By Oleg Bouimer, LMT, CMMPLos Angeles, CA Welcome back! In the second part of this article, let me expand on some practical ways of incorporating Chi into your professional work and, ultimately, into daily life
This article is the author’s opinion, and Oleg Bouimer, LMT, CMMP, deserves to have his say, and we should listen. I have known Oleg Bouimer since 1992, and I continue to be fascinated by him professionally a
By Othon Molina, PhD, LMT In this article, we will discuss the general principles of successful somatic rehabilitation of injured athletes. TISSUE EVALUATION BY RESISTANCE TESTS To accurately assess muscles, te
By Othon Molina, PhD(c), LMT Athletes live and breathe by one thing – optimal performance. What stops them on this quest are injuries. Thus, preventing injuries in the first place becomes important. Howev
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM’S THERAPIST By Angela Bitting, BA, LMT, CMMP When someone asks me what it’s like to travel with the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, my first
Why is the 2–3-hour window after eccentric exercise so important? To answer this question, we will also use an article published in the Journal of Massage Science (Sep/Oct 2009) by our sports massage expert O
Here is the chain of events that contributes to muscle soreness and fatigue after eccentric exercise. Again, we will use the publication by Cheung et al. (2003) as a guide because it summarizes everything beaut
By Oleg Bouimer, LMT, MA Who is a Sports Massage therapist? There are different answers to what seems like a very simple question. Some therapists use Swedish Massage with deeper pressure and call it Sports Mas
FIELD REPORT By Kara Mirarchi, MMT I have been a Sports Massage Therapist since 2005 and played soccer semi-professionally before that. I have had the honor and privilege to represent our country as part of the
By Oleg Bouimer, LMT, MA The history of modern sports massage starts with Paavo Nurmi, the “Flying Finn”, who won 12 Olympic medals in three consecutive games (1920, 1924 and 1928). He was the first athlete
