All-G Vitality Massage Therapy-Longmont, CO

I offer abdominal massage as part of all of my full-body sessions, when the client is comfortable with it. I believe it’s important to work this central area of the body because it provides so much of our strength, stability and support in nearly everything we do.

The re**us abdominis, obliques and intercostals can become tight or rigid, while the fascia and other connective tissues around the torso can also become restricted from stress, posture, repetitive movement or other dysfunction.

I like to work the abdomen and torso with slow, broad strokes that wrap underneath the body, helping warm up the QL, lower back and upper hip tissues as well.

I usually finish with a friction technique I created in massage school called “the ring of fire,” which wraps up the entire area with a little extra movement and heat. ✨🔥

A few focused minutes on the arms can make a big difference for relief in the neck and shiulders.
I start with lighter pressure to warm the tissue, then move into deeper forearm, wrist, hand, and upper arm work to support mobility, circulation, and relief from everyday tension.
This clip is sped up ~4x to show the full flow I often include in a full body session.

If you've been out running, hiking, playing sports or doing bucket lists activities like marathons and inclines this year, your calves are probably tight and a little sore like mine! Try some simple calf raises or wall stretches to help get a nice stretch and add some length for recovery. If you have a cold plunge or fresh river around for some contrast therapy, it's helpful for inflammation and recovery too. What else is on your bucket list this summer?

We did it and sub 5 hours! First Marathon in the books✅ It was a perfect day running the last weekend! Thanks for all the support and special shout out to my lovely wife and badass training partner for pushing me to my peak vitality 🙂 wow!!

As I've been training for the marathon coming up this Sunday ( my first evaaa!), I've been working on loosening up my hips as they can get really tight after running and giving a lot of bodywork. This hip flexor stretch is great at targeting many movers in the hips. Main things to keep in mind are ensuring the back foot is dorsi flexed with toes on the ground, pelvic floor is forward and glutes are engaged. Other stretches I enjoy to target this area include figure four on my back and pigeon pose with a little support to help me sink in. What other stretches do you like to keep loose in the hips?

Traction is a great way to stretch out the axial skeleton to help make a little space in the vertebral column. Whether hanging on a hand hold, a straight bar, door henge or tree limb, just find a place that allows you to have full extension and let gravity do the rest. For some extra lower back relief, try out a vertical table. I've found this super helpful when training or working a lot which tightens up the lower lumbar area. If you have any thoughts or questions, please leave them below in the comments.

Happy Earth Day everyone! Hope you're enjoying this beautiful day and feeling connected to our amazing Earth and doing something to help you feel grounded and connected to nature today! Whether hanging with pets outside, gardening, picking up trash or just enjoying the serenity of the great outdoors, I hope Spring is treating you well and the benefits of connecting with our earth is flowing through you! As a little special earth day offer, save $30 on any session by using Coupon Code Earthday30 when booking any session for the remainder of April through clicking the link in my profile. DM me with any questions!

After settling my clients and checking range of motion and structural posture, I start to warm up the back of the neck and shoulders like the upper traps and levator scapula to get things moving and relaxed.

Then I move to the front of the neck, especially the SCM, where a lot of tension tends to build up without people realizing it. All that time spent looking down at your phone or working on a computer slowly takes away your neck’s natural movement, shortens muscle length and reduces flexibility.

Over time that can lead to stiffness, discomfort, and even headaches. Getting things moving again and restoring balance front to back can make a big difference in how your neck feels day to day!

After settling my clients and relaxing the parasympathetic nervous system, I use a zero balancing technique that is a style of structural integration.

This allows me to check the skeletal tension along the spine and rib attachments along with any muscle tension and knots in the area. Then a quick check of the scapula and palpation of the rotator cuff muscles. I then come back to the cervical spine with gentle petrissage all the way up into the suboccipitals finishing with gentle traction at the back of the head.