Quit Cramping My Style!

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Hands On!  Today I have decided to write about a common problem we all have.  This wicked device causes many a pain in many a neck.  It has brought even the strongest of men and women to their knees.  I speaking of none other than (you guessed…

Tunneling Through The Facts of Life

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Hands On!  Before I get started I wanted to say that this is my 42nd article.  For those of you who know me or have read “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams will know why it is a special number.  For those of you…

Who are You Today?

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Hands On!  I would like to say that I now have BCLMT Jr living with me and he graduated about a 2 weeks ago.  Because of this and then well, “Summer”  I have lost all track of time and that is why my posts are becoming a…

Massage Therapy is More than Skin Deep

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Hands On!  I was looking over some articles on the American Massage Therapy Association website, and found one about skin cancer.  I know, what can massage therapy do for skin cancer, Right?  Well no, massage cannot help treat cancer in any form.  It can help ease the…

Why is Our Outlet Designed This way?

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Hands On!  Had some family things to take care of last week so the post got pushed to this week.  Sorry guys, I hope you can be patient with my occasional “life” issues.  So, in keeping with the theme from last post, and to go along with…

Please Don’t be Cross with Me.

Hello and welcome to another edition of Hands On! Today I want to talk about a condition that seems to be, in my opinion, one of the most common postural condition.  Many people do not even realize that it is a condition with a name.  They just think it is something that happens as you get…

This is Why People say I’m a Pain in the Neck!

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Hands On!  Today I want to talk about a strange technique that I learned when I was going to school.  The reason I say it is strange is that I both love and hate performing it at the same time.  It is a technique that has earned…

This Shall Prove how Hip we are, Butt its not Back.

Hello and welcome to another edition of Hands On!  I apologize for this post being a week late but I had a conflict and by the time I was able to think about the blog I was so tired I decided you guys really didn’t want to deal with my exhausted ramblings.  I wanted to…

Looking at Health from the Inside Out

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Hands On!  I also want to announce that approximately one year ago I started this blog!  It is so hard to believe that I have been doing this for a whole year.  I hope that it continues to grow and reach people.  Now back to your regularly…

A Definition of weakness

Hello and welcome to a new edition of Hands On!  First I would like to apologize for going on a two week hiatus.  I don’t like to make excuses but I had a bad experience with a chairlift skiing.  As a result I injured my left knee and have been recovering, so I was not…

These People Crack me up!

Hello everyone and welcome to yet another edition of Hands On!  I have been thinking this week about what I should be writing about today.  When it suddenly struck me that there is a part of my life that relates to health and wellness that I have never blogged about.  It is something that keeps…

Things are Starting to Get Deep!

Hello everybody and welcome to yet another edition of Hands On!  I have been spending the last week thinking about my career path and how I have become the type of Massage Therapist I am today.  I describe myself as a clinical Massage Therapist to those who ask me what kind of massage I specialize…