Monrovia Athletic Massage

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12/21/2025

Massage Techniques for Hip Pain Relief: Addressing Common Hip ...Massage for hip pain improves mobility by relaxing tight muscles, reducing inflammation in the joint, and increasing blood flow. Effective techniques include deep tissue for chronic tension, trigger point therapy for knots, and myofascial release for fascia restriction. Targeting the hip flexors, glutes, and adductors, alongside gentle range-of-motion movements, can significantly ease stiffness.




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12/21/2025

Hamstring Massage improves flexibility, reduces muscle tension, and accelerates recovery by enhancing blood flow and flushing metabolic waste like lactic acid. It specifically targets knots, adhesions, and scar tissue to alleviate pain, prevent future strains, and optimize athletic performance

📍I was intentionally rotation his leg to stretch his hip internal rotators.

12/19/2025

Lengthening and opening the side of the torso. It’s great for relieving back pain.

12/19/2025

This technique has helped a few clients prevent/ manage migraines and headaches. There can be scalp soreness a day after receiving this treatment.

12/18/2025

The iliotibial (IT) band is a thick strip of connective tissue running along the outside of your thigh, from your hip to your knee. Its primary job is to stabilize your knee and hip during activities like running, walking, or biking, keeping your leg steady and not wobbly.

The IT band is meant to be tight during these activities to provide the necessary support. However, when it becomes overly tight or inflamed, it can lead to trouble and pain, a condition known as IT Band Syndrome

IT Band Syndrome

How do you know if you’re dealing with ITBS?

Here are the usual suspects:

Knee Pain – Pain or burning sensation on the outside of the knee

Hip Pain – The IT band rubs against the bone in your hip, causing swelling and pain, often with a snapping sound.

Back Pain – Because everything is connected, when ITBS affects your hip, it can also lead to back pain

Swelling near the outside of the knee
Pain that worsens from too much sitting
Pain that worsens with activity, especially running or cycling

Tenderness when pressing on the outside of your knee

A clicking or snapping sensation in the knee

12/16/2025

What it is & How it Works:
Sadhu Board: Also known as a “bed of nails,” it’s a wooden board with evenly spaced copper nails (spikes).

Acupressure: Standing on the nails stimulates thousands of nerve endings and pressure points on the feet, connected to the whole body.

Copper’s Role: Copper is believed to amplify bioelectric responses, offering antimicrobial benefits, and has been used for healing for centuries.

Benefits: Promotes blood flow, delivers nutrients, releases endorphins, calms the mind, and reduces physical tension.

12/13/2025

It makes sense that patients need massage, because being bedridden for extended periods is very unhealthy. Massage would help lymphatic drainage/ boost immune system, prevent bedsores, muscle wasting and body aches.

Historical Context

📍Nightingale’s Influence: Early nursing training, inspired by Florence Nightingale, included massage as a fundamental part of patient care.

📍Early 20th Century: Massage was a routine duty, described in nursing texts, and used for various conditions, including helping with polio (even though doctors were against it).

📍Decline: By the 1930s-1940s, a push towards specialization, scientific/pharmacological solutions, and high-tech medicine led to massage being removed from standard curricula.

Modern Resurgence

📍Holistic Care: Nurses and nursing educators are recognizing massage’s value for patient comfort, stress reduction, and promoting connection.

📍Active Learning: Some programs now offer workshops or integrate massage techniques (like back rubs) into clinical experiences, particularly for geriatric or dementia care, to enhance patient-nurse interaction.

📍Career Path: Many nurses pursue separate massage therapy certifications to add these skills.

12/12/2025