Category Archives: February 2016

  • Your Heart: Not Just Any Muscle

    Posted on February 25, 2016 by in February 2016

      Our hearts beat endlessly: all day every day, all night every night. We don’t think about them until there’s a problem, but we should. This is your heart we are talking about, after all! The one that you follow, the one that you wear on your sleeve, the one that breaks or the one […]

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    Research- A new muscle discovered!

    Posted on February 23, 2016 by in February 2016

    A new muscle discovered? As a licensed massage therapist, I am a muscle specialist, but also an anatomy geek and a research nerd. Always combing the halls of the Massage Therapy Foundation and PubMed for the latest research studies, I am always surprised by how much we still have to learn about how the human […]

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  • Love, Chocolate, and Massage

    Posted on February 23, 2016 by in February 2016

      Valentine’s Day means chocolate is everywhere … chocolate hearts, chocolate covered strawberries, giant hearts filled with chocolate covered strawberries… If you’re trying to cut down on sugar consumption like I am, this time of year can be rough. I was worried it would put a quick stop to the successful path I got on […]

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    Couple’s massage: A shared experience in relaxation.

    Posted on February 1, 2016 by in February 2016

    What did you do last year for Valentine’s Day? Was it dinner and a movie again? Take-out and Netflix? That sounds to me like it could be any other day – which Valentine’s Day is not. Valentine’s day is holiday that celebrates the love we feel for those closest to us – our significant others, […]

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