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Abdomen & Core: The Center Isn’t Just Your Abs

Abdomen & Core: The Center Isn’t Just Your Abs

Abdomen & Core: The Center Isn't Just Your Abs“Core” usually makes people think of crunches.Anatomically, it's much more interesting.Rectus abdominis, internal and external obliques, transversus abdominis, diaphragm, quadratus lumborum and other structures...

Breathing Muscles: Massage and the Space for Breath

Breathing Muscles: Massage and the Space for Breath

Breathing Muscles: Massage and the Space for BreathBreathing is movement.Your diaphragm is the primary breathing muscle, but breathing also involves the ribs, intercostals, scalenes and a collection of accessory muscles that can become increasingly active when...

Shoulders & Shoulder Blades: Creating Space for Movement

Shoulders & Shoulder Blades: Creating Space for Movement

Your shoulder is less like a simple hinge and more like an extraordinarily coordinated floating system.The trapezius, rhomboids, levator scapulae and serratus anterior position the shoulder blade while the rotator cuff helps control the arm inside the shoulder...

The Face, Jaw & Head: Where We Hold More Than We Realize

The Face, Jaw & Head: Where We Hold More Than We Realize

The Face, Jaw & Head: Where We Hold More Than We RealizeA massage at Sagewind Massage & Bodywork doesn’t necessarily begin with the biggest muscles. Sometimes the smallest areas tell us the most.The temporalis and masseter are powerful jaw muscles, and they...