Tag: Back Pain

  • License Needed – Opinion or Fact?

    Namaste In response to repeated searches on my site regarding the need for license to operate as a Massage Therapist in Trinidad and Tobago, I sigh.  I have verbally addressed this question which was couched in many different ways and asked by several persons.  Now I write.  This link http://www.ttparliament.org/hansards/hh19980306.pdf advises that on Friday March…

  • Getting it Right

    Namaste This is me…trying to be brief and relevant.  Part of our conversation on Saturday morning evolved around body mechanics.  My main point was that instead of being the voice outside the head saying when and what to shift to avoid resultant pain, let’s try for bodily awareness.  Sure, I have my role to play, but given…

  • Spondylosis Encounter

    Namaste I finally checked the meaning of the word. Spondylosis. I had two clients in five day who told me that their Doctor suggested that that was their condition. Does anyone know why it is that Doctors are allowed to speak Greek and Latin to the English-speaking population? The Bureau of Standards dictates that importers…

  • Injury Management

    Namaste I was not there last week when some of the students were doing post-event massage for members of a cricket club, but I learnt that one of the players had a severe groin strain, so much so that the best of efforts at massage almost seemed futile as there was still much tension in…