Author: Emily Luhrs
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Don’t let the winter dry you out
If you’re feeling tired, cramped, or stiff this season, my best advice is to hydrate your tissue. It’s natural for our tissue to feel more taught now. We tend to scrunch our bodies tight while walking in the bitter cold. Dry winter air and heated homes sucks the moisture out of our system. We may…
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Between a calf and a hard place
The outer edges of the lower legs are a tricky place to really get a deep stretch, but they’re often in need of some loosening on most of us. The peroneal muscles, also referred to as the fibular muscles lie on the outside of the lower leg between the shin and the calf, attaching from the head of the…
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“The body should not be rejected”
A reminder from the new book of a teacher of mine: “…When we feel that love [divine love/ love without object], our entire being becomes that love and the channels in our bodies begin to open. We have to bring our bodies into our spirituality. The body should not be rejected. Enlightenment, transformation, healing, whatever we…
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Yummy side stretches
I keep finding myself recommending that clients lengthen their side body and stretch their infraspinatus, the muscle that covers the lower part of the scapula. When clients experience tingling down their arms to the pinky finger, pain in the front of the shoulder, or rotator cuff, the magic spots to massage are the “trigger points” or…
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Opening the chest to unround the shoulders
Stretching areas that were worked and need lengthening after a session enhances the effects post massage. Whether you’re sitting at a desk or actively using your arms to reach and pull, these two poses can help to relieve upper back and shoulder tension caused by rounded shoulder posture and overuse. Opening up the front body creates more space for deeper…
Emily Luhrs Massage & Cranial Sacral Therapy 