by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
The other day we began a new class. One of the teachers welcomed the students saying, “This course is going to be the best time in your life. Because you will get, in the next months, the most massage you will ever get in your whole life.” And I thought,...
by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
“Our most sacred convictions, the unchanging elements of our supreme values, are judgments of our muscles.” Nietzsche Muscles aren’t mostly for movement. We sense with them. We sense with our muscles and their nerves. Through them we’re aware...
by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
“The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society – more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.” – Charlotte Perkins Gilman It’s interesting that New Year’s resolutions are usually so...
by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | David Lauterstein
I wonder sometimes in articles on alternative medicine why massage isn’t mentioned more prominently. It is, BY FAR, the most utilized of all alternative therapies. I suppose that may mean it’s not “news”. But massage therapy and bodywork,...
by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | Anatomy, David Lauterstein
by David Lauterstein Origin – Medius: Anterior gluteal line of ilium, Minimus: Inferior gluteal line of ilium Insertion – Greater trochanter of femur Action – Flexion of extension; medial or lateral rotation and abduction of thigh Antagonist – Adductor magnus...
by Ristine Williams | Mar 14, 2012 | Anatomy, David Lauterstein
by David Lauterstein, LMT Origin: Ischial tuberosity; medial 1/3 linea aspera (short head of biceps femoris) Insertion: Semimembranosus: medial condyle of tibia, Semitendonosus: proximal, antero-medial aspect of tibia, Biceps Femoris: head of fibula Action: Extention...
