Without any introductions, it’s difficult to tell someone just exactly where you are coming from in a few short sentences. What I hope to offer readers is plain scientific fact with extensive research to back it up. I believe that people are more comfortable with the scientific, rather than the mystic. I also believe that if people are educated in these new techniques, it could change our attitudes on what we should expect from our physicians and therapists. If there’s a better way to health than what is currently considered mainstream, I want to know. Don’t you? I believe we all would, but we need to be convinced with facts that are measurable and definitive.
I did not initially go to massage therapy school to change my career.I went because helping others is my calling.Since I was young, my family has told me that I should be a therapist of some sort.But, in the era that I grew up, it wasn’t something I seriously considered because of certain stigmas attached to it.In my realm of understanding, many therapies, including chiropractic, physical therapy, massage therapy, and yoga (or stretching as I always called it) were not widely accessible or accepted.However, that didn’t stop me from being interested in natural remedies and homeopathic approaches to obtaining, maintaining, and sustaining good health.
Over the twenty-some-odd-years that it took me to actually pursue my calling, I picked up some good information along the way.Massage therapy isn’t some esoteric, mystical thing as it is often portrayed.It is a respectable 3,000+ year-old profession that is based on scientific fact.The only mystical thing about it is how a knowledgeable and gifted therapist can so easily find the source of pain.The client often says something like, “Wow, I didn’t know that was a sore spot.”
After the Kinesiology portion of the program, I had a better understanding of the science of the human physiological processes and anatomy.Simply put, every muscle works with one or more muscles to produce a particular motion.Scientifically put, when a particular movement is made, it requires an agonist, antagonist, fixator, and often a number of additional synergistic muscles that combine to create a range of motion.If it hurts when you do ‘this,’ it’s a simple process of elimination to find the culprit muscle causing the pain.
There are lots of reasons to go into the field of massage therapy, but the best therapists do their job well because they love helping others.