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golf

Golf. I have been working on several golfers lately.  I have found that golf is a one sided sport; thus,  golfers seem to develope certain muscles differently.  Which puts an emphasis on flexibilty and bodywork to make sure there are no imbalances in flexibility and healing is in balance. Since Tiger came along, now most golfers are training harder and harder to keep up. This is  creating more and more damage to their bodies.  So if your drives are not long enough or your accuracy is off make sure your muscles are giving you their all and not hindering your swing/flexibility. True power comes from strength and flexibility. Make sure you have both.

Stretching

Stretching!!!!!!!! Why stretching? You ask. Well when I got out of school my goal was to be the best. To find the best bodywork/massage modality. My research led me to Muscle Release Technique. This modality is a 2 second stretch combined with a massage stroke.  Which led me to Active Isolated Stretching. An active 2 second stretch specifically targeting all the muscles in the body. So as I learned with regular massage techniques, I could not get to all of the tissues of the body (about 50%). But with these stretching techniques I can address all the muscles and fascia in the body. Why is this important? All it takes is one muscle to lock up and that can throw your entire body out of wack. Your muscle are your motors. They move you, they help circulate fluid/oxygen through the body(needed to heal), they are your metabolism (fuel burners), warmth(energy), and  joint support. So when your muscle stop working properly/efficiently all those functions can be effected. So stretching allows me to get to all of your muscles and get them working for you and not against you. Have you ever had all of your muscles stretched ?

This is my first blog entry.

This is my first blog entry. Why a blog, you ask. Well my goal here is to help inform educate and keep you up to date on the real path to fitness and health. I am a Massage Therapist. I have been on a personal quest for the last 5 years to find out what “WORKS” and what doesn’t. Or, how effective the many many things out there are for us. I have found numerous effective treatments, books, food, activities etc. Here I will be diving into one at a time. I hope to help those of you that are ready to take your health into your own hands and become self reliant in being healthy and feeling good. So have a nice day sit up straight and breathe. Kurt Westbrook LMT