Massage Solutions by Michelle

09/06/2025

08/20/2025

Good evening, Relax and rejuvenate your mind and body with a massage. Openings Wednesday through Sunday. To schedule an appointment call or text me at 706-341-6927. Hope everyone has a great week.

08/13/2025

08/13/2025

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When there’s tension or misalignment in the jaw whether from clenching, TMJ dysfunction, or altered bite it changes head posture. Your body compensates to keep balance, often by tilting the pelvis or shifting your weight.

If your jaw is clenched, chances are your pelvic floor is either overactive or not firing properly. This affects posture, breath control, and how your nervous system regulates tension.

1. Jaw Clenching is a Postural Habit
Your jaw is wired to react under stress. The more it clenches, the more your head shifts forward, forcing your entire posture to compensate.

2. Tension Travels Down the Line
Stress in your jaw sends strain down your neck, spine, hips, and even your knees and feet. It never stays local.

3. Pelvic and Spinal Shifts Follow
When your jaw locks, your pelvis often tilts or rotates to restore balance. That can show up as back pain or one-sided hip tightness.

4. This Affects Every Step You Take
If the jaw is locked, breathing changes, balance is off, and your walking pattern breaks down. You feel it in your joints, but it starts at the top.

Most people don’t realize your jaw and pelvis are linked. Not just through posture or movement habits. Over time, these small changes can show up as chronic hip pain, pelvic instability, or forward head posture.
There’s also a functional link: the jaw and pelvic floor are both involved in how your body stabilizes the spine. They’re part of your core system.

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08/13/2025

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The suboccipitals are a group of small but powerful muscles located just beneath the base of your skull. They control precise movements between your skull and the top two vertebrae in your neck:
1. Re**us Capitis Posterior Minor
2. Re**us Capitis Posterior Major
3. Obliquus Capitis Superior
4. Obliquus Capitis Inferior

These muscles are densely packed with proprioceptors and are directly tied to how your eyes stabilize your visual field. In fact, every time your eyes track, fixate, or shift, the suboccipitals coordinate to keep your head still and aligned. That link is what makes them so sensitive to eye strain or visual dysfunction.

When your eyes struggle to converge or focus properly, your suboccipitals often overcompensate, locking down into a state of chronic tension. This can lead to nerve compression, poor cervical coordination, and suboccipital headaches that mimic migraines.

What most people miss is this: eye imbalances are not just about blurred vision or eye fatigue. They directly overload the postural system. If the eyes can’t guide the head, the suboccipitals take over. Over time, that creates tightness, headaches, neck pain, and loss of upper body stability.

Fix the eyes. Release the neck. Change the posture. It starts with restoring the link between vision and spinal control.

08/11/2025

Good evening, openings Friday 9:30am-11, 11:30-1, 12-1:30, 12:30-2, 1-2:30, 1:30-3,2-3:30, and 2:30-4. Saturday and Sunday I’m working and have openings also. To schedule an appointment call or text me at 706-341-6827. Hope everyone has a great week.

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all my wonderful clients! See you guys in New Year!