Hands on Health with Tycson Boult

25/05/2016

Just a quick hip opening routine that can assist with warm up or cool down, decreasing stress into your low back and preparing your body for your daily routine called life.

Hope it helps

Hip Opening Routine: save your lumbar spine, mobilize your hips. Short routine, hope it helps. Remember posterior pelvic tilt or posteriorly rotated ilium ju...

03/04/2016

Hey team fb,

I have just had our female therapist give her notice. She is totally full and will be leaving to another city so will likely leave a very busy practice for anyone looking to join our team.

I'm looking to replace her obviously so if you know anyone or are looking yourself I'll be hiring as soon as possible.
Hope youre all well, thanks in advance if are or know anyone interested.
Me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYW2i4duVYs

16/03/2016

When understanding upper body pain, it is critical to consider scapular movement and it's influence on your thoracic and cervical spine, your clavical and pectoralis major and minor and of course circulation into the arms and hands.

Commonly in our society we are put our scapulae in a protracted position (shoulder blades moving forward or anteriorly) and typically this movement includes elevation (a shrug like position). So while all of this scapular movement in happening our arms are taking a new position as well, and this is called internal rotation (if your hands are by your side and thumbs are facing forward, if you turn your arms so your thumbs move towards your belly button, this is internal rotation, and the opposite is called external rotation).

So, what do all these movements do:

1. Increase the curve in your thoracic spine giving you that burning ache and pain in your mid back as well as decreasing rotation through this area.

2. Numbness and tingling into your arms. Commonly thought to be carpal tunnel, what is actually happening is the protraction of scapula along with internal rotations at your glenohumeral joint (shoulder joint) is impinging your vascular flow as well as interrupting neurological conduction which leaves you with that pins and needles feeling in your arms and hands.

*if this wakes you up at night, you may want to consider speaking with a medical professional*

3. Increases your cervical spine lordosis (the natural curve of your neck). As your arms take this position of internal rotation, protraction and an increase in the thoracic spine kyphosis (the curve in your mid back) your cervical spine (neck) will begin to compensate by extending and therefore increasing the curve in your neck. This can commonly result in headaches and a decreased range of motion.

The video below looks at a basic stretch to assist in releasing tension from the front of your thoracic ribs to allow for a reduction in this symptoms.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.

Change your normal, youre the only one who can,

Tycson

A common issue in today's world is constant scapular protraction (shoulder blades coming forward) accompanied by internal rotation at the glenohumeral joint....

10/03/2016

Just made a quick video briefly explaining the impact hip flexor stretching has on low back pain.

This pain and tension can be as simple as that slow sit to stand movement we get while at work, or the debilitating pain we get from performing a simple daily task like getting out of our car.

Have a look and let me know if you have any questions.

~ Change your normal, you're the only one that can!

Tycson

The pelvis has pully systems on the anterior and posterior side of the body (there are more than this but for the purpose of conversatio we'll focus on these...

08/03/2016

What a great email to receive from a client, with her permission, I am excited to share this.

"Hi there This is a followup to an email I sent last week after seeing Tycson for RMT. I had been very nervous about massage therapy and he completely made it a 'comeback experience'. I wanted to let the center know that I talked with Tycson today during the RMT about how to work his treatments into my planned workout schedules and recovery days as I begin to build towards a long distance triathlon. His treatments will now be an integral part of my 'recovery + injury prevention'. I am very grateful to have come across his treatment table! As a footnote, my daughter [swimmer, cyclist and upcoming triathlete] will be starting with him as well. I expect my husband to arrive on Tycson's table in the coming weeks as well [cyclist, master's swimmer + daughter's back-country hiking companion]. Tycson's approach is exactly what the Dr ordered both for managing some of my fairly major medical issues...as well as injury prevention and workout recovery for the other family members. We are glad to have found him!! Thank you :)"

Love helping change our perception of normal!!

02/03/2016

Here's who I think I am :)

24/02/2016

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19/01/2016

Posture is such an interesting topic. I find clients always want to know how their body should look when stationary but as we all know, we are meant to move.

This conversation by Functional Patterns helps understand that a strong posture is the foundation we use to encourage strength and mobility with our movements.

Is posture training all hype? This is something you may want to see... TRAINING FOR HUMANS- http://www.functionalpatterns.com/product/the-official-functional...

30/12/2015

Just looking into the effects of using BCAA's. Interesting. Has anyone tried these already?

Improve exercise performance and reduce muscle breakdown

24/12/2015

This is helping clients and myself relieve that low back pain. Hipflexors and gluteals, the keystone to pelvic mobility.

06/02/2015

Last day at the clinic before a little rest and relaxation in the sunshine :)

23/01/2015

Let's get this day started!!

Early morning massage on a Friday, I've said it before and I'll say it again, best way to start/end your work week!!!

Off to work at Vitality Clinic