Polson Thai Therapeutic Massage

08/18/2026

A special day at my office.

08/07/2026

This Saturday!

08/07/2026

It’s available at Polson Thai Therapeutic Massage.

Have clients been asking you about CBD products? The conversation in sports recovery is shifting to CBDa, and there's a real difference between the two.

CBDa is the raw form of CBD, preserved before processing, and research suggests it may absorb more efficiently and do more at the tissue level. Our newest sponsored blog with Kriva covers what that means in the treatment room: what therapists are reporting on client guarding, tolerance for deeper work, and recovery between sessions, plus what to look for in a professional-grade product (NSF Certified for Sport, independently tested, THC-free).

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08/07/2026

Head forward posture, rounded shoulders, looking down at your phone or tablet, wearing a heavy backpack, etc can cause neck, shoulder, and back pain.

08/06/2026

Thai Advance Medical Massage is available at Polson Thai Massage here in Polson, MT💓

08/05/2026

Love what I learn and love what I do.💓

07/30/2026

Why Thai Medical Massage??

One of the most important parts of the assessment is identifying which muscles are preventing the deep core from firing. If these restrictions are not addressed first, the nervous system will continue using compensatory muscles for stability, and the deep core will not activate efficiently.

For example:

* Delilah’s case: After releasing the multifidus and longissimus, the deep core immediately tested strong.
* Luis’s case: After releasing the diaphragm, the deep core became strong.
* Sarah’s case: Bilateral re**us femoris tightness was preventing the deep core from activating. After releasing both re**us femoris muscles, the deep core fired normally.

These cases demonstrate that the deep core is not always weak because it lacks strength. Often, it is inhibited by overactive muscles that have developed through long-term compensation. If those restrictions are not released first, core activation exercises alone are unlikely to produce lasting results.

After the restrictions are released, clients must activate the deep core, then strengthen the weak muscles according to the movement pattern identified during the assessment.

For clients with an anterior pelvic tilt, posterior pelvic tilt, hip drop, or hip high pattern, the strengthening program must be specific to that dysfunction. These movement patterns have often been present for years, so a few minutes of reconnecting the deep core during treatment is not enough to change them. Without consistent home exercises, the nervous system will return to the old compensatory pattern, the deep core will stop firing efficiently again, and the dysfunction is likely to return.

The goal of the home program is to follow the correct sequence:

1. Release the muscles restricting deep core activation.
2. Activate the deep core.
3. Strengthen the weak muscles based on the movement pattern identified during the assessment.

07/30/2026

Love her food.💚

07/30/2026

Why breathing is so importance to our daily life.

When stress stays high, the nervous system remains in fight-or-flight.
Muscles guarding, breathing becomes shallow, circulation drops, and pain shows up without a clear mechanical cause.

Massage helps by slowing the nervous system down. Through steady touch, pressure, and guided breathing, the body receives a signal of safety. When that happens, muscle guarding decreases, circulation improves, and the breath begins to drop deeper into the body.

Diaphragmatic breathing matters because the diaphragm is connected to the nervous system.
When it moves fully, it stimulates the vagus nerve, lowers stress hormones, and tells the brain the body is safe.
That’s when muscles start to let go.

As a Massage therapist I can feel it immediately on the table. When I ask a client to slow down and breathe into the belly, the guarding softens. Suddenly I can work a little deeper, change my angle, or stretch further without pain or resistance.

That’s why massage alone isn’t enough. Clients need to relearn how to breathe at home so the body doesn’t return to stress mode

@ Polson Thai Therapeutic Massage.

07/30/2026