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Most types of acute neck pain are due to a muscle strain or other soft tissue sprain (ligaments, tendons). This type can be caused by a sudden force resulting from a car accident (whiplash), or from straining the neck (such as a stiff neck from sleeping in the wrong position, or a strain from carrying a heavy suitcase). Neck pain can feel like having a stiff neck that makes turning the head difficult, sharp or stabbing pain in one spot, soreness or tenderness in a general area on the neck, or pain that radiates down into the shoulders, arms, or [...]

Sciatic pain comes from your sciatic nerve that radiates from your lower back then into the back and the side of your legs. It can range from a mild ache to sharp and severe pain. You may experience numbness, tingling, or weakness in your leg or foot. Sciatic usually starts with a herniated disk in your lower spine. When a disk begins to get worn down, either because of an injury or just overuse its soft center can push out the hard-outer ring. Note that the sciatic nerve is the longest in the body. Some risk factors can be age, [...]

In the case of a rotator cuff injury or restriction, I would start by assessing the client's levels of discomfort and range of motion at the shoulder joint. I would also assess the cervical and thoracic vertebrae, and the entire arm, as these are connected and could play a part in whatever is going on at the shoulder. I would look for where a range of motion is restricted to find which muscles are short and which are longer. This will determine which muscles I spend longer stretching and lengthening. I will stretch and work on all of the involved [...]

   What is lower back pain and how do people develop it and what can a person do to reduce the pain. Lower back pain can be improved over time or from an injury. The muscles of the lower back tears, overstretch and tightens. Which can overstretch the muscle and ligaments that attach to the Bone? The symptoms to lower back pain are the lower amount of flexibility inflammation on the back, trouble sitting, standing pain, on the glutes, insides of the back some muscles of the lower back and glutes can travel down to the leg. Due to tightness [...]

Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by impingement of the median nerve in the carpal bones of the wrist.  Clients with carpal tunnel syndrome often experience pain, numbness, and weakness in the affected hands and/or wrists.  There are several reasons believed to cause the condition, overuse such as working at a computer all day, repetitive motion, injuries to the wrist, or genetically having a small carpal tunnel area for the nerve to travel through. Treating carpal tunnel syndrome with massage should be done by working the cervical region, shoulder girdle, arm, forearm, and hand with various techniques from Swedish, and STR.  [...]

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Nancy Glick CTS is a condition on which the small narrow passage that allows passage of the nerves and blood vessels at the base of the hand through the wrist area.  This carpal tunnel is made up of bone, tendons, tissue, and nerves that run from the arm traveling through the carpal tunnel to their distal end points of the hand, palm, fingers, and wrist.  Carpal Tunnel Syndrome occurs when this passage is affected by narrowing, swelling, or enlargement of the tendons in the carpal tunnel, which can result in the cause of severe pain, tingling, [...]

ACL Knee Injury  by David Bowser First, off a little information about the hat, an ACL Knee Injury is: An ACL knee injury is a tearing of the anterior cruciate ligament, more commonly they happen during sudden stops, jumping, changes in direction. Many sports are the causes such as basketball, football, tennis, volleyball, and gymnastics. Another interesting fact is whenever the ligament is damaged there is either a partial or complete tear of the tissue. Some mild injuries of ACL can overextend the ligament. Now onto what to look for if you are in the situation of an ACL injury, [...]

Rotator Cuff  by Heather Lu The rotator cuff consists of four different muscles the Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor and the Subscapularis. Secondary muscles that can also be affected by the rotator cuff injury would be Deltoid, Pectoralis Major Rhomboids, and the Trapezius. Rotator cuff injuries occur in various ways.  Through sports injury (basketball, volleyball, tennis and swimming), occupational hazard (cosmetologist, factory worker, mechanic), a prolonged period of time in the same position (sleeping), a fall on an outstretched arm, or chronic degeneration (40+-year-olds wear and tear usually involving the impingement from bone spur development. Symptoms can range from weakness, pain [...]

Cervical nerve pinch (cervical radiculopathy) by Dominic Celestina A pinched nerve in the can be due to many causes. As in chronic overuse of the muscles, or degenerative diseases. When either muscle pulls too hard / out of balance on the spine, or simple the spine/ cartilage degenerates, what is created is a pinched nerve. When the spin moves slightly/out largely out of place and puts pressure on a nerve stemming from C1 through C8. The pressure on these nerves can create pain, tingling, weakness and or swelling in the shoulders, down the arm, and in the fingers. Luckily the pain [...]