Waking Up with a Stiff Neck — KnotReset Waking Up with a Stiff Neck The pillow always takes the blame. Maybe it’s too flat, too thick, too soft. Maybe you slept in a weird position. Whatever it was, something happened in that bed and now you can’t turn your head without your whole upper body…

Anatomy Made Simple | KnotReset You know the feeling. You’ve been sitting for a few hours — at your desk, in the car, on the couch watching one more episode — and when you finally stand up, your body doesn’t cooperate right away. Those first few steps, you’re hunched forward, moving like you’re sixty years…

I’ve been doing this work for over fifteen years. In that time, I’ve used a lot of different techniques — some on clients, some on myself, and some I learned just to understand why they work. Not every method is right for every body, and honestly, not every method lives up to its reputation. This…

Most people think sports massage is just for professional athletes. It’s not. If you move — if you train, compete, play recreational sports, or just push your body harder than the average person — sports massage has something to offer you. The idea behind it is straightforward. Every sport and physical activity relies heavily on…

Shiatsu developed in Japan in the early 1900s, drawing from the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The name loosely translates to “finger pressure,” which is a pretty accurate description of how it works. Practitioners apply rhythmic pressure along specific pathways in the body — the idea being that tension and stress can disrupt the body’s…

Swedish massage is the most widely practiced form of bodywork in the United States, and for most people, it’s the first experience they have on a table. If you’ve ever gotten a massage and thought that’s exactly what I needed, there’s a good chance it was Swedish. The technique is built around five distinct strokes,…

You woke up this morning with a pain in your neck. You don’t know when it started exactly — somewhere between the pillow and the alarm. Either way, it hurts when you turn your head to the side, or when you do like this. And now there’s this thing back there. You reach up, press…

A few years into my practice, a woman came in holding her right shoulder. She’d been dealing with the ache for months — tried heat, tried ice, even got a cortisone shot. Nothing stuck. I asked her a question that threw her off completely. “How’s your hip?” She looked at me like I’d lost my…

Most postural problems trace back to the hips. That’s not a controversial opinion among people who study how the body holds itself upright — it’s closer to a consensus. And when you dig into why the hips cause so much trouble, you almost always end up in the same place: a group of six deep…

There’s Always Room for Ice – KnotReset KnotReset Recovery There’s Always Room for Ice Sometimes the hardest thing is just sitting still long enough. Recently, I fell running to BART, and landed real, real hard on my butt. Luckily, I didn’t try to brace myself on wet pavement. I’ve seen too many injuries that came…