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About
Art Riggs
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Art
Riggs is a Certified Advanced Rolfer® and massage therapist who has been
teaching bodywork since 1988 and now sells Myofascial release videos and
manuals worldwide. A lifetime of hard physical activity and high level
athletic pursuits including ultra-marathons led him to bodywork, first
as a grateful recipient, and later as a student. The fulfilment he
experienced in both receiving and performing bodywork led him away from
his graduate studies in Exercise Physiology at the University of
California, Berkeley to a full time career as a Rolfer® and teacher of
Deep Tissue Massage. He has conducted numerous workshops for health spas
and for medical professionals, including physical therapists, and has
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the first ten years of his practice, he specialized in myofascial
release at a physical therapy clinic where an interest in the treatment
of injuries was cultivated. He has worked with several Olympic athletes,
professional football and basketball players, and professional dancers
and musicians to treat injuries and to improve performance. However, his
teaching and the practice of working with the general population to
provide a better awareness of their bodies and allow more ease and
comfort in their everyday lives remains the most gratifying aspect of
his work.
Art Riggs lives and teaches
in the San Francisco Bay Area. See Art's website
http://www.deeptissuemassagemanual.com
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Articles
by Art Riggs
 The following files are in
PDF format, which can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Deep
Tissue Massage by Art Riggs
Part 1. The tools
Deep
tissue massage is becoming increasingly popular, and training in
these skills is often a prerequisite for employment at spas or in a
medical setting. However, the tools of deep tissue massage and
myofascial release are perfectly applicable to gentle and
relaxation-based massage and not the sole (proprietary) domain of
structural or highly-refined specialty therapies.
(Articles written for Massage & Bodywork
Magazine) |
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Deep Tissue Massage by Art Riggs
Part 2. Stroke Intention
Every stroke should have a specific purpose
behind it, and this intention is definitely not limited to
“structural” work. Even the lightest relaxation based work must be
performed with a specific goal behind each stroke.
(Articles written for Massage & Bodywork
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Deep Tissue Massage by Art Riggs
Part 3. Body positioning
With the positioning options presented here,
you should now feel free to creatively combine both tools and stroke
strategies to suit your needs.
(Articles written for Massage & Bodywork
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