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Tag: alternative healthcare

Posted on October 21, 2018May 5, 2019

The Mission

A question I've posed to myself lately as a massage therapist has been this: "What makes me different?  Why should someone come to me for…

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811 West Poinsett Street
Greer, SC 29650
864-593-0905
kelly.handsthathear@gmail.com
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handsthathear

📍Greer, SC
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💆🏻‍♀️💆🏻‍♂️ Integrated | Prenatal | Aromatouch | Lymphatic Drainage
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$5 from every service goes to missions. 🌏
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Someone once told me: “I don’t need a massage Someone once told me: “I don’t need a massage because I don’t get sore.” This is like saying: “I don’t need to exercise because I’m not overweight.” We wait for symptoms to arise before we take care of our health versus taking care of our health to preserve us from arising symptoms! It’s time to shift our mindset of what “being healthy” really means. 💛🌿
Introducing my newest service addition: cupping th Introducing my newest service addition: cupping therapy! 🎉🤗 Now offered in my Deep Tissue and Integrated sessions. It is truly one of my new favorite modalities, as it releases lymphatic and circulatory stagnancy, tight fascia, and muscular adhesions, which preps the body for the most effective deep tissue massage. 🤯 Here are some fun facts (& more coming soon in my stories!)👇🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • Although widely-used today, cupping therapy is not new! One of the oldest medical textbooks in the world, the Ebers Papyrus, describes how the ancient Egyptians used cupping therapy in 1,550 B.C. 📜 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • Cupping has been found to affect the body up to 4-10 cm into the tissues. 📏 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • There are roughly a dozen different types of cupping therapy — ones that use herbs, others that use heat and acupuncture needles. The type I perform is with silicone cups called “movement cupping”, which doesn’t leave purple marks. 💜 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • Cupping creates REVERSE OSMOSIS through its negative pressure, which allows for better product penetration of all essential oils I use on the body. 🌱
I’ll always remember one of my massage instructo I’ll always remember one of my massage instructors telling us during class: “Right now I can scan my body and pinpoint exactly where my hidden tension is.” At the time I had no idea how he knew his body so well, but now I have become aware enough to know where every whispering ache is (and there’s quite a few today). Just like a cough can turn into a cold, a sore muscle can turn into a headache! Catch it before it’s too late! We were given these warnings for the purpose of heeding them.💡
Prepping for a special event tomorrow hosted for h Prepping for a special event tomorrow hosted for homeschool moms 👏🏼 I cannot wait— moms deserve massages!! Especially on this table— are you seeing all these layers of comfort?! 😅 I was telling one of my clients the other day that when I get my monthly massage I ask my MT to come to my office specifically to use my table, because it is just THAT comfortable. I’ve yet to find a better comparison. 🤪🤩
Someone once said: “When you have your health yo Someone once said: “When you have your health you have a hundred dreams and when you don’t, you have just one.” 💜
You don’t have to wait till the New Year, or the You don’t have to wait till the New Year, or the weekend, or something big to happen TO you to start something new FOR you. You can start over this very morning by making your health a priority in your life. For example, this morning I woke up and instantly grabbed an entire glass of water and mixed in some Diatomaceous Earth to immediately start purging, because I know today is going to be a long day and less sleep = less immunity! It can be that simple. Let’s head into this New Year— and new decade!!— strong. I know some of my own personal New Year’s resolutions in 2020 are to return to Haiti, become a certified reflexologist, and to have the best health I’ve ever had which will include getting more than one massage a month. 👏🏼 Anybody else? 🙋🏻‍♀️
The past two months I’ve been blessed through my The past two months I’ve been blessed through my business to give $220 to Hannah & Jackson, two missionaries in Kenya. ⠀⠀ Hannah & Jackson have lived in Kenya for eight months and are currently doing chronological Bible teaching amongst the Samburu tribe. They are involved in men's and women's fellowships that focus on discipleship and the teaching of God's Word. They long to see the Gospel take hold in the hearts of the Samburu people by laying a biblical foundation that is rooted in the entirety of God's Word. ⠀⠀ $5 from every massage goes towards missions like these each month. Your massage impacts ➡️ your muscles 💪🏼 ➡️ your blood & lymph circulation 🩸➡️ your mental health 🧠, in turn, impacting ➡️ the spread of the Gospel 7,000+ miles away in the Samburu tribe. 🌍 Wow, my heart is full. ❤️ ⠀⠀ #massagewithamission #blessedtobeablessing
A special THANK-YOU to every person who has suppor A special THANK-YOU to every person who has supported this dream during the rush of this Christmas season. 🎄❤️✨ Each of you are appreciated more than you realize! And if you are like me and are still scrambling for last-minute Christmas gifts, a customized e-gift card for a massage is always a good idea. 😉 [Linked in bio]. ☺️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Merry Christmas Eve Eve!
Massage therapy is more than muscles. When you bet Massage therapy is more than muscles. When you better muscle tonicity, you are not only affecting that individual muscle, but all that surrounds it—blood, lymph, and organ function. This is why healing takes place. ✨
As the approach of the celebration of Jesus nears, As the approach of the celebration of Jesus nears, I reflect on His life. His arms were often reaching out to others and touching the place of pain— blind eyes, lepers’ spots, the ear of the servant Peter cut off. 2 Corinthians 4:10 says that we always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. I often forget how blessed I am to take part in reflecting just one small area of Jesus’ life— touching the pain. After all, if we are His, we are His body, and reaching out our arms to touch others is a vital part. Are His arms reaching in you?
So honored to be a part of @bodyworkspt.llc open h So honored to be a part of @bodyworkspt.llc open house this evening and for the opportunity to have a live interview with Dr. Ashlee DeNooy (she is amazing!) about my business, the clientele I serve, and my passion to help those with chronic illness and pain. 💛 Here’s just a snippet 👆🏼
How often do we touch inanimate objects vs real pe How often do we touch inanimate objects vs real people? How often am I holding my phone, my steering wheel, my cup of coffee instead of someone’s hand? A question that has plagued me recently. If we were to measure the difference it would be drastic. Were our bodies really made for all this plastic interaction? ⠀⠀ No wonder therapeutic touch is so needed today, and so simultaneously effective. 🙌🏼
Some middle of the week encouragement 👈🏼👏 Some middle of the week encouragement 👈🏼👏🏼🙌🏼 What seeds have you planted in faith? Waiting for them to come to fruition is not enough— we must work at it, pray over it, surrender it, nurture it, and set it in a place of growth. The fruit is coming!
The past month of October I was blessed through my The past month of October I was blessed through my business to give $90 to @vom_usa, specifically to provide Bibles to persecuted Christians around the world. The remnants of this particular Bible are cherished, even after being damaged in a church fire. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ $5 from every massage goes towards missions like this every month. 🌎 ⠀⠀ 📷 by @vom_usa || ⠀⠀ #massagewithamission #blessedtobeablessing
YOU are all my gifts. 💛 Feeling exceptionally g YOU are all my gifts. 💛 Feeling exceptionally grateful to serve you all today. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ •• Full testimonial in my bio from another one of my prenatal clients 💛
Our neck and shoulder muscles get a lot of daily g Our neck and shoulder muscles get a lot of daily grief as we live in a media-dictated culture. 📲 Releasing them has to be a slow and patient process. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The following videos are a quick example of an Integrated session with me for those with chronic neck pain (any other upper body pain, like in the shoulder, has to be released FOLLOWING release in the neck, since they are connected.) Due to my Integrated sessions being CUSTOMIZED per individual my technique is always different, so these videos are just examples that merely scratch the surface. The following is an example of a protocol👇🏼 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • One of the very first things I do in releasing neck tension is long, slow myofascial release along, and sometimes directly on, the posterior spine all the way up to the occiput. Myofascial release is generally critical for me to perform first, as it is the best way I can assess the health of the tissue and state of tension. This can take up most of my time before the muscles have released— and is also when people tend to fall asleep!— as it is incredibly relaxing (I personally think way more than Swedish massage 🤷🏻‍♀️). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • When myofasical release isn’t enough, I use a vibrational tool which does WONDERS (not pictured in video), which doesn’t require pressure of any kind yet is very effective. ⚡️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • Once the superficial tension has eased I start working at a deeper level to find trigger points that are causing the main source of pain. 👊🏼⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • I generally end with a hot towel compress if the injury is not acute combined with @doterra essential oils that aid in pain relief. 💆🏻‍♀️💆🏻‍♂️
The saying is true! Consistency is key. 👊🏼 The saying is true! Consistency is key. 👊🏼
I adore my Himalayan Salt Lamp, and, contrary to p I adore my Himalayan Salt Lamp, and, contrary to popular belief, I didn’t purchase it just for looks! Authentic Himalayan Salt Lamps, when properly heated, may include the following benefits: ⠀⠀ • Purify and ionize the air • Emit negative ions which balances our electromagnetic field and protects against germs in the air • Neutralize toxic frequencies from technology ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 💜
Are you thriving or just surviving? What needs to Are you thriving or just surviving? What needs to happen in order for you to make that positive shift? ☀️
I believe the art of touch is one of the most POWE I believe the art of touch is one of the most POWERFUL God-given forms of healing we as human beings possess. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Yet it is lacking. ⠀⠀ Receive touch and give it today. Your health depends on it. 💛
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