Is there a specific body part you really enjoy working on, and why?
Hmm, this is a good question.
I like working on different parts for different reasons. I like working on people’s hands and forearms, because most massage therapists only give a cursory treatment to them. The tension we hold in our hands and forearms commonly works its way up into the shoulders and neck and chest, because of the way our fascia connects them together.
Another area I enjoy working is in the hips. They are central to achieving good posture and balance and the deepest relaxation in the body, because they connect to every other part of the body: the head via the erector spinae group, the arms via the latissimus dorsi, the abdomen and chest via the quadratus lumborum and rectus abdominus, etc, and the legs, of course.
The shoulders fascinate me, especially the scapulae and the 15 muscles that attach to them. From memory: supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, teres minor, teres major, trapezius, serrator anterior, levator scapula, rhomboid major, rhomboid minor, pectoralis minor, omohyoid, bicep brachii, triceps, and corocobrachialis. All that muscle allows each scapula to move in amazing ways, but the complexity also makes them vulnerable. Deciphering the interaction of shoulder issues always intrigues me.
Really, though, my favorite part of the body is the part I am working on at the time I am working on it.
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