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Britt Smith Massage

Massage Therapy administered by a Licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy I am both a Licensed Doctor of Physical Therapy and a Licensed Massage Therapist.

I am a firm believer that every patient and client deserves exceptional treatment that is personalized to their specific individual needs. In my practice, I have found that manual work, usually through a combination of soft tissue and joint mobilization with movement, followed by active corrective exercise is the most effective method of treatment for many of my patients and clients. Why massage? "Massage helps to maintain muscle in the best possible state of nutrition, flexibility, and vitality," and lays down an optimal foundation that paves the way for yielding the most optimal results.

05/05/2022

🙏🏼Appreciation Post 🙏🏼 Strong roots grow big trees!!🌲

This week I embarked on a brand new journey that might be the most exciting thing I’ve ever been a part of and helped create. And I couldn’t have done it without the help, support, encouragement, collaboration with and mentorship from the most amazing group of clinicians I have ever worked with. There is a reason I can’t ever really leave!

The most gigantic THANK YOU to Holly and Sean for believing in me since day 1 and providing me with the setting and freedom to grow into the clinician I am today. 🥹🙏🏼😭

04/07/2022

I am super stoked to announce my new business with Co-Founder Megan Brenneck, PTA, LMT, CFSC: Keep It Moving Physical Therapy & Wellness!!! We will be offering cash-based Physical Therapy, Massage Therapy, and Movement Therapy.

Keep It Moving will be located inside Coach Nicole’s Muscle Mind Movement at 56 Middlesex Turnpike, Suite 200 in Burlington, MA 01803.

We will be sending out email announcements along the way once we reach certain milestones (the website being live, being able to accept patients, links for signing up on our new patient portal, etc). Thanks for your patience along the way!

We hope to begin scheduling clients as early as Monday 5/2 pending the buildout of the space and will be reaching out to interested clients as soon as possible. Be sure to stay tuned for our progress!

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you to everyone along the way who helped us get here. Please tell all of your friends, and reach out with any questions, concerns, and feedback. We are very much looking forward to meeting you wherever you are at on the injury/performance spectrum!
-Britt & Megan

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01/23/2022

No access to a gym? No access to your beloved trainer (in my case, )? No problem! Thanks for the inspo, coach Nic!! 💪🏼🏋🏻‍♀️🏂🤙🏼

01/02/2022

Piggy-backing 🐷🎒 off the monster 👹 band hip mobilization 3 posts back, here is another great enhanced stretch 🤸🏻‍♀️ technique to address a femoral head that’s jamming into tender soft tissues.

Hip flexors (iliopsoas, re**us femoris, tensor fascia latae) are a muscle group that are chronically shortened in most people due to the amount of time we spend sitting. Couple that with a weak core, and this muscle group tends to overwork in attempts to provide the spine with some sort of stability, however this pattern actually destroys spine and hip integrity. In some people, this pattern (coupled with other factors like hip capsule stiffness and previous trauma) can cause the femoral head to sit forward (anterior) in the capsule rather than perfectly centered like it should be. This is the cause of that pesky pinchyness you feel with hip bending activities and this band assisted hip flexor stretch will be a great follow up for you.

Biggest keys here are to:
1) Place the monster band on the front of the hip, just below the crease of the hip/groin
2) Activate your core and glute of the back leg
3) Place a good amount of tension from the band
4) Advance your hips forward without losing the core and Glute contractions and feel a strong but comfortable stretch in the front of the hip
5) Hold for 10 seconds, relieve yourself from the stretch and repeat 4-5 times

As always, feel free to reach out for any clarification!

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12/15/2021

Boosted! Thank you and all the other healthcare professionals that work tirelessly to educate the masses and keep us safe! While we navigate the sea of unknown together, I’m just hoping this will help to protect me, my loved ones and my clients against the inevitable alphabet soup of variants to come 🙃🤷🏻‍♀️

12/06/2021

Do you ever feel pinching in the front of your hip at the bottom of your squat? Or how about vague pain pretty early on in your 5K run? Or excess hip movement at the top of each revolution while cycling? Chances are you are “running out of room” in your hip joint and causing pesky impingement.

When the hip bends, the head of the femur should roll smoothly in the hip socket (acetabulum) while simultaneously sliding downwards to allow for clear smooth motion without things running into each other.

Oftentimes this “sliding” portion of the movement becomes limited for a multitude of reasons, causing the gigantic femoral head to put direct pressure on sensitive anterior hip soft tissues (muscles, tendons, ligaments, hip joint capsule) and thus cause irritation.

This quick drill helps restore the downward (inferior) slide and gives the hip the room it needs for efficient and pain-free movement.

1) Put a heavy resistance band around your leg and wedge it as high up on your hip as you can without crossing the pelvis
2) Position yourself far enough back so the resistance band puts a strong amount of pressure so that you feel a slight stretch in your hip joint
3) Pull your knee towards your chest through the entire available range until the stretch in the hip becomes stronger without being painful
4) Repeat 4-5 times
5) THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART!!!!! Keeping your core strong, keep your leg at the end range and give yourself resistance at your thigh, holding for 5-10 seconds. Repeat 2-3 times
6) Re-test the offending movement (squat, running, lunge) to assess for proper hip mobility during the movement

Message me with any and all questions! 🏋🏻‍♀️🚵🏽‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️

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11/20/2021

Can you spot the flaws? Here I was, minding my own business, thinking I was absolutely crushing this offset kettlebell squat exercise. Au contraire!

❌Crazy lateral weight shift to the right hip: This reveals an inability to put even weight through both legs and is likely due to a combination of decreased right hip flexion mobility, decreased right innominate (half of the pelvis) flexion mobility, and decreased motor control/stability of the pelvis in multiple planes
❌Valgus collapse (caving inward) of the right knee: This puts excess stress on the ligamentous tissues (MCL) and joint capsule of the inner knee, and reveals right glute inhibition or weakness
❌Collapse of right more than left foot arch with ankle eversion: This puts excess stress on the ligamentous and tendinous tissues of the inner foot and ankle, and is likely caused by a combination of a lack of ankle dorsiflexion but mainly decreased strength and endurance of the intrinsic foot muscles (the “foot core”!!!)
❌Right sidebending and rotation of the trunk: This compensation exposes the core’s inability to stabilize the spine in a neutral position against the external force - the kettlebell - and can be improved with increased mental attention and effort to remain upright, or by decreasing the weight

Sounds overwhelming, huh? Sort of, but visual feedback like this can go a long way in improving proprioception (i.e. where your body is in space) by bringing attention to your faults. Stay tuned for some helpful drills to improve squatting form!

Here’s to being better next week! 🥴

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11/18/2021

This is what progress looks like. This month marks the fifth consecutive month of the most consistent I have been with exercise since high school! And I owe it all to coach Nicole.

Thanks for always keeping things fresh yet simple! And thanks for helping me make sense of and train my heart rate response to exercise (with help from the MyZone HR Monitor!). The heart is a muscle and needs consistent and intentional zone training to make more efficient. Now I can do SO much more without getting lightheaded 😂 Looking forward to many more milestones with you!

11/04/2021

This week I got an opportunity to do something so cool! Did it require a lot of preparation and focused thought? Absolutely. Did it force me out of my comfort zone? You betcha. Was it all worth it? Of course!

Yesterday I got to return to the very place where it all began - Northeastern University. I spoke for 90 minutes to a special interest group of Physical Therapy students, my chosen topic: A Functional Approach to Manual Therapy. I was able to share details of my unique journey and philosophy that I’ve spent the last decade developing (thanks to all that helped me along the way - Fitz Fam 4 life ☺️). I also got to demonstrate three of my favorite manual techniques for treating shoulder dysfunction. The students were engaged, participated in the lesson and asked thoughtful questions. This may be the start of something bigger! Thank you for the opportunity 😊

10/13/2021

As expected, this dude absolutely crushed 26.2 miles!! Couldn’t be more proud of him for not only finishing, but for following his heart and doing the hard but necessary work to stay consistent with his goals and his dream. Congrats, cuz!!! This is was determination looks like!

09/26/2021

Stoked and honored to be helping my cousin, the savage gazelle, Andretti Stanziani, stay supple and healthy as he prepares to absolutely slay the 125th Boston Marathon!🏃🏾‍♂️🐆 And thankful for the box of treats he brought us from ! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 #18260

09/18/2021

Scenes from the editing room, aka my kitchen/living/dining room 😂 Taking advantage of this dreary Saturday morning to sift through some content for the channel 👩🏻‍💻 One thing’s for sure, watching videos of myself will never get easy!!! 😩 ***s

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Burlington, MA
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Monday	10am - 8pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	10am - 8pm
Thursday	10am - 8pm
Friday	9am - 7pm

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