by Ristine Williams | Oct 3, 2012 | All Articles
By Jennifer Shaw, LMT, cPT at Bodywork In Austin, and Guest Blogger I can hear all the birds of Austin chirping and chattering and flat-out squawking outside the window in front of me, but all I can see is the bright front yard and Eastside street. The early fall,...
by davidl | Aug 7, 2012 | All Articles
A goodly part of our brain is still “reptilian”. We react, automatically, to excess stress with tension, readying to run or fight. One place where many of us still experience a bit of the reptile in our own bodies, is in the jaws. When you are angry and...
by Ristine Williams | Jul 15, 2012 | All Articles, Massage Careers
By Jennifer Shaw, Austin Massage Therapist and Guest Blogger One of the most common comments people make to me when I tell them I am a massage therapist is something along the lines of, “Wow, Austin is really saturated with massage therapists, isn’t it?” The statement...
by davidl | Jun 23, 2012 | All Articles
Fascia, the primary connective tissue in our bodies, is “thixotrophic”. This is the chemical property of certain natural substances (such as some clays in the soil, paints, some condiments) such that, when we add activity to them (such as pressure, heat,...
by Ristine Williams | Jun 13, 2012 | All Articles
by David Lauterstein I say to so many of our students, especially when they start the internship, that each person is a gift. It is such a gift, for both for therapist and client, to explore the layers of fascia, muscle, and bone and to see how you can make a positive...
by Ristine Williams | Jun 4, 2012 | All Articles
by Kaia Petin It’s been nearly 10 years since I earned my massage therapy license from Lauterstein-Conway. To be honest, it’s only been in the last 2 years that I feel successful when I tell people that I’m a massage therapist. And now, I absolutely love my job...
