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with Peter Black, Licensed Massage Therapist since 1991

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July 28, 2024

You Know You Need to Start Doing Something to Live a Long, Healthy Life – But What?

This is for my friends and clients who tell me things like → I know I need to do something, such as exercise, because I’m starting to notice I don’t have much energy these days. Plus, I don’t sleep that well and my back and neck hurt. And I’m only 40! I’m getting old, I […]

Category iconaccident prevention,  cardio and strenght training,  Health and wellness,  healthy life,  More energy Tag iconCardio,  Healthy Life,  Massage

June 4, 2024

From Elite Athlete to Computer Captive: Why Deep Tissue Massage Works

What exactly IS Deep Tissue Massage? Deep Tissue Massage is a style of massage, not a specific technique. First – In Deep Tissue, the therapist’s movements are slower. Your massage therapist’s movements will generally be slower, allowing you time to take a deep breath and absorb the sensation in your body. When a massage is […]

Category icondeep tissue massage,  Health and wellness,  Massage Tag iconDeep Tissue,  Deep Tissue Massage

Sports Massage

April 27, 2024

Sports Massage – Why Is It So Much Better Than Swedish Massage for Pain Relief?

What is Sports Massage, and how is it different from Deep Tissue Massage or Swedish massage? Why should I request it? (Hint: you don’t have to be into sports!) Think Specific focus (Sports Massage) versus Overall soft focus (Deep Tissue Massage). People who come to see me for Sports Massage usually want deep tissue-style bodywork […]

Category icondeep tissue massage,  Health and wellness,  Massage,  sports massage Tag iconDeep Tissue Massage,  Recovery,  Sports Massage

August 6, 2023

Got 15 Minutes a Day to Get Out of Pain? Part One – Low Back

Got 15 minutes a day to STOP your Low Back Pain forever? Read on: In this blog, I will share with you the ways I help clients and myself with low back pain. How to get out  – and STAY OUT – of pain. I will go over massage techniques, stretches, and a couple of […]

Category iconaccident prevention,  Health and wellness,  Massage Tag iconexercise,  Massage,  Recovery,  stretch

June 16, 2023

Three Tips to Guarantee Your Bicycle Season Isn’t Derailed by Joint Pain

Bicycle season is here! Portland offers so many great trails and bike adventures – no one wants to be sidelined from getting on their bike because of preventable joint pain. Especially not during the prime season! Our three cycling self-care tips will give you more power so you can ride faster and further and will […]

Category iconhealthy life,  Massage Tag iconHealthy Life,  Massage,  stretch

April 3, 2023

Peter: What Type of Massage Do You Do?

Here is the simple and short answer: If you want Deep Tissue, which is what 70% of my clients ask for, then I do Deep Tissue. Yes, I can go deep, IF that’s what you want. No one has complained about pressure that is too light or too deep in 30 years during a regular […]

Category iconaccident prevention,  deep tissue massage,  Health and wellness,  Massage,  sports massage Tag iconDeep Tissue,  Healthy Life,  Massage

February 22, 2023

How One Stretch Stopped My Back Pain and Changed My Life

Does your low back ever hurt?  My low back hurt for more than ten years, and the only solution my doctor(s) gave me was pills. There was never any mention of stretching, exercise, or physical therapy. I still recommend you go to a doctor like I did so that they can rule out anything serious, […]

Category iconHealth and wellness,  healthy life,  Massage,  More energy Tag iconHealthy Life,  Massage,  stretch

January 10, 2023

Good Sleep: The Secret Weapon of Elite Athletes and Straight-A Students!

Do you crave sleep or fight sleep? Are you so driven and ambitious that you feel sleep is a weakness which gets in your way? Or are you the opposite? You sleep so poorly that you struggle to stay awake in meetings or at work when you are performing detailed work like surgery? What you […]

Category iconGood Sleep,  Health and wellness,  healthy life Tag iconHealthy Life,  Massage,  Recovery

September 19, 2022

Your Calling Awaits – How I First Discovered My True Passion for Massage

Massage Therapy? What’s that? I grew up in Dallas, Texas, in the 70s. During my whole time there, until I left at age 18, I never once heard of Massage Therapy as something people did. It just didn’t exist in my small world. It was a different world then. Most people in Dallas focused on […]

Category iconHealth and wellness,  healthy life Tag iconFollow Your Dream,  Healthy Life,  New Beginnings

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Welcome to the Listening Hands Blog

Aloha! Welcome and thank you for coming to my blog page.  I say Aloha because I lived in Hawai’i for 30 years and I have learned that it is a perfect greeting for anyone whose world intersects with mine.

After many years, my love of helping people feel better and my love of writing have merged. So, I will be posting regular blogs on my favorite and most useful DIY health and wellness tips.

Feel free to email me with your ideas and questions.  I want to know where you need help or where YOU have been helped!. Plus, a writer can always benefit from new material.

Stay well, feel better!
Peter

Recent Posts

  • You Know You Need to Start Doing Something to Live a Long, Healthy Life – But What?
  • From Elite Athlete to Computer Captive: Why Deep Tissue Massage Works
  • Sports Massage – Why Is It So Much Better Than Swedish Massage for Pain Relief?
  • Got 15 Minutes a Day to Get Out of Pain? Part One – Low Back
  • Three Tips to Guarantee Your Bicycle Season Isn’t Derailed by Joint Pain

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2610 SE Clinton Street Suite E
Portland, Oregon 97202

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