Mindful Massage Therapy Canmore

01/26/2022

Scott and Caleb hiding from COVID while Mom worked in Silverstar. Sending a healthy team of athletes to Beijing!

11/22/2021

News update: I'm sharing the clinic space with Zina Lawson. Please find details below. - Jodi

Little announcement! I've started my own practice - Mountain Massage Canmore. Available bookings starting Monday 15th. Check out www.mountainmassagecanmore.com or Follow my FB page Mountain Massage Canmore for any updates.

Therapeutic massage individually targeted to get you back on track. ZINA LAWSON

04/05/2021

Mindful Movement Monday.

Numbness or tingling in your hands? Neural flossing/glides help to stretch irritated nerves, and decreases friction on the surrounding tissues.👏.

Great for those who works with their arms overhead, or who spend hours using their hands. 🙋‍♀️🧗🏼‍♀️ 🚵‍♀️.

1️⃣ Time to practice your waiter/waitressing skills! Balance those 🍻‘s!
2️⃣ 🔈 on to follow the cues.

⭐️ this is not a stretch, meet the resistance and keep moving slowly through your available range.
⭐️ repeat 15 times per side. 2-3 times daily

Shout out with questions or, requests.

Fun fact - Back in the day, I once dumped an entire tray of drinks on a table of 6 people. 🤷‍♀️ 🍻

03/01/2021

It’s Mindful Movement Monday!

This stretch makes me smile 😊. Had to share!

⭐️ Targets hip flexors, anterior and lateral fascial chains.
⭐️ Relieves low back and SI joint pain 🥳.

🔊 on and follow along.

1️⃣ Engage your Glutes to lift your body.
2️⃣ Use your hand for support.
3️⃣ Hold 30 seconds to 2 min, or floss through the movement 15-30 times per side.

Shout out with questions or requests.

12/07/2020

It’s Mindful Movement Monday!

Breath work for core and lumbar stability. Part 2💪.

Get rid of back pain 🤯.

🔈 on and follow along.

1️⃣ Lay on your back with your feet on the floor.
2️⃣ Inhale through your nose. Sending 30% of your breath to your stomach, 30% to your side body and 40% to your back.
3️⃣ Slide you heal on the floor to extend your leg.
4️⃣Hold that cylinder as you exhale through your mouth and slid your foot back in.
4️⃣Slow and controlled. 🔥
⭐️ Avoid tilting the pelvis from side to side.
⭐️ 10-15 times per side. Everyday.

Shout out with questions or requests!

11/23/2020

It’s Mindful Movement Monday!

Build stability and strength to get ride of hip pain! 🤯

🔈 on and follow along.

1️⃣ Find a box or use the stairs.
2️⃣ Balance on one leg while you lower the opposite leg.
3️⃣ Stable pelvis, stable knee, relaxed feet
4️⃣Slow and controlled. 🔥
⭐️ 2 x 8 reps per side.

Shout out with questions or requests!

10/26/2020

Hey crew,

Today I need you to flex your heart muscle, because this little family needs our help.

My friend Amanda and her husband Chris are being faced with the unthinkable. Their 7 month old daughter Frankie has being diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cancer. Our hearts are breaking so, if you can please...

1️⃣ Send love, positive thoughts and prayers to the Butler family. ❤️
2️⃣ Donate to the Go Fund Me page set up for Frankie. Please find the link in my bio for more info and Frankie’s story. 🙏
3️⃣ Sign up for the meal train. Send me a direct message and I’ll forward the sign up info your way.🙏

Sending all the love and healing vibes to you Amanda, Chris and Frankie.

❤️ Jodi

10/05/2020

It’s Mindful Movement Monday!

I try to post exercises that don’t require you to buy equipment. That way everyone can do them anywhere.

⭐️ This variation of a lunge is fun and challenging!

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1️⃣Grab a towel. Find a slippery floor.
2️⃣ Root into your front foot and slide your other foot back. ⭐️ the slower you move the more challenging it becomes.
3️⃣ Slide your leg forward using your opposite Glute to bring you up.
4️⃣ Now, try sliding your leg out to the side for a lateral lunge.
5️⃣ Repeat 3 x 8 sets of each movement on both sides.

Shout out with questions or requests!

09/28/2020

It’s Mindful Movement Monday!

Whyyyy? Because.
Not all tight muscles need stretched! In fact they often need strength. Or, sometime the muscles opposite to the tight muscle need strengthened 🤯.

My goal is to give you lots of options so you can figure out which works best for you! vs or maybe both🤷‍♀️.

Back bridging. 🍑

🔈 on and follow along.

1️⃣Lie on your back, knees bent, palms face up.
2️⃣ squeeze your glutes to tuck your pelvis. Hip-rib connection.
3️⃣ Push Up through your heals using your glutes. Maintain a straight line from torso to knees.
4️⃣ Hold for one minute or alternate extending each leg for 15 reps each.
5️⃣Maintain stability in your core and pelvis.

Shout out with questions or requests!

09/21/2020

It’s Mindful Movement Monday!

Changing it up now to hip strength and stability. We aren’t done yet!
This movement is great for those that love to run.

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1️⃣Step back into a lunge. ⭐️ you should feel this in the glute of your front leg.
2️⃣ Stay strong through the core, maintaina tall posture.
3️⃣ Step forward and bend your knee to 90 degrees.
4️⃣ Hold your balance for 3 seconds.
5️⃣Repeat 2x 8-10 reps per side. 3 times a week (not just Monday 👀)

Shout out with questions or requests!

09/14/2020

It’s Mindful Movement Monday!

More hips. Can’t stop. Won’t stop.

⭐️Active range of motion⭐️
If this exercise is too challenging keep working on last weeks version.

🔈 on and follow along.

1️⃣ Stabilize yourself against the wall. The leg closest to the wall is your balancing leg.
2️⃣ Move the opposite leg in a full circle. Move through hip flexion, external rotation, internal rotation and extension. ⭐️ Watch the video to get the movement correct.
3️⃣ Stand tall and steady.
4️⃣ Move slow. Note the areas of restrictions.
5️⃣Repeat 10-15 circles (changing directions) on both sides.

Shout out with questions or requests!