Staff Spotlight: Elizabeth Childress, Licensed Massage Therapist
On Being Present: Struggles of a Frantic Girl
It’s hard to believe that it has been nearly four months since the official opening of White Willow! It’s been great. Now, at the end of October, I’ve hit a good routine. I feel settled into my treatment room and happy in our office. It’s all perfect, really. A couple of weeks ago, when I realized that…
Self care: Preventing A Breakdown
Image source: Society for Psychotherapy Do you ever have those days where you feel like all you do is run, run, run and still feel like you’re behind? Maybe you skip lunch one day or only get a few hours of sleep another day. Or maybe you don’t realize that you were so caught up until…
Massage Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that is currently incurable, but treatable. The symptoms range from mild to severe, coming and going, while never going away for good. Like any chronic disease or syndrome, it can be hard to cope with the constant pain, fatigue, and variety of other symptoms. Fortunately, also like many…
Spotlight: Charley Caudill, Licensed Massage Therapist and Professional Birth Doula
When is your birthday? December 28th, right in between Christmas and the New Year. Where are you from? I’ve lived in Lexington for a while, but I’m originally from Viper, a small town in southeastern Kentucky. What is your favorite massage modality to practice? I’m especially drawn to the subtle modalities, specifically CranioSacral Therapy. This…
Spotlight: Breanna Kinman, Licensed Massage Therapist
When is your birthday? My birthday is September 25th, which is just in a few days as a write this. My husband’s is, oddly enough, the 26th. This year we’re going out of town for a weekend trip. Where are you from? I’ve lived in Lexington since I was 3, so I consider it my…
Inside Out: A Massage Therapist’s Take
Inside Out, Pixar’s newest movie, delves into the brain and processes of our emotional lives. While it is obviously quite fictional (we don’t actually have tiny people in our heads, according to science) there is a lot of truth to the situations that Riley and her gang of emotions get into. As massage therapists, we know that…