Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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My name is Dale LaVonne Martin. I own and operate Body Nature Therapeutic Massage located in Natural Health Massage & Spa in Old Town Tehachapi. You might be familiar with my name as I have written many articles for The Loop Newspaper under the title of “Pressure Points”. Many of you have responded to my articles and have come to see me because of something you read that pertained to the physical issues you were having at the time. I am writing this article to inform the community that the Boa...
Okay.....we all know the visible and physical effects of aging...right? For most people these effects start to become noticeable during their thirties. Believe it or not, massage therapy can address many of the effects of aging directly. Massage can be an important component of lifelong wellness. It promotes general physical and emotional well-being, addresses conditions commonly associated with aging and enhances quality of life. It can help slow the aging process and maintain youthful...
I wrote this article six months ago and had so many people respond to it, I thought it would be good to present it again for those who missed it the first time. As I mentioned before, at least 90% of the clients that come to me for massage are looking for relief from pain in their upper traps, neck and shoulders. As I palpate their upper traps and in between the shoulder blades, every time… without fail, I find dense nodules that cause the client pain when I press into it. I get asked all the t...
Living in a mountainous area such as Tehachapi lends itself to being able to enjoy outdoor activities. One of the many activities that people enjoy here is hiking. As most of you know, the Pacific Crest Trail runs just east of Tehachapi through the windmills and north of Hwy 58, through the eastern Sierras. On occasion, when hikers come into town to take a break from their long trek on the trail, I will get a call to work on someone's painful heel. This brings us to the subject of Plantar...
Probably 90% of the clients that come to me for massage are looking for relief from pain in their upper traps, neck and shoulders. As I palpate their upper traps and in between the shoulder blades, more times than not, I find dense nodules that cause the client pain when I press into it. I get asked all the time as I work on a knot, "What is that?" What causes that?" A simple explanation: it is a tight ball of muscle (muscle spasm) that has developed from an over worked muscle. Contrary to how...
According to numerous health experts, the number one likely cause of disease on the planet is stress; they say that 90% of all disease is stress-related. Most physical and nonphysical health problems have long-term, physiological stress as their origin. The Centers for Disease Control estimate that 80% of all health care dollars are spent on illnesses related to stress. Research has proven that if the body stays in a state of physiological stress long enough, this sustained stress will...
