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We Have Moved to a New Location!

Body Mechanics - Sunday September 16, 2018

We Have a Fantastic New Location Hello all! We just wanted to keep you updated to a few of the changes that have happened this year. The biggest of which of course is WE HAVE MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION!! It was a long time coming but after 5 years at our former location, near […]

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Do You Want to Run Like a Spartan? Try a Run at The Spartan Sprint.

Body Mechanics - Tuesday April 19, 2016

  The Spartan Sprint run took place at Citi Field on Saturday April 16th 2016. Soooo my friends and I signed up for the Spartan Sprint run at Citi Field. What is a Spartan Sprint you ask? Well…it can be a lot of things but this one is a fantastic 3 mile + obstacle course race […]

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Oh Those Massage Therapy Professionals….

Body Mechanics - Sunday February 28, 2016

Massage Therapy Education

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Finding Naturalism in Massage

Body Mechanics - Monday September 14, 2015

Many of us in the massage industry spend a lot of time talking to other therapists about massage therapy. What is holding it back? Is it the non-science based nature that is the issue? Is it the lack of research? Is it the people it attracts? Is it the professionalism? What about the spiritual aspects […]

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Does your Massage Consent Pass the Peanut Butter and Jelly Test?

Body Mechanics - Thursday August 27, 2015

Consent, Massage &Peanut Butter & Jelly *Full disclosure, I believe I learned this exercise in grade school creative writing. Frequently when talking to clients you may think that you are communicating effectively and giving a great consent when you actually are not. This failing actually happens with everyone at some time. People are full of funny […]

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What I did Not Learn About Fascia Work and Massage

Body Mechanics - Monday August 17, 2015

This blog was inspired by the fact that we spend a lot of time trending hard and obsessing over modalities. We debate whether they are ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ and what we as therapists should be doing now. Recently I talked with a very aggressive young therapist who was willing to alienate many of his current […]

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Plain Jane Consent for Massage

Body Mechanics - Monday July 27, 2015

Being Simple For Your Consent For Massage Is A Best Practice That Will Take You Far… One of the things I believe is really important in health care, for a number of reasons, is that consent not only must be given, but given in a way that clients understand what they are agreeing to. All […]

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What if what you thought you knew about Massage was wrong?

Body Mechanics - Sunday May 31, 2015

How do you know you know what you know? Massage Mythology   Let’s examine massage mythology. As therapists, every time we perform our techniques, we also engage in a variety of other ritualistic and protocol-oriented tasks. For example, the client comes into the space, they lay down on the table, you dim the lights, you […]

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Why Getting a Massage In New York Could be Dangerous-Part Two

Body Mechanics - Monday May 11, 2015

Massage in New York: Doors open to a Dangerous Act Getting a massage in New York might be one of the more dangerous things you do with your life. Coming out of the Ontario massage program where massage is firmly entrenched as a full health care position that requires 2200 hours of schooling, I was, and continue […]

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Massage in NYC, My journey – Part One

Body Mechanics - Monday April 27, 2015

Massage In NYC Part One- My story This blog likely will not win me any friends, but it’s time to discuss what’s wrong with massage in NYC. Before we can do that, however, we need to discuss my journey and why I feel comfortable saying New York, with one of the highest standards of practice […]

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