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This blog includes strengthening and mobility exercises to help improve function.

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Nerve Glides

Do you ever get tingling or numbness in your hands and wonder why? There are a myriad of things that can cause your hands to go numb or tingle, but I’ll let you go down the Dr. Google rabbit hole if you want a comprehensive list…

The purpose of this blog is to help you build shoulder strength. I talked about this in the last blog, but it’s really important, so I’m going to get back on my soapbox. Everyone is different regarding what position feels the best for them when training their shoulders…

Once you have gone through the Neck/Shoulder Rehab 1 exercises and you are able to move your shoulder and connect with your stabilizers a bit more, you are ready to increase the load. I have found it important to strengthen my shoulders in a similar position that I want to stabilize my shoulders while climbing. The cueing can vary from person to person…

In this post I will go over a few basic activation exercises I found helpful when dealing with my own neck and shoulder pain. The focus of these movements is to unload the neck while moving the shoulder and arm.   

Running season is well under way! And for some people, it comes with shin splints, tendonitis/tendonosis, or plantar fasciitis. Ankle sprains are also common right now for trail runners and climbers who like to boulder.  As a massage therapist treating these injuries, I always look at the mechanics of the foot and ankle.