Subscapularis Muscle

The Subscapularis is a triangle shape muscle that is part of a group of muscles responsible for the movement of the upper arm and shoulder that make up the rotator cuff.  Its the strongest muscle in this group of four rotator cuff muscles..  It is located under the shoulder blade (and behind the rib cage) with its function been to stabilize and rotate the shoulder joint and is the most used muscles in the shoulder. It is a muscles...

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My Happy Place

It was not too long ago I was challenged with a "7 Day Grateful Challenge" on Facebook, which was just such a blessing to do sharing some of my life that I am truly grateful for. So when I was asked to share "My Happy Places" by my beautiful friend Erica Mathieson Langston, how could I refuse, knowing what a joy a similar project bought me. Knowing the woman of God Erica is, I first took the time to read where she found her happy places and the...

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Occipital Muscle Group

The Occipitalis Muscles are a small group of muscles named mainly because of the attachment to the base of the skull (occipital bone).  This muscle group is responsible for moving the scalp back, keeping the head in its proper up-right position, raising your eyebrows, wrinkling your forehead and wiggling your ears. These muscles can contribute to headaches, migraines, eye pain and neck tension if one is squinting or slouching excessively...

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Sciatic Pain & Massage

The Sciatic Nerve, largest nerve in our bodies, runs from the lower back through the buttocks and down the leg to the foot, connecting the spinal cord with the leg & foot muscles. Pain is typically felt from lower back to behind the thigh radiating down below the knee. Sciatica is nerve pain from irritation of the sciatic nerve; mainly compression of the nerve. The goal is to promote circulation in this area to reduce/relieve the pain and...

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Hamstring Massaging - Prevention or Injury

The hamstrings are made up of 3 muscles, semitendinosus, semimembranosus & biceps femoris. These muscles are responsible for bending the knee and extending the hip, as in kicking a ball!  Getting regular massages will keep this muscles flexible and healthy, minimizing chances of injuries or strains.  A tight knot or lump will be detected early and worked out before becoming a weak point for future injury! Injuries are often...

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TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE

The TRAPEZIUS Muscle is a large superficial diamond shape muscle that spans the neck, shoulders and mid back region.  It is often the most affected by stress.  Tension in these muscles can cause neck pain, stiffness and upper back pain. This muscle pain often feels like an aching or burning sensation between the shoulder blades extending up the neck. It can be caused from stress, bad posture and lower back pain that moves upwards due...

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BENEFITS OF A MASSAGE FOR AN ATHLETE/ACTIVE PERSONS

Whether you are an athlete or an active person who excises regularly getting a massage has many benefits here are some of them: - stimulates blood & lymph flow to prevent muscle fatigue - reduces muscle tension & stiffenss - increases range of motion - promotes relaxation - improves performance - faster recovery therefore enhances performance - increases flexibility - improves sleep & so many day to day benefits. You only have one...

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Why Massage!

Many systems in our bodies are affected by massage either directly or indirectly. Massage relaxes and stretches muscles reducing tension or cramping, it makes muscles more flexible by reducing muscle tone. Muscles are quickly restored after exercising with regular massage. SKELETAL system is affected indirectly by massage due to the the improved circulation of blood bringing more oxygen and nutrients to the bones. Joint stiffness and pain can...

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Inspirational: Accountability

Inspirational:  Accountability  What does the word accountability mean to you?  I use to look at it as a reason to rebel, as I always thought the person/or situation was what had control over me, as I sort of felt I had to answer to them if I didn't follow through!  Little did I know! The awareness of this word started to make more sense as I started to commit myself to different projects in my life.  I realized if...

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Inspirational: Perserverance

The last six months has taught me so much about perseverance when it comes to my weight loss & fitness.  The first three months of hard training and good eating I was not seeing any results, however I was surrounded by the right training people and I kept it going. I persevered through thick and thin, weight up  weight down; energy up energy down and so much more.  One of the things that keep me moving forward was...

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Simply Heavenly Bodyworks: Massaging

Finally now I am sitting down to start writing, putting together my blog!  I have been so blessed to be able to pursue one of the things that I am passionate about and that is massaging.  For many, many years I always got massages on a regular basis and have learnt and believed in the benefits of it.  I finally took the plunge to embrace this passion as a career and I now am a CMT (certified massage therapist), working...

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Bootcamp in the park

Well when it comes to exercising, I consider myself to have been a yo-yo exerciser (if there is such a thing).  I have always been a fairly active person but believe my problem was I got bored after a couple months.  I would join a gym for a few months then stop, tried yoga, moved onto jazzercise then stopped, returned back to gym many times, then do absolutely nothing & hit running on the road for a couple months...

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About me

Well let me start off first by introducing myself, my name is Tracey (I am South African so my spelling and grammar, from my homeland is going to be different to other English speaking countries), I am a mother of 2 wonderful grown up sons and I have 2 beautiful grandchildren who are partly responsible for me taking the action I have taken with regards to my fitness and health. I am 48 years old and married, for the second time to...

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