Tag: health
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Why Books About Money Often Make Me Think About Health
Whenever I read books about money, investing, business, or even psychology, I find myself making connections to health and exercise. It is probably a slightly strange habit, but I notice it happening over and over again. The topic may be completely different, yet I keep underlining the same passages and thinking about the people I…
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Why Strength Training Is Medicine for Joint Pain
Strength training is not something you do once your joints feel good. It is often the reason they start feeling good. Joint pain is one of the most common reasons people become less active as they age. Knees ache, hips stiffen, shoulders lose confidence. The natural instinct is to rest or avoid movement. But the…
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Massage as a Conversation: How Your Muscles Speak and How I Listen
Massage is not only physical care. It is a conversation between your body and the therapist. When most people think of massage, they picture pressure, techniques, or specific muscles. But after sixteen years and thousands of treatments, I’ve learned that massage is less like a technical task and much more like a conversation. Not a…
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Can One Max Effort Set a Week Improve Strength?
A Four Week Experiment with Real Life Results Over the past month, a few friends and I tried a small strength experiment. Nothing scientific, nothing perfectly controlled, just real women, with real schedules, attempting something extremely simple to see what might happen. So many of my clients feel overwhelmed by strength training, even when they…
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Can Regular Massage Reduce Chronic Migraines? Two Real Client Case Studies
For nine years I’ve been working almost exclusively with massage. Before that, I practiced as a traditional biokineticist, helping people strengthen and move better through exercise. These days, people book massages with me to relieve pain, tension, or chronic discomfort. Few can come once a week, but most can only come once every few weeks…
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