Power of Touch Therapy in Massage & Bodywork

In modern society, the Power of Touch Therapy in Massage & Bodywork  is vastly under-appreciated, yet highly valuable…

Living On The Leading Edge of Advanced Bodywork and Life Itself

As you get to know us, you’ll understand more about The Edge. It is one of our central keys to providing great bodywork for people and managing many of the aspects of your own life and self.

The short story is that too many people think that what some people call deep tissue therapy has to be painful to work. On the other hand, there are therapists who seldom, or never, work deep enough. This leads to many customer complaints that a therapist works either too deep or not deep enough.

But that’s different for every client, and the amount of pressure needs to be adjusted for each client, at different times. One level of pressure does not fit everyone, and it often changes quite  a lot, even within the same massage or bodywork session.

Therapists who think they always know intuitively how much pressure is “just right” are probably kidding themselves much of the time. Yes, you will get better at intuiting how much is Just The Right Pressure. Yet there are always clients with “surprises” hiding in the soft tissues that almost make them jump off the table. Or as least be very uncomfortable.

The best results come when your Client is well within their Edges of pain, meaning they LIKE (or are neutral about) what they are feeling, and are not having to tolerate the pressure you are applying to their skin, muscles, and fascia.

Clients should be INVITING, not FIGHTING, the sensations you, the therapist, are stimulating in their body. Intensity of Sensation is fine. But NOT if the sensation is so much they start to RESIST what you’re doing.

They should be RELAXING into the pressure you stimulate with your therapy, not RESISTING it.

Therefore, the Goldilocks Rule works well. Some pressure it too much, some is not enough, and some is Just Right! It’s our job to help you learn to find and apply that just right pressure for each client.