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Cupping

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Dynamic Cupping
25
Dec

Quietly often I still get asked what is cupping and how does cupping work? Firstly, Cupping is a type of alternative therapy based on placing cups on the skin to create suction. Indeed, the suction would pull the skin up from the muscle layer, drugging back the fascia layer seating below it. Cupping is gentle […]

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Remedial Massage Strokes

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Remedial Massage
19
Nov

Strokes that we use as Remedial Massage therapists. As previously mentioned, a remedial massage is different from a relaxation massage. Indeed, a remedial massage aims to speed up the recovery process from an injury or musculoskeletal dysfunction. Therefore, in a remedial massage, we use a bigger variety of strokes, and we can dive them into […]

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Remedial Massage

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Cupping Session Remedial Massage
11
Nov

In this post, I talk about Remedial Massage and how this technique is applied in my services. What is a Remedial Massage? How does it work? Where did I train for this type of massage? As per the name, remedial massage aims to improve the quality of life of the clients, by giving a remedy […]

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Fascia

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Fascia Photo
30
Oct

Fascia. What is Fascia? Why it is so important? How does it work? How Thai Massage can help to improve fascia mobility? Fascia (from Latin: “band”) is a band or sheet of connective tissue, mainly made of collagen, that seats below the skin and attaches to, stabilizes, encloses, and separates muscles and other internal organs. […]

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Lower Back Pain

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
lower back pain
21
Aug

Lower Back Pain Lower back pain is a condition which can deliver lots of stress and can affect our daily habits. It can be a terrible experience to live, as it can make many tasks difficult or impossible to take. Here below you will find a series of questions and answers in regard to my […]

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Upper Cross Syndrome

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Upper Cross Syndrome
30
Jul

What is, Upper Cross Syndrome? Upper cross syndrome (UCS) is a common posture imbalance that affects many people nowadays and it is caused by repetitive poor posture habits. The body‘s muscles work in coordination with another one to keep our posture erected along the Plumb Line. The Plumb line is an imaginary line that runs […]

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Dive in, to let it go…

Posted on by Giovanni La Rocca
Time to let go
07
Jul

In this post we are going to talk about “Dive in, let it go”   Often we get told that we should ” let it go “. How easy it is to say such a thing, but how hard it is to do so. When I was studying in Thailand to be a Thai Massage […]

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