Synergy Wellness Academy

02/23/2026

Muscle of the Week: Hamstrings

Posterior chain power.

Your hamstrings flex the knee, extend the hip, and play a huge role in controlling movement during walking, running, and sprinting. They don’t just create motion, they decelerate it.

Tight? Weak? Overworked?
These three muscles (biceps femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus) often tell the story of pelvic stability and low back comfort.

Study it. Palpate it. Understand it.

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Cultivating Skilled LMTs to Elevate the Wellness Community in Grand Rapids 💚

📲 Call/Text: (616) 855-1720
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📍 Kentwood / Grand Rapids, MI

02/21/2026

Whether you are in school, building a business, or chasing a new goal, progress rarely happens all at once. It is built in early mornings, long days, steady practice, and the decision to keep going.

At Synergy Wellness Academy, we see it every week. Growth comes from showing up, doing the work, and trusting the process.

Keep taking the next step. It all adds up.👉 DM us for more details about the school, tuition, and upcoming courses!

Cultivating Skilled LMTs to Elevate the Wellness Community in Grand Rapids 💚

📲 Call/Text: (616) 855-1720
🌐 synergywellnessacademy.com
📍 Kentwood / Grand Rapids, MI

02/17/2026

Muscle of the Week: Soleus

This deep calf muscle works hard when you stand, walk, or climb stairs. It is especially active when your knee is bent and plays a key role in balance and endurance.

Students, save this for study. Follow along each week as we highlight another muscle.

👉 If you are considering a career in massage therapy, we would love to talk.
📞 Give us a call and explore what is possible.

📲 Call/Text: (616) 855-1720
🌐 synergywellnessacademy.com
📍 Kentwood / Grand Rapids, MI

Cultivating Skilled LMTs to Elevate the Wellness Community in Grand Rapids 💚

02/12/2026

💙 Calling our local LMT community — this one’s for you.

One of the ways we build confident, skilled future therapists at Synergy Wellness Academy is by inviting licensed massage therapists into our student clinic for LMT Evaluations.

This is a chance for you to receive a FREE 60-minute student massage session, and in return, we ask for your honest professional feedback through an evaluation afterward. Your insight helps shape how we teach, how our students grow, and how we continue raising the standard of care in our profession.

But this is also our chance to say thank you.
To the LMTs who have supported us since day one — through evaluations like this, Google and MassageBook reviews, social shares, referrals, and simply believing in what we’re building — we see you and we are incredibly grateful.

- Next LMT Evaluation Night: Thursday, February 26
- Session Times: 6:30 PM or 8:00 PM

If you’ve ever wanted to help shape the next generation of therapists while receiving great bodywork in the process, we’d love to have you join us.

BOOK HERE: https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/synergy-wellness-academy/services?src=external

02/11/2026

Join us in Kentwood, MI for our next in-person CE class!

Course: Practical Cupping & Gua Sha

Credits: 16 CEs [NCBTMB & NCCAOM Approved]

Cost: $325

Instructor: Nate Novgrod LAc

Course Dates: March 28th & 29th, 2026

Course Location: Synergy Wellness Academy, 2130 Enterprise St., Suite 100, Kentwood, MI 49508

This course will cover all aspects of both cupping therapy [Myofascial Decompression] and gua sha [Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation]. We will cover relevant research, appropriate uses, contraindications, safety and sanitization, all the available cups/tools, and then techniques for working on orthopedic conditions. The majority of this course will be hands-on, practice working with cups and tools. All cups/tools are provided for use during the course.

Course Description: This course will cover all aspects of both cupping therapy [Myofascial Decompression] and gua sha [Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation]. We will cover relevant research, appropriate uses, contraindications, safety and sanitization, all the available cups/tools, and then....

02/10/2026

Muscle of the Week: Rhomboids

These deep muscles between your spine and shoulder blades help pull your shoulders back and support good posture. They play a big role if you sit at a desk, drive often, or notice rounded shoulders.

Students, save this for study. Follow along next week for another muscle spotlight.

👉 If you are considering a career in massage therapy, we would love to talk.
📞 Give us a call and explore what is possible.

📲 Call/Text: (616) 855-1720
🌐 synergywellnessacademy.com
📍 Kentwood / Grand Rapids, MI

Cultivating Skilled LMTs to Elevate the Wellness Community in Grand Rapids 💚

02/02/2026

Muscle of the Week: Levator Scapulae

That deep ache along the side of your neck often comes from this muscle. The levator scapulae helps lift your shoulder blade and supports neck movement during long hours at a desk or on your phone.

Students, save this for study. Follow along next week for another muscle spotlight.

👉 If you are considering a career in massage therapy, we would love to talk.
📞 Give us a call and explore what is possible.

📲 Call/Text: (616) 855-1720
🌐 synergywellnessacademy.com
📍 Kentwood / Grand Rapids, MI

Cultivating Skilled LMTs to Elevate the Wellness Community in Grand Rapids 💚

01/26/2026

Muscle of the Week: Upper Trapezius

That tight spot between your neck and shoulder is often this muscle at work. The upper trapezius helps lift your shoulders and supports neck movement during daily tasks like carrying bags or holding your phone.

Students, save this for study. Follow along each week as we highlight another muscle.

👉 If you are considering a career in massage therapy, we would love to talk.
📞 Give us a call and explore what is possible.

📲 Call/Text: (616) 855-1720
🌐 synergywellnessacademy.com
📍 Kentwood / Grand Rapids, MI

Cultivating Skilled LMTs to Elevate the Wellness Community in Grand Rapids 💚

01/24/2026

Every class, every clinic, every act of support matters. Thank you for being part of this work.

👉 If you are considering a career in massage therapy, we would love to talk.
📞 Give us a call and explore what is possible.

📲 Call/Text: (616) 855-1720
🌐 synergywellnessacademy.com
📍 Kentwood / Grand Rapids, MI

Cultivating Skilled LMTs to Elevate the Wellness Community in Grand Rapids 💚

01/19/2026

We want to take a moment to speak with care and clarity to our broader wellness community.

Massage therapy is a licensed healthcare profession that exists to protect client safety and uphold high standards of care. Licensed massage therapists dedicate hundreds of hours to education, supervised clinical training, and testing in order to practice ethically and responsibly.

We deeply value the many wellness professionals who provide meaningful, skilled services within their own training and scope of practice - yoga, reiki, holistic health, energy work, breathwork, fitness, and other wellness disciplines - each has its own valuable scope and purpose in supporting health and wellbeing, and that work deserves respect.

At the same time, it’s important that massage therapy—and work that closely resembles it—be practiced only by those who are properly trained and licensed to do so. Using alternative terminology in an attempt to bypass regulations and avoid training to perform massage-like work creates confusion for the public and unintentionally diminishes the integrity of a profession that continues to work toward broader recognition and acceptance within healthcare.

When we all honor licensure laws, scopes of practice, and professional boundaries, we help protect clients, elevate our respective professions, and strengthen the wellness community as a whole.

— Synergy Wellness Academy