Heal Young Massage Blog

Something worth documenting from a recent force plate squat assessment at Heal Young Massage. From visual observation alone, the restriction was already identifiable — left hip limitation at approximately 40% squat depth, with tension transferring up through the trunk to the right shoulder. But the force plate data revealed a second layer that observation could not reach. Because of that restriction, a basic squat could not be performed with a stable and repeatable movement s

A clinical reflection on lower back pain, assessment, and why the same symptom can have seven completely different causes. It started as an ordinary Tuesday. Seven clients. Back to back. Every single one of them with lower back pain. By the time the last one walked out, I had spent the day doing something that rarely happens so clearly in a single session: watching the same symptom, lower back pain, arrive through seven completely different doors. Not one of those seven peopl