If you sign up for Google Alerts on sports performance and golf stretching, a ton of articles recommend techniques to improve range of motion. Allowing the body to warm and stretch can prevent injury and increase your capabilities.
As an avid yogini, I’ve experienced dramatic changes in my flexibility through the Rolf method of structural integration as well as with Thai massage. An example is being able to keep both shoulders down when doing a cross body twist, or raising my arms from next to my body to stretched above my head without lifting my upper back off the floor.
Dubbed “yoga for lazy people,” a Thai-yoga massage practitioner stretches and breathes with you, helping to open up your body and to invigorate pressure points along meridian lines. On Sunday afternoon I received some wonderful work by a student taking a continuing education course in Thai massage training at Golf Pain Free AZ.
Never had a Thai-yoga massage? It’s quite different from the table massage that you’re probably more familiar with. First of all, you’re clothed in a loose t-shirt/pants and there’s no oil application. This is fantastic for people who have a modesty consideration and don’t feel comfortable being undressed with a therapist. It’s also great if you hate that greasy feeling after a treatment or don’t want anything directly applied to your skin. Overall, it can help you reach farther and stand taller, enhancing movement and joint mobility. I highly recommend it! Namaste
Advanced Therapeutic Bodyworks
3110 S Rural Road
Suite 103
Tempe, AZ 85282
(480) 225-2313


