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Kim Skim Massage & Wellness

Kim also practices guasha scraping, vacuum cupping, & exercise instruction.

Kim uses deep, slow, broad massage strokes to help loosen fascial restrictions and release trigger points, while incorporating sports massage & neuromuscular therapy when needed.

04/07/2026

That shrink-wrap feeling after a hard training block? That's not your muscles. That's your fascia and it doesn't respond to the same things.

Fascia is the connective tissue that wraps every muscle, bone, and nerve in your body. Under repetitive athletic stress it binds up, forms restrictions, and keeps your nervous system stuck in a high-alert state. Standard massage pressure doesn't reach it. Stretching doesn't release it.

Myofascial therapy uses slow, sustained pressure at specific depth to release those restrictions. It restores range of motion and shifts your nervous system out of stress mode and into actual recovery.

Full breakdown here: https://kimskim.com/what-is-myofascial-massage/

03/31/2026

Still stiff from spring break? Your body isn't being dramatic. It's telling you exactly what it needs.

The mistake most people make is waiting it out, assuming the stiffness will resolve on its own. Sometimes it does. More often the body finds compensation patterns that become the new normal. Tight hip flexors, locked thoracic spine, glutes that stopped firing in the car and never fully came back online.

The fix is releasing the restrictions manual therapy can reach and stretching can't. Then retraining the movement patterns the drive and the desk undid. Most clients feel a meaningful difference within 24 hours of their first session.

Link in bio to book. 📍 Louisville & Winter Park.

03/21/2026

Your 10,000 steps are a lie. 🚶‍♀️

If you’re hitting your daily step goal but your hips still feel like rusted iron and your low back is constantly nagging, you aren't overreacting. You’re likely just performing 10,000 repetitions of a stress response.

Most of us walk in a "commuter gait": shuffling, eyes down, and shoulders hunched. To turn your walk into a recovery tool, you need these three resets:

1️⃣ The Big Toe Push: Stop "pulling" with your hip flexors. Focus on pushing off the ground with your big toe to engage your glutes and signal "safety" to your nervous system.
2️⃣ The Thoracic Pump: Let your arms swing! This creates rotation in your mid-back, acting as a natural spinal massage and flushing out metabolic waste.
3️⃣ Nasal Breathing & Eyes Up: Keep your mouth closed and your gaze on the horizon. This shifts your brain out of "internal stress" mode and downregulates your heart rate.

Walking should be a physiological reset, not another item on your to-do list.

Blog Post: https://kimskim.com/your-10000-steps-are-a-lie-unless-you-walk-like-this/

Are you a shuffler or a sw***er? 👇

03/17/2026

Don't leave your recovery to chance. ☘️

Most people wait to 'get lucky' and hope their neck pain or tight hips just disappear. But pain isn't random. It’s a signal from your nervous system. In my sessions, I don't guess, I use 12 years of clinical experience to map out exactly where your movement is stuck.

Schedule here: https://kimskim.intakeq.com/booking

03/10/2026

Are your 10,000 steps actually wrecking your recovery?

Most people walk in a commuter gait; short shuffling steps, hunched shoulders, arms barely moving. That's not a recovery walk. That's 10,000 repetitions of a stress response telling your nervous system you're still in survival mode.

A therapeutic walk has three parts: hip extension that activates your glutes instead of grinding your hip flexors, a synchronized arm swing that creates a natural thoracic pump through your spine, and nasal breathing that signals your brain you're safe.

Same steps. Completely different effect on your body.
This is exactly the kind of movement pattern I address in sessions. Manual therapy to unlock what's stuck, then corrective work to retrain it so your recovery days actually recover you.

Full educational blog post here 👉🏽 https://kimskim.com/your-10000-steps-are-a-lie-unless-you-walk-like-this/. 🚶🏼‍♀️

03/03/2026

Stretching your neck 10 times a day and still hurting by 2pm? Stretching isn't your problem.

Your neck muscles may be supporting 30-40 pounds of pressure instead of 10-12, just from normal forward head posture at a screen.

Stretching temporarily lengthens the muscle but doesn't touch the trigger points and fascial restrictions underneath.
The fix isn't more stretching. It's releasing what stretching can't reach, then retraining the patterns that caused it.

Full breakdown here: https://kimskim.com/why-doesnt-stretching-fix-my-neck-pain/

03/01/2026

Weekend miles before another week in the treatment room.

If your neck is wrecked by Sunday from a week of screens and training, that's not just bad luck. That's accumulated mechanical stress your body can't release on its own and stretching isn't going to touch it.

Got a full week of content dropping on exactly this. Stay tuned.

What did you get out to do this weekend? 👇

02/24/2026

Stop trying to calm down before your race. It's making you slower.

That heart pounding before you drop in, toe the line, or step up to the bar, that's your body preparing you to perform. Fighting that feeling is fighting your own biology.

Research by psychologist Alison Wood Brooks shows athletes who reframe anxiety as excitement perform significantly better than those who try to calm down. The physiological state is identical. Your heart rate increases, your focus sharpens, and you get an energy surge. The only difference is interpretation.

"I'm nervous" = threat response. Performance suffers.
"I'm ready" = challenge response. Performance improves.

Same body. Same butterflies. Completely different outcome based on one mental shift.

Your pre-race nerves aren't a warning sign. They're your biology handing you an edge. Don't be like most athletes and throw it away trying to breathe it down.

This is part of pain and stress reprocessing, which I incorporate into sports massage therapy. Your psychological relationship with stress affects your performance and recovery just as much as your physical training.

Read the full breakdown: https://kimskim.com/why-athletes-should-stop-trying-to-calm-down-before-competition/
Schedule a session: https://kimskim.intakeq.com/booking
Or check out my free wellness events: www.kimskim.com/events

02/17/2026

Calling all athletes: if you get nervous before competition and spend energy trying to calm yourself down, you're working against your biology.

Pre-competition anxiety is one of the most misunderstood aspects of athletic performance. Most athletes believe that feeling nervous means something is wrong, so they try to calm down through deep breathing, positive self-talk, or distraction techniques.

But research by psychologist Alison Wood Brooks reveals something counterintuitive: athletes who reframe their anxiety as excitement perform significantly better than those who attempt to calm themselves down.

Here's why: the physiological state of anxiety and excitement is identical. Increased heart rate, heightened alertness, sharpened focus, energy mobilization are signs your body is preparing to perform, not signs you're unprepared or inadequate.

The critical difference is your interpretation. When you label that feeling as 'I'm nervous,' you're activating a threat response. Your brain interprets the situation as dangerous, which undermines confidence and performance. When you label the exact same feeling as 'I'm ready' or 'I'm excited,' you activate a challenge response. Your brain interprets the situation as an opportunity, enhancing focus and performance.

Those butterflies in your stomach aren't warning signals telling you to back down. They're your biology preparing you to rise to the challenge. That surge of energy isn't panic, it's power waiting to be channeled into performance.

Athletes who learn to trust their stress response rather than fight it perform better under pressure, recover more effectively from setbacks, and handle competition with greater confidence. The goal isn't to eliminate nerves, it's to reframe them as a resource.

This mindset shift is part of what's called pain and stress reprocessing, which I incorporate into sports massage therapy work. Your psychological relationship with stress, discomfort, and challenge affects your physical performance and recovery as much as your training does.

I work with athletes to address both the physical restrictions that limit performance (tight hip flexors, trigger points, compensation patterns) and the mindset patterns that create unnecessary struggle.

Ready to work on both? https://kimskim.intakeq.com/booking
Check out my free wellness events: www.kimskim.com/events

02/11/2026

Friday the 13th: Don't let bad luck be your chronic neck pain.

I have openings at my home office in Louisville on Friday, Feb 13th from 2:30-6:30pm. Book now and banish that bad juju in your back.

Turn your unluckiest day into your luckiest appointment. https://kimskim.intakeq.com/booking

02/10/2026

Mountain bikers: if your neck is trashed after long rides, it's not just the riding position. It's what happens when poor thoracic mobility meets constant neck extension.

Riding requires you to look ahead while your torso is low and forward. Your head tilts back for long periods while your upper body stays flexed. This puts your neck into constant extension, forcing your suboccipital muscles and upper traps to work overtime holding that position.

Over time, this creates deep trigger points at the base of your skull and chronic tension through your upper traps. One ride? You recover. But accumulate this over months and years, and your neck is constantly tight.

Here's where it gets worse: if you also sit at a desk all day, you've likely got poor thoracic mobility. Your mid-back can't extend properly, so your neck hyperextends even more to compensate. Now your neck is doing work your thoracic spine should handle.

The solution isn't just massage for your neck. You need to release the neck tension, improve thoracic mobility so your mid-back can extend properly, and strengthen your mid-back muscles to support proper riding position.

As a mountain biker and massage therapist with 12 years of sports massage experience, I treat this pattern regularly.

Use the link (https://kimskim.intakeq.com/booking) to schedule your session, check out my free wellness events (www.kimskim.com/events), or leave me question in the comments.

Address

700 Front Street, Suite 206
Louisville, CO
80027

Telephone

+13036641254

Website

http://www.kimskim.com/

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