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What Your Movement Shows. What the Table Confirms.

Illustration showing a client's uneven hips and shoulders on video, a hands-on table assessment of the pelvis and ankles, and a scale from compensation to overcompensation

By David Iler, LMT, CPT. Licensed massage therapist since 2004, certified personal trainer, and founder of Iler Method® massage therapy in Austin, Texas Quick answer: Compensation is how every body stays upright around its natural asymmetry. Overcompensation is when the muscles doing that job work too hard for too long. They tighten, knot, and stop […]

Why Doesn’t Foam Rolling Fix My Pain? The Roller Isn’t the Problem.

Worn black foam roller on a wood floor beside a massage table in an Austin massage therapy room

She brought the actual roller to her session and asked what she was doing wrong. She wasn’t doing anything wrong. Here’s what a foam roller can and can’t reach, and why the tightness comes back on schedule.