Angi Ellis Massage Therapy

09/08/2024

Ahh this brings back those childhood lessons….

07/20/2024

When it comes to musculoskeletal problems, medical diagnoses are often big fat guesses, especially given that little to no physical examination is typically done before issuing a diagnosis.

I had a client once with painful toe joints. They'd been like this for decades and had been told it was arthritis. I examined the toes and it definitely didn't feel like arthritis. What I could see was that multiple metatarsal heads were dropped. This often happens when there's imbalance between the flexors and extensors. I tested the flexors and they tested very inhibited. Something was keeping them from firing normally. I went to one of my go to spots for this -- an adhesion between the toe extensors and the extensor retinacula. I freed that up and the toe flexors turned right on and fired normally. The client got up and walked around and their foot felt better for the first time in 30-40 years.

07/13/2024

06/28/2024

When the pelvis rotates in the sagittal plane, the position of the acetabulum (hip socket) changes as well. Thus, when various restrictions, imbalances, and compensation patterns are holding part of the pelvis in an anterior or posterior tilt, the functional length of that leg will change too. An anterior tilt, for instance, will make that side leg functionally longer, pitching your weight to the opposite side. When you think you have one leg that's longer than the other, or someone tells you so... this is usually the sort of thing that's happening.

01/28/2024

Hopefully 🤞 your all out exploring our area , be careful dodging those rainy days!

01/23/2024

Filling your mind with thoughts of love is a powerful way to enhance your life. 🌸💭 How do you cultivate a positive and loving mindset?

10/22/2023

Not everything that limits shoulder motion is necessarily in the shoulder. We have long fascial continuities throughout the body sometimes called myofascial meridians. One, the spiral line, ties the opposite hip and abs into the shoulder. Restrictions anywhere along this line can impact shoulder stability and mobility. Here's a good DIY stretch for addressing the upper half of the spiral line. https://rfr.bz/f6qv17r The yoga pose parivrtta trikonasana, or revolved triangle pose, is great for the lower half of the spiral line. Here's a video of that. https://rfr.bz/f6qv17s

04/01/2023

Open offering ☔️ this world is a tough sell and sometimes we have difficulties ask for our needs and holding spaces for our self.

03/22/2023

It's a fairly recent discovery that fascia in the body can contract and relax. It works a bit differently than muscle, though. We don't have voluntary control over it. It's governed by the autonomic nervous system. As such, stress can result in increased fascial tension.