Tamara's Massage Therapy

05/05/2026

The SI joint can be a source of low back pain or hip pain and even radiating pain down the leg.

Massage therapists need to make sure they assess for sacroiliac joint involvement when working with clients with hip and low-back pain.

04/29/2026

Life can be very stressful at times. Loss of a loved one, stressful job, health challenges can take its toll on us physically and emotionally. Massage especially during these hard times can greatly help as we work through these challenges.

It's impossible to avoid stress. Find out why massage therapy isn't just for pampering and can help your body and mind find relief.

04/23/2026

Sometimes knee pain is caused by tendinitis. Often I help my clients (and myself) by massaging the tendons around the knee and it relieves a lot of knee pain.

Knee pain without injury isn't uncommon, and can stem from many causes. Arthritis, cysts, bursititis and tendonitis all cause pain, stiffness and swelling.

03/18/2026

Are you being held back in your golf game by tight back hip and shoulder muscles? The right massage can fix that and help you reach your optimum performance.

Athletes push their bodies to the limit, demanding strength, flexibility, and endurance. Whether you’re an avid golfer working on your swing or an athlete striving for peak performance, your muscles take on significant stress. One of the best ways to maintain optimal performance and prevent injury...

03/09/2026

Spring is almost here and often we overdo it working in the yard or preparing the garden beds making us sore and uncomfortable. Get a massage and feel much better!

Follow these spring lawn care tips to aerate, fertilize, seed, mow and water your yard to keep your grass green and healthy.

02/23/2026

Heat therapy has many benefits from improving circulation to increasing elasticity of the muscle tissue. Hot showers, hot baths, sauna are all great for healing and recovery.

Let’s explore when to use heat to treat an injury and the right way to apply heat therapy & where you can go in Hartford County.

02/19/2026

Tennis elbow can be very painful and caused by over working the forearm muscles. This can happen playing a sport, lifting weights or even a work activity injury. The hands and forearm muscles are overworked and become very tight and pull at the tendons in the elbow, causing micro tears. The micro tearing creates painful. Inflammation around the elbow, were tendons attached to the humerus bone. I help my clients with tennis elbow by loosening up the muscles in their forearms and hands taking stress off the tendons and massaging the tendons around the elbow for improved circulation and pain reduction.

The pain of tennis elbow is caused by damage to the tendons that bend the wrist backward away from the palm.

11/20/2025

What is a knot in your muscle? I have heard so many explanations and basically it can be caused by many things . . . Maybe emotional stress and tension or tight fascia or muscle tissue that’s decreasing circulation and causing nerve pain in that area or a build up of metabolic waste in the tissues causing spasms and soreness.
Improving circulation in the area will reduce that tight sore tissue and help relieve pain.

“We think that a knot is a chronic change in the tissue where there’s a decrease blood supply,” says Dr. Clifford Stark, almost like a tiny patch of cramped muscle tissue.

11/05/2025

This is just a reminder to get in some daily stretching!

10/29/2025

Many of my clients who deal with chronic pain find relief by getting regular massage therapy. Life experience can be transformed from coping with pain and popping Advil to having no pain. Often times massage therapy can make that life change.

Let’s explore the history of massage, the variety of massage techniques available, and most importantly, how massage can treat your chronic pain!

09/19/2025

A rotator cuff can be injured by the repetitive motions of a sport or by daily repetitive motions done at work, etc. Small tears can accumulate with chronic stressors. Massage can stimulate healing and workout soreness pain and scar tissue and increase range of motion again..

Deep tissue and trigger point massage for rotator cuff injury will remove the muscle knots and adhesions you may experience from the injury.

09/15/2025

It is no wonder that tight neck muscles can trigger headaches. It is a challenge stretching theses muscles yourself. Massage helps stretch and relax these muscles.

This article provides an overview of the neck muscles, their anatomy, origins, insertions, actions, and innervation. Click now to learn more at Kenhub!