The best Christmas makeup looks match both the event and the weather: an easy, sweat-friendly glow for Christmas Day, a polished but not overdone face for the work Christmas party...
After ACL, meniscus or kneecap surgery, massage and lymphatic drainage fit in at different stages. In the first weeks that means only gentle post-op lymphatic drainage above the knee, and...
Scoliosis is a sideways curve of the spine, and because of that curve some muscles work harder than others, which can leave them tight, tired and sore. Massage for scoliosis...
Whiplash is a neck injury from a sudden back-and-forth jerk of the head, most often in a car accident, and the best time for massage for whiplash is after a...
Period cramps are tight, aching pains in the lower belly that often spread to the lower back and thighs, and massage for period cramps uses gentle, warm, slow strokes to...
A pulled muscle is a strain, meaning a muscle stretched too far or slightly torn, and the best time for massage for pulled muscle pain is after the first few...
Tight calves and calf cramps usually come from calf muscles that worked hard or stayed on their feet too long, whether that's a run, a long shift or a day...
Shin splints are a dull or sore ache along the inside edge of your shin bone, usually from running or training more than your legs were ready for, and massage...
A tight IT band is a thick strip of connective tissue along the outside of your thigh that tugs on the knee, and IT band massage works on the muscles...
SI joint pain is an ache low on one side of your back, often near the top of the buttock, that comes from the sacroiliac joint where your spine meets...
Piriformis syndrome is buttock pain, sometimes with pain down the back of the leg, that can come from a tight piriformis muscle pressing on or irritating the sciatic nerve, and...
Jaw clenching often comes with a tight jaw, sore temples and a stiff neck, and TMJ massage works on the muscles around the jaw, neck and head to ease that...
QL pain is an ache on one side of your lower back that comes from the quadratus lumborum, a deep muscle beside your spine that works overtime when you sit,...
Massage for carpal tunnel and wrist pain from typing works on the forearm, wrist and hand muscles that overwork at a keyboard, and it can ease the tightness there, but...