anything else) is tricky enough without the fancy lingo. Sometimes the phrases or words can sounds like they are from another language.. but fret no more! Find out the meaning and difference behind terms like flexibility, extensibility, and range of motion right in here.
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Here we would like to briefly cover what the most common forms of stretching are. You will learn about static versus intermittent stretching, the controversial ballistic stretching, and one of our favourite modalities (or services that we offer) the dynamic PNF stretching techniques.