Love Yourself Therapeutic Bodywork

Check out my new Shoulder Mobility playlist; the first video, “Shoulder Warm Ups,” drops today at 9 am on YouTube.

The shoulders carry what we do not always notice. A long workday, the hours stuck in one place, the quiet tension of holding it together.

This is the first video in a new Shoulder Health series. A simple warm-up of arm circles in three positions, finished with a cross-body stretch. Do it at your desk, after a flight, or before the rest of the videos in this series.

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Watch the full video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7JdIRjOVVIU

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I am Erin, a licensed massage therapist with 24 years of experience, specializing in Myofascial Release.

Seated Adductor Stretch Video goes live today at 9am on YouTube.

Your inner thigh muscles and your lower back are more connected than you might realize.

The adductors attach all the way up into the p***c bone. They help stabilize the pelvis and the leg together. When they are tight, that stability shifts, and the lower back starts compensating. This stretch addresses that connection directly.

I walk through a single-leg version and a wide-leg version. You can use a rolled towel or yoga mat under the knees if you need support. Toes back towards you, sit tall, and let it slowly open. Stretches take time. We are not pushing through, we are slowly lengthening with the breath.

Part of my Low Back Relief Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD8kgncGKGSLb6Uy73e2p3P_jdh02z17B

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Your Lats (latissimus dorsi) and QLs, (quadratus lumborum), are essential to lengthen to reduce tension in both your shoulders and your low back. The mermaid stretch reaches them both.

Knees go one direction, feet go the other. Sitting mostly on one side of the hip, reach up and over in the direction your knees are pointing first. That is the direction of ease. Then reach toward your feet for the bigger, deeper stretch.

Go back and forth slowly, with your breath. It often feels different after a couple of rounds.

Watch the full routine in the Low Back Relief playlist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD8kgncGKGSLb6Uy73e2p3P_jdh02z17B

Book a session: https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/LoveYourselfTherapeuticBodywork/services?src=external