Shoulder Pain – 4 Simple Exercises
Tracy at The Therapy Rooms Newcastle shows you how to get rid of shoulder pain How many times do you catch yourself hunching your shoulders at your desk? Look around. How many of your colleagues…
Total Hip Replacement – Part 1 Preparation for surgery
My journey started about five years ago. As a massage therapist, I was increasingly aware that the range of movement in my hips was poor. But as a reduction in range of movement is often gradual,…
2013 Bupa Great North Run – Post-Event Massage by The Therapy Rooms
The Therapy Rooms’ Tracy Russell was on hand to give post-event massage therapy at the 2013 Bupa Great North Run on Sunday 15th September. The Great North Run has become a national institution, and this year,…
Why Computer Posture May be Giving you Back Pain
Good computer posture is something that we’re all aware of, but only when we remember it. The computer: one of the most common tools in modern life… … and a device which forces the user…
How to spot Vitamin Deficiency
At certain times in our lives our nutrition may not be as good as we’d like it to be. We take on more and more commitments and don’t take the steps necessary to maintaining ourselves. …
Why Quadriceps Switch Off
In my article about knees, I mentioned that knee problems can be associated with the quadriceps muscles ‘switching off’. I wasn’t terribly happy with this state of affairs – as a big fan of how…
Knee Pain and Possible Treatments
As massage therapists, we often see clients with painful knees. Professionals working with knees often bandy around the term VMO as the possible cause of the pain but what exactly does it mean. It stands…
Vitamin D Deficiency
When I first started my studies to be a massage therapist, we were expected to cover the basics in nutrition. Vitamin D was glossed over – as the body can store it in the liver,…
Trigger Points… and the role of Massage Therapy in recovery
No, nothing to do with guns and aiming, although Trigger Point Therapy – as anyone who has experienced it will testify – is far from painless! A Trigger Point is defined as ‘A hyper-irritable spot…
Eucalyptus Essential Oil
Eucalyptus originated from Australia and Tasmania and today is cultivated in Egypt, Algeria, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, California, India and South Africa all hot dry countries. Eucalyptus is part of the Myrtaceae family along with myrtle,…
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