Knead the Knots with Katlyn, R.M.T

06/02/2026

It may suck in the moment... but it works

06/01/2026

✨Tiffany's Massage Availability This Week ✨

Take some time to invest in your health and well-being with a customized massage treatment designed to help you feel your best.

Services Offered:
• Therapeutic Massage – Focuses on relieving tension, reducing pain, and improving overall mobility.
• Deep Tissue Massage – Targets deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue to help with chronic tightness and stubborn knots.
• Prenatal Massage – A safe and nurturing treatment designed to support expectant mothers by reducing discomfort, swelling, and stress.
• Cupping Therapy – Helps improve circulation, release fascial restrictions, and decrease muscle tension.
• K-Taping – Provides support to muscles and joints while promoting movement and recovery.

Benefits of Massage Therapy

Regular massage can help reduce stress, ease muscle tension, improve circulation, promote better sleep, decrease headaches, enhance recovery from physical activity, and support overall physical and mental wellness.

Whether you're looking for pain relief, relaxation, pregnancy support, or recovery from daily activities, each treatment is tailored to your individual needs.

📩 Message me to reserve your appointment before these spots fill.

Phone: 780-617-0030
Online booking: Kneadtheknots.janeapp.com

05/28/2026

Tomorrow’s availability with Tiffany ✨
Friday appointments open at:

• 10:30 AM
• 11:45 AM
• 1:00 PM

Offering Swedish, deep tissue, therapeutic cupping & prenatal massage

Message to book your spot or phone 780-617-0030. Online booking also available at kneadtheknots.janeapp.com

05/23/2026

Hey everyone,
I am slowly regaining more strength and movement in my lower leg, ankle, and foot. With the airboot I am able to weight-bear longer. Please bear with me as I start to reschedule clients. As well, my schedule will remain closed until June 15th.
Thank you for the well wishes and understanding 🤍

05/17/2026

Katlyn here; I am unable to accept any new bookings for the next month, possibly longer. I missed a couple stairs and badly injured my ankle. Until I am able to manage some weight-bearing I will be out of commission. Please bear with me as I will be cancelling appointments the week they come up. If you have an appointment between May 19 - 22 I will be cancelling these appointments. The following week will be dependant on how I am feeling. I am very sorry for the inconvenience I know this will cause. If you are in desperate need, Tiffany will be available.
Thank you for your understanding 🤍

04/30/2026

Massages availability with Tiffany for Thursday and Friday this week.

Book online at kneadtheknots.janeapp.com
Or by phoning 780-617-0030.

04/17/2026

You'll often hear me say, "it's not about treating muscle anymore. I want the white tissue". This post is a great, simple explanation to what I do when I treat using RAPID.

Pain treatment is not about muscles.

The magic lives in the “white stuff”, the ligaments, periosteum, tendons, retinaculums, and those connective tissue anchor points that so many therapists skip right past.

These tissues matter because they can be incredibly reactive. They are often the spots sending the loudest danger signals, especially when they have been overloaded, irritated, or just stuck in a sensitized state.

That is why treating pain is not about digging into the biggest muscle you can find. The real win is finding the most meaningful interface.

When we stimulate these tissues with precision, we are not “breaking up scar tissue” or pretending we fixed damaged tissue in 10 seconds. We are giving the nervous system a very specific input at a very important spot and then checking what changes.

And that is the part we love most.

You do not have to guess.
You test.
You treat.
You retest.

When pain drops, movement improves, or function changes, that tells you you found something that matters.

Not chasing muscles.
Just finding the right target.

03/25/2026

Medicine is always evolving. Something that worked 10-20 years ago may not work as well as we thought. It's always important to keep up with medicine. Say NO to ice and NSAIDs and YES to movement and treatment. This is becoming a more popular choice in sports injuries.

Don’t do it, don’t suggest it.

Do educate your clients on the potential harms, and tell them to move their bodies for the most efficient relief.

“Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are the most widely used analgesics to treat inflammatory pain. Despite their efficacy, recent studies show that NSAID use in early acute pain can prolong pain and inflammation and delay their resolution. We suggest using analgesics without inflammation-related properties in early acute pain instead of NSAIDs.”

03/25/2026

Worth the read.

If almost everyone over 40 has a shoulder “abnormality,” maybe the image isn’t the diagnosis.

Shoulder MRIs love to look important.

The problem? They often show “abnormalities” that have very little to do with why the person actually hurts.

A large population-based study found that 99% of adults aged 41–76 had at least one rotator cuff abnormality on MRI. Not a typo. Ninety-nine percent. And most of those findings were in people with no shoulder pain at all.

So when an MRI report comes back loaded with tendinopathy, partial tears, fraying, degeneration, or a full-thickness tear, we need to slow down before acting like we just found the smoking gun.

Because we probably didn’t.

In this study(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2025.7903), tendinopathy and partial-thickness tears were just as common in painful shoulders as pain-free shoulders. Even full-thickness tears were not clearly tied to symptoms once other clinical factors were considered.

That means a positive MRI does not automatically answer the question -
Why does this shoulder hurt?

A better question is…
Does this imaging finding actually fit the clinical picture?

It may matter more when it lines up with things like a clear traumatic event, sudden strength loss, or a meaningful ongoing functional deficit.

Otherwise, we run the risk of anchoring on the scan, scaring the patient, and chasing an incidental finding like it is the whole story.

And honestly, language matters here too. Calling every age-related change a “tear” can make patients feel broken when what they may be seeing is simply a very common structural change that comes with age.

The point is not to ignore imaging.
The point is to stop worshipping it.

Use the scan as one piece of the puzzle.
Trust the history.
Trust the exam.
Trust your reasoning.

Treat the person, not the picture.

02/25/2026

I'll be placing an order this week. If anyone would like to order something (free shipping!) let me know! The tallow balm is a staple in our house.