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Licensed Massage Therapist
Certified Personal Trainer
Human Movement Specialist (corrective exercise)
Swedish - Deep Tissue - Myofascial Release - Cupping - Stretching - Thai Massage - Movement Assessments and Optimization - Fitness Programming

12/13/2025

I haven’t used any of these AI art apps before but my kiddo really wanted to do this one where it turns you into a comic book. So I did one for myself too. I may be the first massage therapist superhero! 🦸
The writing isn’t perfect but I still thought it was pretty cool! 😊

12/12/2025

Christmas is almost here! Are you ready?!
While you’re out buying gifts for all your loved ones, don’t forget to take care of yourself too. It’s gonna be harder to carry that big Santa bag with a hurt shoulder. 😉
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12/09/2025

I’ve been told that I find a way to release tension in places that other therapists don’t touch. It’s not magic or intuition. It’s just a good working knowledge of functional anatomy and comfort/confidence with working on sensitive and vulnerable areas, like the chest, armpit or groin.
These are all very important postural muscles!
-Tight pectoral muscles draw the shoulders forward, hunching the upper back and limiting overhead mobility.
-Subscapularis restricts external rotation which is also bad for overhead mobility and puts undue strain on the rotator cuff.
-The adductors and peroneals when tight and overactive put torque on the knee and are the main culprits in squatting or running related knee injuries.

12/08/2025

Massaging the sacral area can provide great relief for menstrual pain. Sometimes it works better to hold the points, and sometimes it feels better to rub the whole area… or do both. It can make a very uncomfortable time of month less so!

12/05/2025

Hey! How’s your Friday going?!

I had a cancellation this morning but it’s all good because I made it to the gym, came home and cleaned up a bit, and now I’m sitting down to a second breakfast (bacon, shrimp and scallops) and I’m going to catch up on my notes and website updates. I’m excited to be adding a couple new offerings to my service menu! Stay tuned for updates on that! 😊

12/04/2025

What’s your “problem area”?!

12/02/2025

I too used to stretch my hamstrings every day to no avail. Until I learned the difference between a “shortened” muscle and an “overactive” muscle.
-A muscle may become adaptively shortened if you spend long periods of time in a position or posture where that muscle is in a shortened position.
A good example of that may be the hip flexors becoming shortened in those who sit most of the day with the hips in a flexed position.
-A muscle may become overactive if it has become synergistically dominant, compensating for a prime mover. The lateral hamstring is a good example of this as it has a tendency to take over the stabilizing function of your gluteus medius, which has a tendency to fall asleep on the job.
Following this hamstring release technique up with a glute medius activation exercise will produce most lasting results.

11/29/2025

“Simply using massage therapy instead of opioid medication for client conditions where massage is proven effective can reduce overall addiction rates in the United States by about 111,137 people. In this sense, the benefits of massage therapy are twofold: reducing the number of people who potentially struggle with opioid addiction and reducing the impact on the American economy by $23 to $25.99 billion annually, based on the cost of massage.”
-AMTA

As the saying goes, prevention is the best medicine. Those who prioritize regular bodywork are preventing chronic pain and injury from occurring in the first place, overall reducing the need for surgeries that unfortunately often lead to dependence on pain killers, or self medicating with alcohol or other drugs.

11/27/2025

The benefits of taking care of YOU reverberates through society. When your cup is full, you can help to fill others. Massage therapy might just save the world y’all!

11/25/2025

Hey 👋 it’s me again, spamming your feed with more delectable massage content. I know y’all are busy shopping and planning for your Thanksgiving feast, but after the feast is done and the relatives go back home, I’ll be here waiting to work those knots out of your muscles. ❤️😃

11/24/2025

If you get clicking or grinding around your shoulder blade or pain/tension in the elbow/wrist, this is for you! Our regular daily usage of these joints are often within a very limited range of motion in comparison to what they’re capable of. Big rotational movements are just not utilized all that much and as the saying goes “use it or lose it”.
All of the overlapping layers of tissue that make complex movements possible, can also form adhesions when they’re not in regular use. Stretching can be helpful but it doesn’t usually fully resolve these mobility issues. Yes, I know a bunch of very specific exercises to isolate different muscles, but in the interest of time, sometimes just swinging this hammer around works just as well or better. Honestly, this little 4lb hammer is probably the best mobility tool I have! And the weight here can be deceptive. If you’re new to these kind of movements, 4lbs is HEAVY! You can start with a smaller hammer or simply hold the hammer closer to the head. The further your hand is from the head of the hammer, the heavier it’s going to feel.

11/23/2025

Just trying to entice you to take an hour (or two) for yourself. Let go of all those responsibilities, for a little while. They’ll still be there when we’re done, but you’ll be able to handle whatever life throws at you with more ease after a little self care.

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Flagstaff, AZ

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https://www.matthewtcmt.com/, https://www.acaciafruitwellness.com/schedule

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