Mookaite massage

09/11/2023

To celebrate one year together, just saying, you know who you are x

06/02/2022

Acupuncture, what’s the point?

The practice of acupuncture involves the insertion of sterile, single-use needles into specific points of the body. Over 300 acupoints exist, and these points are areas where large collections of free nerve endings, blood vessels and inflammatory cells are present. Each point has local, and systemic effects.

These points follow meridians and have been known for hundreds of years. But interestingly follow closely the relatively newly discovered myofascial lines!

How cool is that. How will these ancient traditional methods fit into the new emerging concepts.

A new entry into our new library area! Where we will host Articles written by experts from around the world. Follow this link for an introduction to acupuncture…

https://www.theequinedocumentalist.com/post/acupuncture-what-s-the-point

29/01/2022

Fascia plays a key role in your resilience. You nourish fascia and the vagus nerve with sensory awareness, conscious breathing, and movement.

23/12/2021

Wishing all my clients a very merry Christmas and a Happy prosperous New Year x

13/04/2019

Using a tennis ball for self massage (or self myofascial release as it’s known) is an amazingly effective and cheap way to release knots and tension within the body. Simply trap the ball between your body and something else… like the floor or a wall. This can be used on any part of the body that you are feeling tightness.

Ok so this is the ‘fun’ part… you are looking for the painful spots. Yes I said painful. But what I actually mean is those spots that are uncomfortable when you press on them. You’ll know when you find them. *

When you find a spot, hold the ball in place with sustained pressure (or alternatively you can ‘milk’ the area by moving a couple of mm over the area).

Put enough pressure on so that you are reaching around a 7-8/10 on the discomfort scale. Breathe. Relax into the ball. Let your muscles release. Drop your shoulders.

Hold until the discomfort reduces to around 2-3/10. This sometimes takes around 2-3 minutes. If it still hasn’t dropped after this time come off and try a different spot. **

Listen to your body and stop if anything feels “not right.” It should feel like a ‘good’ pain. Again, you’ll know what I mean when you hit the right spots ;-)

* If you’re not sure if you have or not, chances are you haven’t!

**Use the 10 second rule….if the pain INCREASES after 10 seconds and you haven’t increased the pressure then this could be more of an acute injury to the tissues. This doesn’t need massage. It needs time to heal.

06/02/2019

11/10/2018

22/09/2018

If you’ve got fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), then you’ll be familiar with aches, pains, crushing fatigue (and yet difficulty sleeping), and the brain fog. And maybe wondering how massage can help fibromyalgia pain.
Massage can help, but it should be done carefully, as the fibromyalgia can mean that you are often hyper sensitive. Deep tissue isn’t the best choice to avoid aggravating the pain. Research indicates that while many kinds of massage improve fibromyalgia symptoms, light, slow and gentle work is more effective than deeper work. I’ve found that hot stone massage can be particularly beneficial with my clients as the gentle warmth soothes and helps to ease away tension and pain.
www.completecalm.co.uk/how-massage-can-help-fibromyalgia-pain

14/09/2018

Sometimes it's easier just to whack it into a blender and whizz it all up. This can be ideal for a fussy horse, they can't pick the bits out.