Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist #MT-24997 Body awareness. It is so important to know when there is something going on with your body. Healthline.com defines body awareness as how conscious and connected you are to your own body. It’s also known as kinesthesia, or the awareness of the position and movement of body parts in…
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Features, August 2022
2 Your Health: Repetitive Motion and Muscle Memory—Suddenly You Are in Pain!
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist The most common comment I get as a massage therapist is, “Wow, I did not realize how bad my muscles are, until you started working on them. How did that happen?” The truth is this, humans are creatures of habit. We sleep in the same position, we get up and have…
Features, July 2022
2 Your Health: Pain Management: How Can Massage Help?
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist Pain. It will disrupt your day. Your week. Your month. Your retirement years. But what can you do? A lifetime of medications? Surgeries? Shots? How about regular massage? Yes, regular massage can help with muscular pain management. Have you ever had a doctor tell you that your pain is muscular? Then…
Features, May 2022
2 Your Health: Can Regular Massage Help My Memory?
Heidi Overman, LMT #MT-24997 As we age, our memory tends to get away from us. We find ourselves searching for words that were once easy to retrieve. We can’t remember the name of our new neighbor. You walk in a room … wait, what was I saying? What was I coming in this room for?…
Features, April 2022
2 Your Health: Plantar Fasciitis and Massage Therapy
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist Plantar fasciitis is a very common issue. It is painful and can even be debilitating. I have many clients come in exasperated from trying to help relieve plantar fasciitis pain. Just this week I had one client who had been battling it for over two years and another for over a…
Features, March 2022
2 Your Health: Massage Can Help with Leg and Foot Cramps
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist, #MT-24997 Leg and foot cramps are very common. I find this to be a prevalent issue in my practice and see many who suffer from cramping almost every night. This breaks up sleep and can cause insomnia and fatigue. Massage can be a useful tool in helping relieve the pain…
Features, December 2021
2 Your Health: Memory and Massage
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist #MT-24997 Memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease, dementia … As we age, our memory tends to get away from us. We find ourselves searching for words that were once easy to retrieve. We can’t remember the name of our new neighbor. You walk in a room … wait, what was I saying? Oh…
Features, November 2021
2 Your Health: Surviving the Holidays with Massage
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist, #MT-24997 It’s my favorite time of year, Autumn. Everyone is hustling and bustling. We are cleaning our homes, decorating for the upcoming holidays, shopping, and preparing for parties! Super fun! It’s also my most stressful time of year, Autumn. Everyone is hustling and bustling. We are cleaning our homes, decorating for the…
Features, October 2021
2 Your Health: What Causes Injuries to your Muscles?
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist, #MT-24997 It’s common in my practice to see and help clients with muscular injuries. Often, clients come in in pain, but they don’t know what happened or how they could’ve hurt themselves. I often hear, “I was just taking the laundry out of the dryer,” or “I just reached and…
Features, September 2021
2 Your Health: What Makes a Good Massage?
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist You may have come back from having a massage and thought, “that wasn’t very good.” Sometimes you do not know why, and sometimes you know exactly why. It was definitely the therapist. The therapist didn’t meet your needs. You had wished you told them more pressure or less pressure or to…