Health-FULL
Delivering ALL topics that are health-FULL. From diet, exercise, mental health, physical therapies, to many other broader topics in the health industry.
Forrest and Monica are both top industry mentors and educators in the field of health. On this show, you get inside access to expert health tips from over 40 years of mistakes, successes, and experiences from their personal clinical practices. The Health-FULL podcast aim to host cutting edge guests, who are at the top of their industries, to offer new and fresh perspectives for our listeners. The Health-FULL podcast holds nothing back when it comes to educating our valued listeners!
About your hosts:
Monica Ander is a Registered Acupuncturist, Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner, Manual Osteopath, and Traditional Thai Massage Practitioner. She has a background in fitness training and has been in the health industry for well over 20 years. She has taught Chinese Medicine at a college level, treated professional athletes, and worked at a cutting edge pain clinic - before opening her own private-practice with a holistic pain management focus.
Health-FULL
The Myths of Deep Tissue Massage
Deep Tissue Massage is all the rage. "No pain, no gain" has become a term that echoes through the offices of therapists everywhere. When we are talking about acute or chronic pain, are painful treatments the only way we can attain muscle, tendon, and ligament release?
In this episode, we discuss our anecdotal and scientific psychology perspectives around deep tissue massage. Why is it so popular? What is a "release"? Can deep tissue massage injure a patient? Is there an emotional component to the amount of pressure a person is able to receive?
Podcast Summary Notes
- Intro
- Forrest discusses how the concept of personal space may inhibit us from actually getting as deep into muscle tissue as we think we are
- What is deep tissue massage? Because as Forrest points out, it's not taught in RMT schools in BC
- Forrest shares a clinical story
- Working the correct muscle group
- Fascia release - what are we actually doing?
- The Psychology of deep tissue massage
- What is a "release"?
- Nourishment of tissues from a Chinese Medicine perspective
- Tendons and ligament release
- Injury from deep tissue massage with story
- How to communicate with patients regarding pressure during massage
- How do we educate patients about the risk vs. reward with deep tissue massage
- Patients may feel pain in one area, but it's caused from a remote area of the body
- What does it mean when a joint is "out"?
- Can massage address alignment issues?
- Conclusion
Thank you so much for tuning in. We hope you enjoyed this episode of Health-FULL!
To learn more about Monica, visit her website at www.acunelson.com
Instagram: @acu_osteo_nelson
To learn more about Forrest, visit his website at: www.rebalancing.ca
Instagram: @rebalance_mte