Uncategorized Category

New Services offered

🌿 Music & Massage Therapy with Alice – Serving Gatesville, Purmela & Beyond Hi, I’m Alice—a dual-certified Music Therapist and Massage Therapist with years of experience supporting seniors, individuals with disabilities, and those receiving hospice care. I’ve transitioned from a traditional office in Evant to a more personal in-home model, offering sessions at my home […]

Read More

Intrinsic Muscles of the hand

Reprint from ABMP Bodywork magazine https://www.abmp.com/massage-and-bodywork-magazine/intrinsic-muscles-hand A client of mine had pain and dysfunction in one of her hand intrinsics—the first palmar interosseous (Image 10B)—which was functionally impairing her life. In my 40 years of practice, she is the only client for whom detailed knowledge of this muscle mattered, but for her, it was 100 […]

Read More

Super Power

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had? I am very good at remembering people‘s name. I know that sounds like a silly skill in some ways, but it tends to make people feel appreciated when you recall their name. I frequently wish I had a superpower of making lots of […]

Read More

Where you will find me

This is a view of the Paluxy River in Glen Rose, TX. In two weeks, my husband, Michael and I will be hosting a NATRC competition here. I’m the secretary I wanted to ride the ride, but I am starting to doubt myself a little. Being in ride management is a big responsibility, but I […]

Read More

google is hiding my business

For no apparent reason Google is hiding my business:Adagio Massage and wellness at 142 US Highway 281, Evant, TX 76525. They claim I have Deceptive Marketing practices. I have sent in a video showing I’m the owner of this business and here is what I get back. I did the things it said to prove […]

Read More

New protocols for injuries

https://www.physio-network.com/blog/ice-for-acute-injury/? I’m always telling people to ice their sore muscles. While this article is about acute injury, I thought it was interesting enough to repost. Check out the link to read the whole article.

Read More

Erik Dalton tipsy

https://www.facebook.com/groups/erikdalton/permalink/3830459473872521/? Low Back Z-Joint Pain: Addressing Facet Joint Syndrome In this week’s Technique Tuesday newsletter, blog post, and demonstration video we discuss low back pain related to the mechanical wear and tear of the zygapophyseal joints (commonly called facet joints). An injury, repetitive stress, obesity, weak posture, and aging articular cartilage may change the way […]

Read More

Who are my favorite people to be around?

What if my favorite people to be around are actually animals? What does that say about me? I’m not sure that’s entirely true because I like people a lot, but I enjoy being around my animals. Even today, when the weather was frigid, I did not truly mind going outside to break up ice and […]

Read More

Settling in

Adagio Massage and Wellness is opening it’s doors to membership for the wellness center. Behind the curtain to the right is the restroom. There is a corridor, so anyone working out can use the restroom, even if I’m in a session. We have one more door to install and a hot water heater, but we […]

Read More

My Dream Home

My dream home doesn’t come in any particular shape or size. It’s more about how well it’s organized. I had a Victorian house in Rockport, IN, in the ’90s, and it was pretty dilapidated. However, when I sold it after 2 years, the people who bought it did so much with it, and I always […]

Read More