Joining the podcast today is someone Cameron highly looks up to in the health and wellness industry. Her very own massage therapist, Tommy Hammond, is discussing far more than a relaxing spa day. As wonderful and beneficial as it is to treat yourself and find ways of relieving stress, Tommy is someone who takes a session with you to help find you solutions to better your life and manipulate your tissue so your body can function at its optimal level.

With a background in sports therapy, a specialty in physical manipulation, and commitment to continue to evolve his understandings and discover more about both the male and female anatomy, he has now created a fully packed lineup of clients due to his knowledge on such disregarded topics and his ability to share these discoveries with other individuals.

In today's episode, Tommy covers the following topics:

1. What it looks like to unlearn and relearn different perspectives on the body.
2. Why he believes scientists and leaders in the industry are leaning into a more holistic approach.
3. The Shoe Analogy - how overall simple solutions have been overlooked and what bigger issues they can cause
4. Tommy's discoveries, one in particular being with the female body. We discuss visceral manipulation and what it is, why many people women have never heard of this, and what benefits it can provide for our bodies.
5. How trauma and stress affect our bodies and if it is true that we can hold onto some of this in the soaz muscle which could then affect the viscera.
6. What kind of inventory can & should we be taking when an injury happens so that we don’t rely too much on other muscles or areas of the body to make up for the lack of another.
7. The new culture mentality of we’ll hustle until we’re dead. Why there is a problem with this way of thinking and the non immediate effects that take place when making this a daily habit.
8. & Why he thinks society still hasn’t recognized people without a “significant title” next to their name as notable?

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