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Your Core and Balance

February 2, 2021 l by Sohmar

February Newsletters -Your Core and Your Balance Did you know that your core can affect your balance? Important side note, when we talk about the core, we consider the area from your collar bones to your SITS bones (the bones you sit upon) as your core. Our core is also called our center of mass and our feet are our base of support. It makes sense our core is in the center of ...Read More

Let me know where you have Pain.

February 8, 2019 l by Sohmar

You are about to get a massage , as with most massage therapist the session begins with the Massage therapist asking you if you have any painful, stiff, or even where you feel tight. After telling them where , like for example your shoulders, hoping that the massage therapist will be able to provide some relief. Now lets say they work on  you for a while without  being able to relive a ...Read More

Towel Scrunches Exercises ? What are they good for?

February 2, 2019 l by Sohmar

The question when giving or doing an exercise should always be..Why I am doing this? The answer should to improve function, to move better so you can feel better,to make sure we are moving the most Optimal way (IMS) . So why would we scrunch a towel with our feet? What function is this improving? It's helping to stabilize the arch... Is it though? I'll tell you what it is doing is sim ...Read More

More Myths — Back pain

June 22, 2017 l by Sohmar

Here are 5 common beliefs  ( Myths) that have been challenged: 1. Bending is dangerous 2. Discs slip 3. Nerves are trapped 4. Pain comes from facet joints, discs etc 5. Low back pain is in isolation to everything else in your life. Comments below:- ———————————- 1. Bending is normal. Sure it can hurt when the back is being protected, and when ...Read More

Silly Stuff Massage therapist say from Myths and still say

June 9, 2017 l by Sohmar

Yes I have been down this road before and yes I have said/taught some of these things however as science and evidence starts to dispel these I now teach differently  as all Massage teachers and Schools should. Sadly they will not and sadly they are still being taught and must stop both from Authors of Text books to Teachers who still believe these myths . Below are a list of some of the ...Read More

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