by Fiona Hutchinson | Jan 23, 2025 | Chronic pain, Harrogate massage, Muscle of the month, Muscles, Shoulder pain, Why do I hurt?
Hello again, so following on from the trapezius I thought explaining the levator scapula might be helpful. They’re in the same neck of the woods*. And both lift the scapula (shoulder blade) but they have differences. You’re probably unaware of the levator...
by Fiona Hutchinson | Dec 12, 2024 | Chronic pain, Low back pain, sciatica, Self care, Winter
It’s the time of year when we want to get cosy and curl up on the sofa. But we tend to favour curling to one side rather than the other. Go on, try sitting down and curling your legs to the other side. It’s not very comfortable, is it? Sitting like this...
by Fiona Hutchinson | Dec 10, 2024 | Chronic pain, Clinical massage therapy, Muscle of the month, Shoulder pain, Trigger Points
Welcome to Muscle of the Month: a new series to explain some of those troublesome muscles of the body. I’m going to start with the Trapezius, which is the one we instinctively go for if someone asks us to rub their shoulders. The trapezius is a large powerful...
by Fiona Hutchinson | Jul 17, 2024 | Chronic pain, Clinical massage therapy, Deep tissue massage, Trigger Points
Hello! I’m Fiona and I specialise in treating back and shoulder conditions such as frozen shoulder, rotator cuff issues and piriformis syndrome using clinical massage therapy. What does this mean? Basically you come in with your tight shoulders and aching lower back...
by Fiona Hutchinson | Feb 19, 2019 | Chronic pain, Clinical massage therapy, Deep tissue massage, Jing massage
Happy 16th birthday Jing Advanced Massage Training. My first memory of Jing massage was attending an evening workshop in London. I was completely blown away by what I was shown and knew I had to learn more. So I did a couple of short courses, meanwhile being drawn...
by Fiona Hutchinson | Oct 20, 2018 | Chronic pain, Muscles, Trigger Points
The Rhomboid muscles I thought I’d start a series about muscles and what they do. We are getting close to Christmas so it seemed appropriate to start with Rhomboids Major and Minor, which form a Christmas tree kind of shape! They run from the inner edge of the...
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