Massage & Bodywork by Gretchen

01/03/2025

Hello,
If you have been my client in the past or have been referred to me, I no longer practice in Lotus and now in Folsom.
FYI
I am in no way connectedness to the current therapist who occupys my old office nor do I recommend.

01/17/2024

01/04/2024

Powerful work, TMJ

The letting go continues for her physical and emotional trauma stored in her TMJ and the rest of her body. ...

05/19/2023

Find your own way and DO!

10/30/2021

03/03/2020

What is causing your shoulder pain? Check out Bob and Brad physical therapists, they are great, informative and funny! Their whole youtube channel is very helpful
https://youtu.be/hPlmEFOeK0s

"Famous" Physical Therapists Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck help you determine what is causing your shoulder pain. They demonstrate easy to perform tests you c...

12/30/2019

The picture says it all!

12/01/2019

The spine can develop growths called bone spurs. These bone spurs can cause back pain and other symptoms if they cause excess friction or lead to compression of a nerve root or the spinal cord.

Bone spurs represent an enlargement of the bony structure and are a sign of spinal degeneration (aging). Over the age of 60, bone spurs are quite common.

03/17/2019

What is Fascia?
Fascia is tough connective tissue that creates a 3-dimensional web extending without interruption from head to toe. Fascia surrounds and infuses every muscle, bone, nerve, blood vessel, and organ, all the way down to the cellular level.

The fascial system affects every system and function in your body- musculoskeletal, neurological, metabolic, etc. The white, glistening fibers you see when you pull a piece of meat apart or when you pull chicken skin away is fascia.

What is Fascia made of ?
Fascia consists of a complex which has three parts:
1. Elastin fibers - This is the elastic and stretchable part of the complex.

2. Collagen fibers - These fibers are extremely tough and give support to the
structure.

3. Ground substance/matrix: A gelatinous like substance that transports metabolic
material throughout the body

What does fascia do?
The fascial system generally supports, stabilizes, and cushions. Fascia creates separation between vessels, organs, bones, and muscles. It creates space through which delicate nerves, blood vessels, and fluids can pass.

What are Fascial Restrictions?
In a healthy state, the collagen fibers wrap around the elastic fibers in a relaxed, wavy configuration. Trauma, repetitive motion, inflammation, or poor posture can cause the fascia to become solidified and shortened. These thickened areas are referred to as a fascial restriction. Fascial restrictions have the capacity of creating up to 2,000 pounds of pressure per square inch in a restricted area. That crushing pressure can compromise any physiological system in the body resulting in pain and dysfunction.

The fascia throughout the body is all interconnected like the yarn in a sweater or a complex spider web. A restriction in one area of the body creates tension throughout this web pulling on other distant structures. This explains why some people may have pain that appears unrelated to their original injury. Furthermore, myofascial restrictions do not show up on common standardized tests such as x-rays, MRI, CAT scans, etc.

Fascial restrictions can pull the body out of its normal alignment, compressing joint surfaces and bulging disks, resulting in pain, loss of motion, and weakness.

Info collected from Spine - Health, Mayo Clinic, NIH & Medterms
Art by Dan Beckemeyer

09/02/2018

We all need loving touch

As we live in an increasingly technology-focussed, socially disconnected world, we're touching each other much less than before. But what does an absence of touch do to a person?

06/22/2018

Very interesting...

12/24/2017

Hope you are taking your Vitamin D

http://www.healthyway.com/content/symptoms-of-vitamin-d-deficiency-that-most-people-ignore?rtg=expandedconsciousness-wuRrxL¶m4=hwy-fni-fbss-2861-us-de-pengage¶m5=10154632510161186¶m6=23842675546620589

Vitamin D isn't a magic panacea, but it has been implicated as one factor in many serious health conditions.