Massage Therapy by Jack Stella

12/21/2025

The bodywork world lost a legend and a trailblazer yesterday. He made a huge impact, and his legacy will live on in all the people he taught. RIP John F Barnes 🙏🙏🙏Loved his workshops.

12/19/2025

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was created to honor John F. Kennedy’s genuine commitment to culture, education, and the arts values he and Jackie actively lived, not branded.

Memorials are meant to preserve history and legacy, not serve personal ego. Once we start rewriting symbols for self-glorification, we cheapen the institutions meant to unite us. This shouldn’t even be a conversation in a serious democracy.

12/19/2025

SHOULDER PATHOLOGIES

Clients in the office in rehab from shoulder pathologies.

******** Keep in mind, if you don't have full pain free range of motion in your shoulder joint, you also loose full function of your hand on that side.

It's not a "quantity" of life issue, rather a "quality" of life issue. You do have choices.

12/18/2025

And that dieting alone "without" regular exercise will equal long term weight loss.

It won't work without an active metabolism. It's why YO YO dieting never works.

12/18/2025

Very fulfilling day working with Post Op clients.
Sunset was spectacular on Momma Natures trails.
Before chow, The Knee. Grateful to several colleagues for the information.
KNEE PROBLEMS? KNEE X-RAY ASSESSMENT
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Knee X-rays are fairly straightforward, as long as you know the anatomy.
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As with any joint plain film, the ABCS method.
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Alignment - check the alignment of the bones. Make sure there isn’t a subluxation between the tibia, femur, fibula and the patella - often overlooked.
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Bones - look at the cortical lines of each bone and check for displaced fractures, avulsion injuries and in kids (like this patient) buckle deformities.
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Cartilage - look at the joint spaces for erosions, joint space loss, and effusions.
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Soft tissues - check for foreign bodies (stents, post traumatic debris), gas (infection or from open injury) and edema.
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As always, this is a basic overview of a commonly imaged joint. Be consistent in your approach and always look at the images and try to learn from them.
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Knee Valgus influence on foot, hip and pelvis

12/15/2025

12/15/2025

The fact that a Muslim man jumped a man with a long rifle to help Jewish people who were getting shot at is all we need to know about solidarity.

This is who we should be. This is who we can be. Sincere thanks to the hero and I hope he heals well and quickly. 🙏🙏🏼🙏🏽

12/13/2025

MOMMA MIA!!!
And that's without all that yummy Pineapple and other assorted fruits they put on our beloved food.

12/13/2025

New Clients / Golfers in the door on the table today.

Client and her husband both avid / daily golfers were referred to me by a couple of my golfing clients. "We're tired of the same old cookie cutter massage. Can you give us something more in tune with our golf swing".

Me: "Absolutely. I don't do cookie cutter; one size fits all sessions. We'll do some prone, supine and side lying massage to address the front of, back of and side of your body's musculature. Stretching and Range of Motion will also be applied specific to the phases of the golf swing. "

12/12/2025

Wonderful day in the office followed by a weight and Balance Training session. Before the Chicken Parm is served.....

Grateful to a colleague for this information on an issue that many people as well as athletes experience at some point in their lives. (See the attached article for a thorough look at this issue)
MUSCLE CRAMPS (MYOGENIC)

An under-recognized treatable painful symptom affects many people across normal physiologic as well as neurologic & medical disease states.

Clinical judgement needed the most to distinguish between myogenic & neurogenic muscle cramps. See Red flags.

https://practicalneurology.com/diseases-diagnoses/neuromuscular/muscle-cramps/31559/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOoXidleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE1Mzc2STRpZllVdFZvam1oc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHjCwhK1S9pCdk6n01kYhaBIYE1tdoSB3-wwnekpLvg09heyNV877_yiX8Okn_aem_pCggOOSzV2Y7ECBZS52W2w&brid=X1KQ-SXOVwZez-FjAAHU5A

12/11/2025

Very proud of these two young men. We need young men and women to get involved, step up and lead our communities and country going forward.

https://news.tcnj.edu/2025/12/03/ready-to-serve/?brid=GseC8iE4NpwkLb6fgi7WMw&sfnsn=mo&fbclid=IwY2xjawOnBPJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe7ZlXBlCG65imIaooJYESrbFWT72LNlUrIvqzhTi2NwRwwwbiH21XVq7Z-e8_aem_jANZaz84HJz8pveqzRX-6Q

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12/10/2025

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