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We want you to get the most out of your sessions with our therapists. They are invested in helping you heal your body and genuinely care that you take steps towards getting better during each treatment. Often times, they need a little help from you to see the best results. The...

Let’s talk about feet! We keep hearing that people don’t think of massage therapy to address foot problems. At Body Fix Therapies in Sacramento, we treat foot pain all the time. Now you are probably wondering what type of food problems we can handle. Anything you would go to a...

One of our biggest pet peeves is finding out that someone that we care about has been dealing with a musculoskeletal issue and didn’t call us because they didn’t think we treat that specific injury. We address all kinds of musculoskeletal problems, and if for some reason we can’t...

Many of our patients don’t quite understand what a pinched nerve is. They come in saying their pain is not muscular; it’s a pinched nerve. Or they say their pinched nerve is acting up. Let us clear up what exactly a pinched nerve is, what can cause it, and ways to treat it. What...

Many people today are hesitant to hire an attorney after a car accident. You might think an attorney will make the process longer or more arduous than it needs to be. Maybe you feel that you are being litigious like one of those people that file frivolous lawsuits. At Body Fix...

If you are ever in a car accident, it is essential that you set yourself up to get the care you need. You might feel fine after the crash while your adrenaline is still pumping, and you might not think there is anything wrong. But, in the days after you may start feeling sore,...

Car accidents are stressful, painful and can have a huge impact on your everyday life. Unfortunately, they are incredibly common, 230,853 Californians were injured in auto accidents in 2014.1 If the unthinkable happens and you are involved in an auto accident you will need a team...

Going slow in massage therapy treatment is more difficult than going fast, and it requires you to spend more time with each patient. Many therapists have no idea that they need to go slow because massage school does not teach this. Usually, the first thing you learn in massage...

There are benefits for you as a therapist to go slow. There is less force on you when you engage the tissue and sink in as the body allows you instead of forcing your way in. The amount of energy you are using is just a fraction of what most people would use in deep tissue...

Last week I talked about how your treatments can be less effective if you go too fast. This week I will explain the benefits of slowing down. You can sneak past mental and physical guarding when you slow down. The body feels safe and will accept the changes when you coax them...