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About Mark the Spot Massage

Mark the Spot Massage Therapy specializes in neuromuscular massage that can help your body heal itself from injury or disease.

Bunions

Unfortunately, genetics is probably to blame if you have a bony bulge at the base of your big toe.
 
Poorly-fitting shoes will aggravate bunions, but they are rarely the cause of them.
 
Toe spacers and inserts won’t fix a bunion, but they may relieve the pain and foot cramps.
 
A good neuromuscular massage will go a long way to relieving the pain and cramps.
 
Surgery should be a last resort.
 
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Your Feet are the Foundations of your Body

When your feet hurt, it can affect muscles, bones, joints and nerves causing knee pain, back pain and even headaches.
Eight out of ten people report pain from their footwear, and most of that is related to poor footwear, not just poorly-fitting footwear.
 
Even though your flip-flops are the most comfortable shoe you own, it may be the cause of foot pain because flip-flops lack support.
 
If you are experiencing foot pain, a good neuromuscular massage will help increase your mobility and reduce the pain.
 
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An Ankle Exercise to Strengthen Your Knee

Sit on a chair and stretch your leg out in front of you.

Use your foot as a pencil and pretend to write.

Your knee depends upon your ankle strength, so the more you can strengthen your ankles, the better.

Neuromuscular massage can help you maintain your range of motion and eliminate pain.

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Strengthening the Muscles around Your Knee

Strengthening the muscles around you knee helps to reduce stress on the knee joint.

Walking for 5 to 10 minutes can help warm the knee up.

Stretch both your quads (front) and hamstrings (back).

Functional exercises such as wall squats, step-ups, and balance exercises are great for knee strength.

Neuromuscular massage can help you maintain your range of motion and eliminate pain.

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Knee Pain from Non-Use

The more sedentary you are, the more likely you will be to develop pain in your joints when you do need to move.

When your knees are used regularly, they can get stiff and become less flexible.

Even a 10 minute walk every day can help with knee stiffness.

Neuromuscular massage can help you maintain your range of motion and eliminate pain.

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Stretch Your Hips

Here’s a way to stretch your hips with varying degrees of difficulty. You don’t have to have a fancy mat or balls to do this exercise. All you need is a can from the pantry.

Place the can closer to you for less stretch, farther away and farther to the side for more stretch.

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Neuromuscular massage can help you maintain your range of motion and eliminate pain.

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Dealing with Frozen Shoulder

Adhesive capsulitis, or frozen shoulder, causes severe pain and limited mobility. It’s more common in women than in men, and the cause is unknown.

It responds well to cortisone shots, stretching exercises, and massage.

Neuromuscular massage can help to maintain your range of motion and ease the pain of a frozen shoulder.

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Recovering from a Knee Injury

If you have had a significant knee injury, you may need pain relief, physical therapy, massage and other therapies such as aquatherapy to regain muscle balance.

We strongly caution against the use of opioids, except immediately after surgery, and in order to withstand the rigors of physical therapy in the first few days after therapy begins.

Please work with your physician, physical therapist, and massage therapist, to reduce the need for opioids within a short period of time after surgery. Addiction to these drugs can be devastating.

Neuromuscular massage can help you regain your range of motion and eliminate pain.

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Knee Injury

Most knee injuries are caused from sudden stops or starts. Sudden pain in the knee should be evaluated for sprains or tears.

Once a diagnosis is made that does not involve surgery, massage can greatly relieve the pain of the injury.

Neuromuscular massage can help you maintain your range of motion and eliminate pain.

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