Jet Rupar LMT CMLDT ACSM EP Trusting the process can be a tough thing. Over the last 15 years, I’ve learned a lot of different techniques working with massage, pressure, and the body—and honestly, some of them surprised me. They made me step back and …
By Jet Rupar, LMT CMLDT ACSM-EP Getting to know what’s going on in your body before a massage isn’t small talk. It’s clinical information. Every surgery, injury, chronic condition, and daily habit fits together like a puzzle. Your body is the finished picture. When you …
Massage therapy is more than “rubbing muscles.” It’s a whole-body intervention. When a licensed massage therapist applies pressure to the skin and muscle tissue, we stimulate sensory receptors that send signals directly to the nervous system. We influence fascia (the connective tissue that wraps and …
Jet Rupar LMT Over the last few years, I’ve worked with many people living with a wide range of conditions—chronic pain, fibromyalgia, digestive issues, and more. Many have spent years cycling through doctor’s appointments, steroids, daily pain meds, and rounds of physical therapy. Most end …
By Jet Rupar, LMT CMLDT Have you ever noticed how much a simple touch can convey? A firm grip might feel overwhelming, while a gentle hand on the shoulder can bring an almost instant sigh of relief. The longer I practice massage, the more I’ve …
Jet Rupar, LMT When I was growing up, I didn’t really learn much about how my body worked together to let me do the things I loved. That changed when I began training as a massage therapist—I got more and more curious about the incredible …
By Jet Rupar, ACSM EP-C EIM2 Exercise is something I never really thought about when I was growing up. I was never really encouraged to be physically active by the adults in my life. And in school, well.. I was awkward and never seemed to …
Jet Rupar, LMT, CMLDT, EP-C, EIM-II I know we’ve been talking a bit about exercise and goal setting, and how they help when it comes to doing the exercise thing. While I was in college (ahem) many years ago, I had the ability to go …
Jet Nialle, LMT CMLDT EPC I left off from the last blog post about my surgery and starting on working out more to help aid healing. But we will get back to this (the exercising part) in a bit. At this moment, I would love …
By Jet Rupar, LMT CMLDT EP-C EIM-II Several years ago, I went to a conference through the Society for Oncology Massage (S4OM.org). One of the classes that I attended was on the topic of scar tissue management. I thought it would be an amazing class …