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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...
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2013 Bupa Great North Run  – Post-Event Massage by The Therapy Rooms
Massage Therapy

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...
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Why Computer Posture May be Giving you Back Pain
Health & Wellbeing Massage Therapy Pain Management

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...
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How to spot Vitamin Deficiency
Health & Wellbeing Vitamins

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...
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Why Quadriceps Switch Off
Health & Wellbeing Massage Therapy Pain Management Rehabilitation

Why Quadriceps Switch Off

In my article about knees, I mentioned that knee problems can be associated with the quadriceps muscles 'switching off'.  I...
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Knee Pain and Possible Treatments
Health & Wellbeing Massage Therapy Pain Management Rehabilitation

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...
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Health & Wellbeing Vitamins

Vitamin D Deficiency

When I first started my studies to be a massage therapist, we were expected to cover the basics in nutrition. ...
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Trigger Points… and the role of Massage Therapy in recovery
Massage Therapy Pain Management

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...
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Eucalyptus Essential Oil
Aromatherapy

Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Eucalyptus originated from Australia and Tasmania and today is cultivated in Egypt, Algeria, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, California, India and South...
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Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
Aromatherapy

Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

January 6th is Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, when as well as taking our Christmas decorations down, we remember the three...
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