Vicars School Blog

This posterior shoulder stretch is one of my personal favourites. It's easy to fit into your day—I'll often do it along with a few neck rolls (or lateral flexor and rotator stretches) when I'm sitting at my desk or waiting for the kettle to…

Who's up for a theme week?! [Pause for wild cheers] Massage therapists work their whole bodies, but shoulder health is particularly important for this profession. So we decided to devote this entire week on the blog to stretches that will…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…