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A More Balanced Discussion on Foam Rolling

April 16, 2015 By: Drew Humecomment

There is a lot of information circulating the internet these days about foam rolling. From holy praise in one article to heavy criticism in the next, it can be a little difficult to figure out what to believe. Here’s our two-cents worth on foam rolling — when and where it can be appropriate and where to avoid using it. [Read more…]

Scar Massage: Top Tips to Reduce Scarring

April 14, 2015 By: Drew Hume5 Comments

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Do you have a scar? (Yes, I’m pretty sure the answer is “yes”). If it’s from surgery, did you know that you should have massaged it? On this one, your answer is most likely “no, I didn’t know because no one told me”! So why should I massage my surgical scar and why did no one tell me? [Read more…]

Posture Don’ts: Crossing Your Legs

April 9, 2015 By: Drew Hume1 Comment

You may really dislike this advice if you’re an avid leg-crosser. It can be a tough one to accept, but ultimately, crossing your legs really isn’t very good for you.

Part of the reason why is simply the act of sitting for hours at a time during the day (which is an entirely separate discussion that I’ll save for another time). But even more so, when we try to isolate the action of sitting with legs crossed, we see that it can create some significant imbalances in the pelvis, which then gets distributed throughout the body. [Read more…]

RICE Method: Doesn’t Work The Way You Want It To

March 28, 2015 By: Drew Hume2 Comments

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You’ve likely heard of the RICE method. It’s a regimen of Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation in the process of healing an injury. Even though it’s deeply ingrained in our culture, we should no longer follow these outdated (and flat out incorrect) guidelines! [Read more…]

Breathing & Moving Poorly Could Be Causing Your Neck Tension

March 19, 2015 By: Drew Hume4 Comments

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Breathing habits play a significant role in a number of aspects of our health, including (but certainly not limited to) the development of tension in our neck. [Read more…]

Thai Massage vs. Swedish Massage

March 17, 2015 By: Drew Hume3 Comments

Is Thai Massage better than Swedish Massage?

Now that’s a pretty controversial question, and I hope it’s not taken the wrong way. I have many Registered Massage Therapist friends and colleagues and I believe their work to be wonderful and effective and get many treatments of my own. But one major difference between these two modalities is that one is covered by health insurance and the other isn’t [very often]. [Read more…]

Compensation vs. Overcompensation in Movement

March 6, 2015 By: Drew Hume2 Comments

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There’s a growing conversation in yoga circles about the idea of compensation and how it relates to efficient and safe biomechanics in movement. Conversation is a great thing, but it can also lead to perspectives that may not include the full picture. So far, I’ve only heard one side of a much bigger story – that compensation is bad. I’d like to break that image down, and create a more complete picture of what compensation is. And I’d also like to create a distinction between some terms [Read more…]

Cobra Pose: Possibly the Worst Thai Massage Technique

March 5, 2015 By: Drew Hume1 Comment

Google “Thai Massage” and some of the top images you see are of Cobra Pose. Why is that? Is it because it’s such an amazing posture that everyone should know about and receive? No, I don’t think so. I think it’s because it looks flashy and special. [Read more…]