Katie Keaton Medical Massage

12/23/2020

This is one of the first things I look for when people come to me with sciatic pain that goes down the leg.

🔈 RELATIONSHIP OF SCIATIC NERVE TO PIRIFORMIS

(A) The sciatic nerve usually emerges from the greater sciatic foramen inferior to the piriformis.
(B) In 12.2% of 640 limbs studied by Dr. J. C. B. Grant, the sciatic nerve divided before exiting the greater sciatic foramen; the common fibular division (yellow) passed through the piriformis.
(C) In 0.5% of cases, the common fibular division passed superior to the muscles where it is especially vulnerable to injury during intragluteal injections.

06/10/2020

People are experiencing 'skin hunger' after months without touching anyone

https://www.insider.com/people-have-skin-hunger-after-months-without-touching-anyone-2020-6?fbclid=IwAR0mVkkQaWc9yl9oCCSPqPE4uAmyA6PymqyQc-ZZ6zaVnnHt57cAkumTmuw

People NEED touch!

"Skin hunger" is a human touch deficit that's linked with worse health. Nothing can replace the need for touch, but some strategies can tide you over.

10/30/2019

Think Pain Is Purely Medical? Think Again.

As a massage therapist, I'm obviously focused on the 'bio' part of the biopsychosocial pain model. But if you live with chronic pain, this is definitely something to think about and look into.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pain-explained/201910/think-pain-is-purely-medical-think-again?fbclid=IwAR2hJOhSDGCj7oCw9N91EVH_gr25RfxNrnZDyqlG4gTDiu83pkNpBXNj5_8

Pain isn’t simply a medical issue—it's psychological and social, too.