Back Pain, Iliopsoas and the Lucky Monkey

by Greg Morling

The vertebral column was originally designed to act as an arch. Take a look at the monkeys and gorillas who inspect us as we wander the zoo. When we became upright, the spine had to act as a weight – bearing column. Anthropologist from the University of Missouri, Carol Ward (2010), explains that [...]

Significance of Touch, Skin and Intent

Greg Morling

Several years ago I was at dinner in the United States with the Benny Vaughn, the great American sports massage therapist. I reminded him that we had both been speaking at a massage conference in Melbourne in 1998 and he had explained to me that we (massage therapists) all do basically the same thing. [...]