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Exercise of the Day: Child’s pose variations

Today's stretches are borrowed from yoga, but they're a great addition to any routine. We refer to them as Child's Pose #1 and #2, and both will create a gentle stretch in your lower back and shoulder extenders. For child's pose #1, kneel…

A woman demonstrating an external shoulder rotation

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Exercise of the Day: Resisted Shoulder External Rotation

As I promised yesterday, here's another great shoulder exercise for RMTs (and others, of course) that uses the dynaband for resistance. Today, it's an external rotation exercise. Grab the dynaband with both hands. With your wrists facing up,…

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Exercise of the Day: Resisted Shoulder Abduction

Shoulder Horizontal Abduction Exercise Today and tomorrow, we're presenting two very important exercises for massage therapists. The first installment is a resisted shoulder horizontal abduction (or A-B-duction, as our students often carefully…

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Exercise of the Day: Hand warm-up for massage (video)

In today's video, Denise demonstrates another useful warm-up for RMTs and massage students: By rapidly opening and closing your hands in this way, you'll be 'waking up' the joints and tissues of the wrist and hand. Try this one in…

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Exercise of the Day: Wrist shaking warmup (video)

No, it's not jazz hands! Today's exercise is a wrist and hand warmup for massage therapists: Try this one before you perform a massage. The loose shaking action lubricates the joint surfaces of the wrist and carpals. Massage is a…

A woman demonstrates her palm being stretched

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Exercise of the Day: 3 hand stretches

Sorry we've been derelict on the blog this week. To make it up to you, here's three stretches at once! This trio is very useful for massage therapists. Your hands are your tools, and it's important to take care of them! This first one stretches…

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Exercise of the Day: Yoga Squat variation

Today's exercise is a comfortable yoga squat with lots of benefits: Want to multitask while you're texting? Not only is this squat a stable position for resting or getting some work done, it helps maintain full range of motion in the knees,…

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Exercise of the Day: Uttanasana

Today's exercise is a yoga pose called Uttanasana, or Standing Forward Bend: Like yesterday's Seated Forward Bend, Uttanasana will open up your entire back line. But because it's performed standing, it will also strengthen your legs and apply…

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Exercise of the Day: Paschimottanasana

Today's exercise is a yoga pose called paschimottanasana, otherwise known as Seated Forward Bend: This is a challenging but incredibly beneficial pose. It stretches your whole posterior chain—the back line of your body. Yogis believe…

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Exercise of the Day: Virabhadrasana 2

Today's exercise is a yoga pose called Virabhadrasana II, or Warrior II: Warrior II is the ultimate confidence-builder. And in addition to making you feel that you can take on the world (as if you needed any other reasons to try this pose!),…

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Exercise of the Day: Ardha Padmasana

Today's exercise is a yoga pose called Ardha Padmasana, or Half-Lotus. Half lotus is the more accessible version of the famous Lotus pose, because it requires less range of motion in the knee, hip, and ankle. But you'll enjoy the same benefits.…

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Massage Therapy Career Guide

Massage therapy is a satisfying and rewarding career that can be a perfect fit for energetic, caring people. As an RMT, you’ll enjoy all the benefits of being front-line health care professional – working closely with clients to improve…

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How To Succeed As An Independent Learner

Learning independently can be a pretty scary prospect. You have to manage your time, stay motivated, and get through your assigned work on your own: there’s no one keeping you on track but you. Sounds pretty terrifying, right? Luckily, the…

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Exercise of the Day: Child’s pose variations

Exercise of the Day: Resisted Shoulder External Rotation

Exercise of the Day: Resisted Shoulder Abduction

Exercise of the Day: Hand warm-up for massage (video)

Exercise of the Day: Wrist shaking warmup (video)

Exercise of the Day: 3 hand stretches

Exercise of the Day: Yoga Squat variation

Exercise of the Day: Uttanasana

Exercise of the Day: Paschimottanasana

Exercise of the Day: Virabhadrasana 2

Exercise of the Day: Ardha Padmasana

Massage Therapy Career Guide

How To Succeed As An Independent Learner

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