So many of my Bay Area clients have tech jobs, or jobs that require long hours at a computer. Over the past twenty years, I’ve seen an epidemic of shoulder issues: pain and tightness around the shoulder, sometimes extending into the neck.
Companion issues. Clients may also experience nerve sensation down an arm - it might feel like tingling, numbness or pain. They may notice issues in their wrists or hands. They may have limited range of motion in the shoulder, or in the neck, ex. “I can’t turn my head.” It may also be accompanied by tension headaches.
This is something that I also experienced in my previous tech career. It sometimes turned workdays into a real sufferfest. Since I had real personal involvement with this issue, it’s something I really paid attention to in my training as a massage therapist. And I’ve been drawn to classes and research on this topic ever since.
Massage For Tech Shoulder. Back in 2018, I used that, and 1,000's of hours of "hands on" knowledge of what worked for clients (and what didn’t) to develop a massage tailored to people that spend most days at a computer or laptop - Massage For Tech Shoulder.
This massage is designed to reduce neck and shoulder pain, and give you greater mobility. Each session is customized to your unique situation, but often it includes special work on the front of the shoulder, arms and hands, as well as the more standard-yet-super-satisfying “work where it hurts” on the neck, tops of the shoulders, and between the shoulder blades.
How It Works. The muscles of the rotator cuff - the movers of the shoulder, which extend in all directions away from the shoulder joint - are often out of balance in this population. So we systematically work through all of these muscles, creating more balance for the entire shoulder. How? Massage elongates “short and tight” tissue, and resets its resting length. In releasing overactive areas, and addressing this area plus the neck, clients often experience dramatic reductions in pain levels, and see increased range of motion.
Want to learn more about one of the most common shoulder muscular imbalance patterns I see daily in tech workers? Check out my article on Upper Cross Syndrome.
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