How Sports Massage can help your prepare for the London Marathon
MASAJ Therapist, Winston takes a deep dive into the benefits of making sports massage an integral part of your running plan. Exploring both the clear physical and psychological benefits that sports massage can provide, here he discusses how to effectively integrate massage therapy into your training up to the big day and beyond.
Treatment Deep Dive: No.2 Deep Tissue
Here we speak to MASAJ Therapist, Penelope Swann, all about her journey into becoming a bodyworker, what she loves about the medium and her favourite treatment to give, deep diving into our No.2 Deep Tissue massage.
Anatomy of the Month: Sternocleidomastoid
Each month we’re highlighting a part of the anatomy that we think needs a little air time. Who better to run us through than MASAJ Founder and anatomy expert Scarlet!
This time we’re focusing on the Sternocleidomastoid, one of the largest and most superficial cervical muscles. Our therapists love to work on this beauty, so we thought you should know just why it’s so important…
Anatomy of the Month: Temporalis
Each month we’re highlighting a part of the anatomy that we think needs a little air time. Who better to run us through than MASAJ Founder and anatomy expert Scarlet!
This month we’re focusing on the Temporal Muscle, also known to therapists at the Temporalis, and what an important role this muscle has…
The Psychology of Touch
MASAJ’s resident scientist Alan Gray explores the psychology of touch, and why it has such a deep effect on us - relieving stress and stimulating the same brain regions associated with social bonding.