Massage Therapy by Jack Stella

09/20/2025

My absolute favorite time of year. Sunrise prayers and meditations with the fog and mist for a stroll on the beach. Cool sunny
temperatures during the day, Momma Natures air conditioner at night.

Thoughts for the day.

"To heal ourselves we must heal our planet, and to heal our planet we must heal ourselves." - Bobby McLeod

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." - Pablo Picasso

09/20/2025

Before the chow hall opens, some food for thought for my Anatomy Geek Squad

Excellent review on Frozen Shoulder Causes of shoulder pain
3 stages
1⃣Inflammatory or freezing: Gradually worsening pain, later decreased motion
2⃣Frozen: Stiffness, minimal synovitis
3⃣Thawing: Improvement in motion & pain

SUPER-HIGHWAY the vagus nerve runs from the brainstem down the neck and into the abdomen, reaching a slew of organs in the process
Which anatomical structure did your eyes and brain see first?

09/18/2025

Have a good night my friends. Tomorrow's Thursday. Think about what you are looking forward to tomorrow and this weekend.

Having something fun in your future makes life exciting. Plan something that brings you joy!

THOUGHTS FROM MY READING
"Whatever you accept about yourself cannot be used against you. Be willing to own your truth, even if it makes others uncomfortable. The good and the ugly are all part of your story. You never know who you can inspire by being your authentic, unapologetic self." ~Ash Alves

"The first step to healing is acceptance. You have to accept the true colors people show you, no matter what you thought they were or how they used to act. Stop romanticizing people who are hurting you. Repeated mistakes aren't accidents, that's their behavior." ~Kristen Tuttle

"Being the Queen is not all about singing, and being a diva is not all about singing. It has much to do with your service to people. And your social contributions to your community and your civic contributions as well." - Aretha Franklin

09/18/2025

Something to consider post injury and surgery for your work with clients

It's frequently mentioned that bones don't have nerve endings.

While it's true the bone (a type of mineralized connective tissue) itself doesn't have nerve endings, the lining AROUND the bone, the Periosteum, is chock full of them.

After injuries to the bones have healed, such as fractures, the nerve endings in the Periosteum are often still hypersensitive. This can manifest as sudden weakness of the muscles around the area of the fracture when a stress is applied to the bone similar to that which caused the original injury.

This could also be the case after any orthopedic surgery where bone has to be cut through to fit a prosthetic, such as a total hip replacement.

09/17/2025

Wonderful thought for the day

09/16/2025

A powerful and peaceful image drawn in ✏️ pencil.

09/13/2025

09/13/2025

Clients in the office today with some foot and ankle issues.

Look how many bones and muscles are concentrated in the hands and feet. There must be a reason!

Proprioception is one answer.

09/11/2025

Tonight 24 years ago, 246 people went to sleep in preparation for their morning flights.

2,606 people went to sleep in preparation for work in the morning.
343 firefighters went to sleep in preparation for their morning shift.
60 police officers went to sleep in preparation for morning patrol.
8 paramedics went to sleep in preparation for the morning shift.
It was the last day that fathers and mothers hugged their children, husbands kissed their wife, girlfriends hugged and kissed their boyfriend.
None of them saw past 10:00AM on September 11, 2001.
In one single moment life may never be the same, so live and enjoy the breaths you take today.
And tonight, before you go to sleep in preparation for your life tomorrow, kiss the ones you love, snuggle a little tighter, and never take one second of your life for granted.
We Shall Never Forget Them 🇺🇸

09/11/2025

In anticipation of 9/11 tomorrow, may WE NEVER FORGET!

My prayers for all who gave their lives on that tragic day. My sympathies for their family members, friends, loved ones and colleagues.

FDNY - 343 (September 11, 2001)
FDNY Chief - Peter J. Ganci, Jr., 54
FDNY Commissioner - William M. Feehan, 72
FDNY Marshal - Ronald Paul Bucca, 47
FDNY Chaplain - Mychal Judge, 68
Battalion 1
Chief Matthew Lancelot Ryan, 54
Lt. Paul Thomas Mitchell, 46
Battalion 2
Chief William McGovern, 49
Chief Richard Prunty, 57
Faustino Apostol, Jr., 55
Battalion 4
Lt. Thomas O'Hagan, 43
Battalion 6
Chief John P. Williamson, 46
Battalion 7
Chief Orio Palmer, 45
Lt. Stephen G. Harrell, 44
Lt. Philip Scott Petti, 43
Battalion 8
Chief Thomas Patrick DeAngelis, 51
Thomas McCann, 45
Battalion 9
Chief Dennis Lawrence Devlin, 51
Chief Edward F. Geraghty, 45
Lt. Charles William Garbarini, 44
Carl Asaro, 39
Alan D. Feinberg, 48
Battalion 11
Chief John M. Paolillo, 51
Battalion 12
Chief Frederick Claude Scheffold, Jr., 57
Battalion 22
Lt. Charles Joseph Margiotta, 44
Battalion 43
Lt. Geoffrey E. Guja, 49
Battalion 47
Lt. Anthony Jovic, 39
Battalion 48
Chief Joseph Grzelak, 52
Michael Leopoldo Bo****no, 45
Battalion 49
Chief John Moran, 42
Battalion 50
Chief Lawrence T. Stack, 58
Battalion 57
Chief Dennis Cross, 60
Chief Joseph Ross Marchbanks, Jr, 47
Division 1
Capt. Joseph D. Farrelly, 47
Capt. Thomas Moody, 45
Division 11
Capt. Timothy M. Stackpole, 42
Division 15
Chief Thomas Theodore Haskell, Jr., 37
Capt. Martin J. Egan, Jr., 36
Capt. William O'Keefe, 48
Engine 1
Lt. Andrew Desperito, 43
Michael T. Weinberg, 34
Engine 4
Calixto Anaya, Jr, 35
James C. Riches, 29
Thomas G. Schoales, 27
Paul A. Tegtmeier, 41
Engine 5
Manuel Del Valle, Jr, 32
Engine 6
Paul Beyer, 37
Thomas Holohan, 36
William R. Johnston, 31
Engine 8
Robert Parro, 35
Engine 10
Lt. Gregg Arthur Atlas, 44
Jeffrey James Olsen, 31
Paul J. Pansini, 36
Engine 21
Capt. William Francis Burke, Jr., 46
Engine 22
Thomas Anthony Casoria, 29
Michael J. Elferis, 27
Vincent D. Kane, 37
Martin E. McWilliams, 35
Engine 23
Robert McPadden, 30
James Nicholas Pappageorge, 29
Hector Luis Tirado, Jr., 30
Mark P. Whitford, 31
Engine 26
Capt. Thomas Farino, 37
Dana R Hannon, 29
Engine 33
Lt. Kevin Pfeifer, 42
David Arce, 36
Michael Boyle, 37
Robert Evans, 36
Keithroy Marcellus Maynard, 30
Engine 37
John Giordano, 47
Engine 40
Lt. John F. Ginley, 37
Kevin Bracken, 37
Michael D. D'Auria, 25
Bruce Gary, 51
Steven Mercado, 38
Engine 50
Robert W. Spear, Jr., 30
Engine 54
Paul John Gill, 34
Jose Guadalupe, 37
Leonard Ragaglia, 36
Christopher Santora, 23
Engine 55
Lt. Peter L. Freund, 45
Robert Lane, 28
Christopher Mozzillo, 27
Stephen P. Russell, 40
Engine 58
Lt. Robert B. Nagel, 55
Engine 74
Ruben D. Correa, 44
Engine 201
Lt. Paul Richard Martini, 37
Gregory Joseph Buck, 37
Christopher Pickford, 32
John Albert Schardt, 34
Engine 205
Lt. Robert Francis Wallace, 43
Engine 207
Karl Henry Joseph, 25
Shawn Edward Powell, 32
Kevin O. Reilly, 28
Engine 214
Lt. Carl John Bedigian, 35
John Joseph Florio, 33
Michael Edward Roberts, 31
Kenneth Thomas Watson, 39
Engine 216
Daniel Suhr, 37
Engine 217
Lt. Kenneth Phelan, 41
Steven Coakley, 36
Philip T. Hayes, 67
Neil Joseph Leavy, 34
Engine 219
John Chipura, 39
Engine 226
Brian McAleese, 36
David Paul De Rubbio, 38
Stanley S. Smagala, Jr., 36
Engine 230
Lt. Brian G. Ahearn, 43
Frank Bonomo, 42
Michael Scott Carlo, 34
Jeffrey Stark, 30
Eugene Whelan, 31
Edward James White III, 30
Engine 235
Lt. Steven Bates, 42
Nicholas Paul Chiofalo, 39
Francis Esposito, 32
Lee S. Fehling, 28
Lawrence G. Veling, 44
Engine 238
Lt. Glenn E. Wilkinson, 46
Engine 279
Ronnie Lee Henderson, 52
Michael Ragusa, 29
Anthony Rodriguez, 36
Engine 285
Raymond R. York, 45
Engine 320
Capt. James J. Corrigan, 60
Haz-Mat 1
Lt. John A. Crisci, 48
Dennis M. Carey, 51
Martin N. DeMeo, 47
Thomas Gardner, 39
Jonathan R. Hohmann, 48
Dennis Scauso, 46
Kevin Joseph Smith, 47
Ladder 2
Capt. Frederick Ill, Jr, 49
Michael J. Clarke, 27
George DiPasquale, 33
Denis P. Germain, 33
Daniel Edward Harlin, 41
Carl Molinaro, 32
Dennis Michael Mulligan, 32
Ladder 3
Capt. Patrick J. Brown, 48
Lt. Kevin W. Donnelly, 43
Michael Carroll, 39
James Raymond Coyle, 26
Gerard Dewan, 35
Jeffrey John Giordano, 45
Joseph Maloney, 45
John Kevin McAvoy, 47
Timothy Patrick McSweeney, 37
Joseph J. Ogren, 30
Steven John Olson, 38
Ladder 4
Capt. David Terence Wooley, 54
Lt. Daniel O'Callaghan, 42
Joseph Angelini, Jr, 38
Peter Brennan, 30
Michael E. Brennan, 27
Michael Haub, 34
Michael F. Lynch, 33
Samuel Oitice, 45
John James Tipping II, 33
Ladder 5
Lt. Vincent Francis Giammona, 40
Lt. Michael Warchola, 51
Louis Arena, 32
Andrew Brunn, 28
Thomas Hannafin, 36
Paul Hanlon Keating, 38
John A. Santore, 49
Gregory Thomas Saucedo, 31
Ladder 7
Capt. Vernon Allan Richard, 53
George Cain, 35
Robert Joseph Foti, 42
Richard Muldowney Jr, 40
Charles Mendez, 38
Vincent Princiotta, 39
Ladder 8
Lt. Vincent Gerard Halloran, 43
Ladder 9
Gerard Baptiste, 35
John P. Tierney, 27
Jeffrey P. Walz, 37
Ladder 10
Sean Patrick Tallon, 26
Ladder 11
Lt. Michael Quilty, 42
Michael F. Cammarata, 22
Edward James Day, 45
John F. Heffernan, 37
Richard John Kelly, Jr, 50
Robert King, Jr, 36
Matthew Rogan, 37
Ladder 12
Angel L. Juarbe, Jr, 35
Michael D. Mullan, 34
Ladder 13
Capt. Walter G. Hynes, 46
Thomas Hetzel, 33
Dennis McHugh, 34
Thomas E. Sabella, 44
Gregory Stajk, 46
Ladder 15
Lt. Joseph Gerard Leavey, 45
Richard Lanard Allen, 30
Arthur Thaddeus Barry, 35
Thomas W. Kelly, 50
Scott Kopytko, 32
Scott Larsen, 35
Douglas E. Oelschlager, 36
Eric T. Olsen, 41
Ladder 16
Lt. Raymond E. Murphy, 46
Robert Curatolo, 31
Ladder 20
Capt. John R. Fischer, 46
John Patrick Burnside, 36
James Michael Gray, 34
Sean S. Hanley, 35
David Laforge, 50
Robert Thomas Linnane, 33
Robert D. McMahon, 35
Ladder 21
Gerald T. Atwood, 38
Gerard Duffy, 53
Keith Glascoe, 38
Joseph Henry, 25
William E. Krukowski, 36
Benjamin Suarez, 34
Ladder 24
Capt. Daniel J. Brethel, 43
Stephen Elliot Belson, 51
Ladder 25
Lt. Glenn C. Perry, 41
Matthew Barnes, 37
John Michael Collins, 42
Kenneth Kumpel, 42
Robert Minara, 54
Joseph Rivelli, 43
Paul G. Ruback, 50
Ladder 27
John Marshall, 35
Ladder 35
Capt. Frank Callahan, 51
James Andrew Giberson, 43
Vincent S. Morello, 34
Michael Otten, 42
Michael Roberts, 30
Ladder 38
Joseph Spor, Jr., 35
Ladder 42
Peter Alexander Bielfeld, 44
Ladder 101
Lt. Joseph Gullickson, 37
Patrick Byrne, 39
Salvatore B. Calabro, 38
Brian Cannizzaro, 30
Thomas J. Kennedy, 36
Joseph Maffeo, 31
Terence A. McShane, 37
Ladder 105
Capt. Vincent Brunton, 43
Thomas Richard Kelly, 39
Henry Alfred Miller, Jr, 51
Dennis O'Berg, 28
Frank Anthony Palombo, 46
Ladder 111
Lt. Christopher P. Sullivan, 39
Ladder 118
Lt. Robert M. Regan, 48
Joseph Agnello, 35
Vernon Paul Cherry, 49
Scott Matthew Davidson, 33
Leon Smith, Jr., 48
Peter Anthony Vega, 36
Ladder 131
Christian Michael Otto Regenhard, 28
Ladder 132
Andrew Jordan, 36
Michael Kiefer, 25
Thomas Mingione, 34
John T. Vigiano II, 36
Sergio Villanueva, 33
Ladder 136
Michael Joseph Cawley, 32
Ladder 166
William X. Wren, 61
Rescue 1
Capt. Terence S. Hatton, 41
Lt. Dennis Mojica, 50
Joseph Angelini, Sr., 63
Gary Geidel, 44
William Henry, 49
Kenneth Joseph Marino, 40
Michael Montesi, 39
Gerard Terence Nevins, 46
Patrick J. O'Keefe, 44
Brian Edward Sweeney, 29
David M. Weiss, 41
Rescue 2
Lt. Peter C. Martin, 43
William David Lake, 44
Daniel F. Libretti, 43
John Napolitano, 32
Kevin O'Rourke, 44
Lincoln Quappe, 38
Edward Rall, 44
Rescue 3
Christopher Joseph Blackwell, 42
Thomas Foley, 32
Thomas Gambino, Jr., 48
Raymond Meisenheimer, 46
Donald J. Regan, 47
Gerard Patrick Schrang, 45
Rescue 4
Capt. Brian Hickey, 47
Lt. Kevin Dowdell, 46
Terrence Patrick Farrell, 45
William J. Mahoney, 37
Peter Allen Nelson, 42
Durrell V. Pearsall, 34
Rescue 5
Capt. Louis Joseph Modafferi, 45
Lt. Harvey Harrell, 49
John P. Bergin, 39
Carl Vincent Bini, 44
Michael Curtis Fiore, 46
Andre G. Fletcher, 37
Douglas Charles Miller, 34
Jeffrey Matthew Palazzo, 33
Nicholas P. Rossomando, 35
Allan Tarasiewicz, 45
Special Operations
Chief Charles L. Kasper, 54
Chief Raymond Matthew Downey, 63
Capt. Patrick J. Waters, 44
Lt. Timothy Higgins, 43
Lt. Michael Thomas Russo, Sr, 44
Squad 1
Capt. James M. Amato, 43
Lt. Edward A. D'Atri, 38
Lt. Michael Esposito, 41
Lt. Michael N. Fodor, 53
Brian Bilcher, 37
Gary Box, 37
Thomas M. Butler, 37
Peter Carroll, 42
Robert Cordice, 28
David J. Fontana, 37
Matthew David Garvey, 37
Stephen Gerard Siller, 34
Squad 18
Lt. William E. McGinn, 43
Eric Allen, 44
Andrew Fredricks, 40
David Halderman, 40
Timothy Haskell, 34
Manuel Mojica, 37
Lawrence Virgilio, 38
Squad 41
Lt. Michael K. Healey, 42
Thomas Patrick Cullen III, 31
Robert Hamilton, 43
Michael J. Lyons, 32
Gregory Sikorsky, 34
R. Bruce Van Hine, 48
Squad 252
Tarel Coleman, 32
Thomas Kuveikis, 48
Peter J. Langone, 41
Patrick Lyons, 34
Kevin Prior, 28
Squad 288
Lt. Ronald T. Kerwin, 42
Ronnie E. Gies, 43
Joseph Hunter, 31
Jonathan Lee Ielpi, 29
Adam David Rand, 30
Timothy Matthew Welty, 34
EMS Battalion 49
Paramedic Carlos R. Lillo, 37
EMS Battalion 57
Paramedic Ricardo J. Quinn, 40 — with Bill Callahan Walkingman.
Karla Ferro
Will never forget, not ever 🥺

09/11/2025

A nosh between clients today and a look at OMOHYOID / OM0S, Greek for Shoulder

ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING MUSCLES IN THE BODY

The interesting thing about this muscle is that it attaches to the Clavicle by an Intermediate Tendon by a Fascial Sling where the middle x is, and to the superior "scapula" before it gets to your hyoid bone.

This muscle gets its name from the words Omos and hyoid. Omos is the Greek word for shoulder, a reference to the origin of this muscle. The hyoid part of this muscle's name is a reference to the bone to which the muscle attaches.

That my friends is one wild muscle.

A Hypertrophied Omohyoid may cause irritation to the Brachial
Plexus.

Try this little experiment
Carefully place your fingers from both of your hands at the front middle part of your neck. Swallow. Now say your name and favorite movie.

Did you feel parts of your neck move up and then down when you swallowed? Did you feel these parts of your neck move up and down when you talked? The downward movement of these parts of the neck are caused by the Omohyoid muscle.

09/09/2025

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