Month: April 2021

The Gardner’s Workout

Marcia Guy LMBT, CPT As a fellow Weekend Warrior, I spend my weekends in the yard: digging up daffodils that are too shaded to flower and dividing them out into new homes, mulching our front path, weeding/mulching our asparagus bed, planting hostas. (Can you tell our yard is heavily shaded?). I could feel a familiar…
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Stress and Chronic Pain

By: Marcia Guy LMBT, CPT Most people don’t find it odd that a Massage Therapist would ask them about their stress levels. After all, don’t people get massage to relax? But why is a Medical Massage Therapist asking about stress? We certainly haven’t set up a day spa in the office and with the drop…
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Beginners Workout Guide

The Easy Workout Guide for Beginners

By: Marcia Guy LMBT, CPT Starting to Workout is Hard I get it, any new habit is hard to establish; but exercise can be even more tricky. Not only do the benefits take weeks to start seeing, but it involves hard work, and frequently a bit of pain. To top this off, gym culture and…
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Fire Cupping

Cupping: Do You Always Get the Marks?

So, do you always get the Cup Marks? Short Answer: No Long answer: There are multiple styles of cupping and methods of application that create different results. Our familiarity with the classic “cup mark” comes from Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Wherein the practitioner uses flame to remove the oxygen from inside the cup before quickly…
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