With an apology to the Beatles I am starting this blog post with a line from their lyrics: “… you can start to make it better”. I’ve always suspected that “Hey Jude” was written with massage therapy in mind. With words like “any time you feel the pain”, or “the movement you need is on your shoulder”, how can you not? “Make it better” is the whole essence of our profession. You see, as massage therapists, we are rarely able to fix a health problem outright, but almost always w

In the March 2019 blog post “Go With the Flow” I went through some general effects of Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD). Here let's get more specific and talk about the benefits of MLD for expectant mothers and their babies. * Calming Effect. Pregnancy causes profound changes to a woman’s body and is also a time of an emotional upheaval, where euphoria and expectation alternate with fear and anxiety. The stress of this emotional roller coaster leads to increased maternal heart