Vital Edge
Journal

What I see, and
what the evidence says

Every second week: one question, answered properly, with the limits stated.

Why this exists

Most of what you read
about massage is unsourced

Not wrong, necessarily. Unsourced. The claims that sell this trade travel without a study behind them, and the ones with a study behind them are usually smaller than they sound. These are the pieces where Jonathan shows the working: what was measured, in how many people, and what he sees in a room that no trial has counted.

  1. Sports massage or deep tissue: why I charge the same for both

    The two names describe when and why you are being worked on, not two different sets of hands, and what actually decides the hour is a conversation rather than the label you picked at booking.

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