The reason behind the take-home exercices

 I know that as a massage therapist, I give to my clients something to do at home after each massage, maybe a new thing or just to continue what you already been doing and seemed to work for you. But here is why it is important that you actually do the stretch or strenghting exercice we gave you at the end of the massage. As a massage therapist, I see you for a massage one or 2 times a week, sometime every 2,3, 4 weeks. During the massage, I usually work on the muscles that need more work and see how tense they are. But between appointments, you continue with your daily life. What we don't realise, it's often something in our everyday life that will effect our posture and will produce that pain. The exercice that is given at the end of the massage is to try to bring back your posture to where it should to be the optimal posture(what have been descrive as the posture to have to not have pain, or problems). The problem might be just a habbit we have(like the way we sleep) or a certain muscle that need to be stretch or be stronger. And by doing so, you continue my work as a massage therapist. If you want to feel better you have to be active in the proccess!