Massage, Reiki & NMT with Leah Fuxa

02/25/2020

Hey guys! It’s been awhile!

04/10/2016

It's Healthy Hips Week. As Australia's only hip dysplasia health promotion organisation we would love your support getting this information out far and wide.

02/08/2016

08/21/2015

Learn about chronic "systemic" inflammation in the body and how to prevent it.

Chronic inflammation can be the result of a malfunctioning immune system; it is actually rooted in an unhealthy (inflammatory) diet and lack of exercise.

08/15/2015

06/23/2015

Here is an overview of the foundational structures of the SI joint.

Thanks for the info. I have rheumatoid arthritis, and it has moved into SI joint on the left side. This is helpful information to have.

06/10/2015

Or a massage therapist 😊

04/14/2015

This could be you:

01/04/2015

The Pectineus muscle is a short strong muscle sandwiched between the Psoas major and the Adductor Longus. It is a powerful adductor of the hip joint, but it also helps to flex the hip. It is an ‘easy to forget’ muscle but it’s trigger points may be a major source of persistent “internal” groin pain. It may present as groin strain, hip pain, post hip replacement pain during rehabilitation, post hip fracture pain, hip pregnancy pain, postpartum groin pain, pain during sexual in*******se/ hip adduction exercises (gym) and osteoarthritis of the hip.

CAUSES: Leg splint/cast, foot/ankle problems, sudden overload due to gymnastics, football/ice skating, soccer, horse riding, skiing, cross-legged sitting.

The good news is that Pectineus lends itself readily to trigger point therapy. Because it is a short lever, the technique we suggest is NAT supine. With the hip in flexion and abduction, identify the taut band by getting the patient to adduct the hip against resistance. Locate the trigger point in the middle of the taut band and then ask the patient to relax. Using your elbow, gently press on the trigger point and build up pressure until you find the heart or ‘sweet spot’. Compress and hold until you feel the trigger point yield (this may take unto several minutes). Don’t come away to soon, gently come away but keep some of that (hard one) wound-up fascia and move your elbow in a clockwise direction. This allows you to approach the trigger point from a different angle, often enlivening a different part of the trigger point map. Go around the clock face pausing on the trigger point until the point is fully disabled. Follow this with a gentle stretch into abduction.

12/02/2014

The levator scapulae muscle is implicated in a range of shoulder and stiff neck problems. It elevates the shoulder to the ear. It is often overworked when we are tense and/or stressed. Massage can help a lot and trigger point release and self stretching work can be hugely effective and beneficial.

INDICATIONS Stiff and painful neck with limited rotation of cervical spine, long-term use of walking stick, neck pain and stiffness, problems turning neck (e.g. driving).

CAUSES Road traffic accident (RTA), holding telephone ear to shoulder, side sleeping with wrong pillows, backpacks, poor posture, sustained habits or occupation, TV/monitor position, stress and tension, cold/flu or cold sores, sports (swimming front crawl).

ADVICE Avoid holding telephone shoulder to ear. Reduce stress. Occupational. Air conditioning. Passive stretching. Heat and warmth. Scarf. Change walking stick position.

12/02/2014

Gluteus minimus is a small hip muscle which bunches up just beneath its larger partner - gluteus medius. Like the gluteus medius, the minimus is a major source of of trigger point pain. It is a small flat muscle which lifts the leg upwards when you lye on your side (scissors). Although a smaller deeper muscle, symptoms of an active gluteus minimus trigger point can radiate all the way down the outside of the leg to the outer part of the ankle. When active you might expect one or more of the following symptoms: Pain sitting to standing, pain at rest/walking/side lying, night pain (may wake), hip replacement, sciatica/pseudosciatica, leg length discrepancy, postural issues, hip pain in bed, arthritic hip and post hip surgery.

CAUSES: Sitting on wallet, sports injury (tennis, running, biking), trauma from fall, motorcycling, standing on one leg, sitting cross-legged, hip/knee/ankle injury/fracture +/- leg casts.

Self Help: Try using a pressure point ball or a tennis ball and leaning against a wall or lying on the floor; You can also use a foam roller on your side and roll up and down the outside of the thigh until you hit the "west point".

You can perform this 1 - 3 times per day for one to two weeks or until the symptoms have remitted. Follow it with general massage and with a stretch.

11/20/2014

Divinely aligned!

10/29/2014

Visualize Healing 💖