Intuitive Hands of Healing Just what is going on in the world

We have so much information offered to us during this age of heighten electronic community. I find myself asking why am I adding another source for people to receive news and information. It is all here on the Internet. Most of what I bring to this site id retrieved form the Internet. All the information and thoughts I can present here from a personal level has been said before. So, I find myself often asking why am I spending so much of my time doing this. Yes, it does bring and maintain an awareness of my private practice, but I could do this in other ways, which would cast less money and take far less time.

I have come to the answer “why not”. This site I have put together to promote healing. Maintaining a web site since 1995, I have worked to mold the web sites to reflect my passion for Massage Therapy and Bodywork Healing on all levels. As best I can, I shall continue to promote concepts, which can help you, sustain health, develop new ways to become healthier, and offer you an opportunity to share ways of being healthy.

The Internet has developed into a tool, which gives rise to the chance for the people of the earth to get to know each other. Now that we are able to form friendships with so many people of the earth who live so far from us we have a chance to see how much we are all alike. I can only hope that I am a contributor to help this happen.

Are you interested in this idea? Would you like to help make this a better place? Your input is welcomed here feel free to send articles, links to your website, or even some thoughts you would like to share. I am sure that there is a place for them here.

Lactic Acid

Lactic acid build up is a primary cause of muscular cramping. It also can be what creates the feeling of stiffness within muscles. Lactic Acid is what the muscles produce when they are working. It is a sticky substance that acts as glue. When there is a decrease in circulation of body fluids the lactic acids collect and crystallize. This is felt as bumps and is most often referred to as knots in the muscles. As Lactic Acid crystallizes and clumps it makes it difficult for oxygen to reach these areas of the muscle. The body has to work harder to perform the same as you expect of it. Most people who experience this feel more tired and blame this sensation on their age.

These knots which decrease the muscles ability to receive oxygen and making it difficult for the muscle to function as it was designed to do can promote muscular contraction. This contraction can be another source of pain. Many times the muscle presses against nerves and leads to secondary pain in a unaffected area. What many times people experience as carpal tunnel is in fact a result of inflamed contracted muscles of the pectoral or shoulder muscles.

Massage helps to break up the crystallized lactic acid. The more these crystals are broken up the more the muscles are allowed to "breath".

The reason it is so important to consume large amounts of water after a massage is because water or clear liquids remove the broken up lactic acids from the body. Water or clear fluids helps to flush the lactic acid out of your system. Lactic acids is a toxin to the body and can lead a person to feel sick while the body is trying to rid itself of the lactic acids.

Integrating Massage Modalities

(by; Mark Raymond ,CMT 06/02/2006)

More and more Bodyworkers and Massage Therapist are combining the multitudes of modalities to form what might be said to be their own technique of massage. There are many styles of Massage and Bodywork. Each has its own strengths. Each promotes healing in a different way. I have found over the many years of practicing massage that I can address an issue from different angles by using various modalities. By doing this I can eliminate restrictions brought on by using only one modality.

When staying within the guidelines of a singular modality I would only be able to address an area of discomfort from one direction. When I combine multiple theories I can address this area of discomfort by utilizing each of the theories, which will compliment each other.

I think the best way to explain this is through an example.

Example: When A person is experiencing lower back pains. I can work the muscles of the lower back only minimally for if I over work these muscles that are already inflamed it will only serve to aggravate them and create more discomfort to the person. If I focus on relaxing these muscles first by massaging them directly I can then massage the supporting muscles of the effected muscles. After this I can then try to address the lower back pain by helping to correct any posture issues by manipulating leverage points. I can then apply Reiki and Polarity therapy to increase balance energetic flows to the lower back area. I can also introduce Hot cold therapy to encourage proper exchange of body fluids to the inflamed area and by doing this speed the healing process. This is a total of six different modalities one of which I have been developing over the past five years.

I have found that the combinations of modalities does help to increase the healing process. It also seems to help the results of the massage last longer.

In my conversations with other Massage Therapist and Bodyworkers I have found that I am not alone in this belief. The one question that it seems to leave with each of us is how do we classify this style of Massage and Bodywork? In my describing what I do to people seeking to understand the type of massage I offer I find myself calling this technique integrated massage. What would you call it?

Quick and Short

(by, Mark Raymond, June, 20 2006) A Fool Walking Troll

I see how beautiful a fool is to you. How wanting of one you are. How beautiful I the fool is to you and your wanting heart. All that I am is all that I have to offer you. All that I shined in through your eyes as you look deep within reaching, seeking from this fool a want painted so well even you see it to be a need that must be full filled in order for you to go forth.

How beautiful this fool to be until that one dreadful day come shine down upon you both. That one day when no longer can the fool fill in the gaps you crave to be filled. It is on this day when you see that this fools hands are no longer full. They are no longer able to mend. It is on this moment that you look deep with in the eyes of the fool and see I to be a troll only dressed to appear as the fool.