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Should You Get a Massage Before Your Marathon or Race?
You’ve put in the work. The long runs are behind you, your mileage is dropping, and race day is right around the corner. This is the part where things are supposed to feel easier, but in our experience, this is where a lot of runners start to spiral a bit. Runners like to do STUFF.…
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Our best tips for foam rolling
Foam rolling is a popular technique used to alleviate muscle tension and improve flexibility. However, when done incorrectly, it can lead to mistakes and potentially cause harm or discomfort. As the New York marathon approaches, we know there are a lot of you out there foam rolling, especially in between your sports massages! Here are…
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Sports massage and Professional Athletes
Every now and again, we get asked to do some really fun things in the name of massage therapy. In this case, it was specific to sports massage for athletes and professional athletes. We treat a wide range of professional athletes at our location in NYC. We have worked with professional football players, basketball players,…
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Massage Therapists and the TCS NYC Marathon
Introduction to the New York City Marathon and Massage Every year we take part in the NYC Marathon by supporting runners in their health care journeys. We see runners of all kinds, new runners, experienced marathon runners, runners with disabilities who all have one thing in common, they think massage would be a benefit to…
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Sports Massage Therapist Profile – Emanuel
Body Mechanics welcomes new Sports Massage Therapist Emanuel to the team! With experience in martial arts, sports, and training, Emanuel has many sources of knowledge to pull from when taking on a client! We spoke with him to get to know him a little better. What is your background in sports? Do you train? Participate?…
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Plantar Fasciitis and Massage Therapy
Many years ago – in what seems like the Dark Ages, I was in school to become a registered massage therapist (RMT) in Ontario, Cananada and was taught a standard massage treatment for plantar fasciitis and runners. The massage therapy mostly focused on the foot. It involved stretching the plantar aspect of the client’s foot…
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Sports Massage Therapist Profile – Alex
Body Mechanics NYC is proud to add Alex to our wonderful team. Anytime we hire a new therapist, we like to provide a little profile so you can get the 411 on getting to know them! You can check out a more formal Massage Therapist bio for Alex here. If you have any questions please…
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Sports Massage LMT Interview – Crystal
For each of our Massage Therapists, we do a little interview when we hire them so that everyone can get to know them better and see a little about why they got into the Sports/Medical Massage field. This month we are focusing on our Medical/Sports massage therapist Crystal and her massage therapy skills. What is…
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Sports Massage Therapist Profile Interview
Check Out Our Sports Massage Therapist Sharon! We do this profile for our therapists now and again so that you can get to know them and get a little more information on who they are and what they do. Many of our therapists not only work in sports massage but also are athletes themselves. So…
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Sports Massage Profile Gerry
Get to know our sports massage therapist Gerry! We asked our sports massage therapist, Gerry, a few questions so you can get to know him a little better. Here is what he had to say! What is your background in sports, since you are working in sports massage currently? Gerry: I used to race and…