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Why Massage Works
Alternative Treatment for Pain Yes, it’s heavenly to sip lemon water and relax with a nice Swedish massage at a spa. Nowadays more people are turning to massage as an alternate treatment for their pain, too. There’s nothing like a nice massage after a long workout to help ease your muscle soreness. Health professionals, massage... Continue reading→
Meet CranioSacral Therapist Mary Histing
Mary Histing didn’t start out her career as a bodywork practitioner. She first served as a missionary nun for sixteen years before taking on her career in wellness. Now her passion is CranioSacral Therapy. She says she finds an emotional and spiritual connection to people through her work, which helps those with migraines, chronic pain,... Continue reading→
Lemon Essential Oils — Sour Fruit, Sweet Benefits
Essential oils have grown increasingly popular, with lemon oil in particular becoming a favorite. Whether you use lemon essential oil in aromatherapy, clean with it, add it to food or water or apply it topically, you can reap all the natural benefits this oil offers. Here are 13 ways lemon essential oil can help you:... Continue reading→
Massage: It’s Also About the Brain
Imagine you’re out on a private, white sand beach, warm sun on your skin, crisp breeze off the water, and you’re getting your own perfect pressure, one-hour massage as you sip sweet cucumber water, sweat dripping off the glass. If your eyes are drifting closed just thinking about it, you know all about the heavenly... Continue reading→
Commuting and Computing – Two Big Reasons You Deserve a Massage
If you find yourself slumped over in front of a glowing screen for 40 plus hours a week or staring down the fiery red serpent of 20 miles of brake lights on a routine basis, you might notice that by the end of your work week, you have knots the size of golf balls in... Continue reading→
Piney Branch Family Fun and Fitness Fair a Hit
Dancers, singers, cows and sheep made their presence known at last Friday’s Fun and Fitness Fair at Piney Branch Elementary in Bristow. Hundreds of families came out to enjoy the entertainment, take part in activities, benefit from freebies and learn more about health and fitness. Throughout the fair, vendors and volunteers provided free bottled water,... Continue reading→
Massage Therapy For Diabetics
For diabetics, it can be a dizzying array of strict diets, supplements, and drug therapy depending on the stage of diabetes. One thing is for sure however, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics can benefit from not only the relaxing effects of massage therapy; it’s also an effective tool in regulating the disease as well.... Continue reading→
Relieving Sciatic Pain With Massage Therapy
Sciatic pain can be debilitating, sending its victim down to their knees in paralyzing pain. This nerve travels from the right side of your buttocks and shoots down behind your right leg in a way that can keep you from enjoying your daily activities. These symptoms may be constant and/or symptomatic; either way, the pain... Continue reading→
The Importance of Post-Partum Massage
Giving birth is one of the single most dramatic changes your body goes through. Spending nine months providing your body nutrients along with enough nutrients and energy to grow another human being takes its toll on you regardless of age. Your body changes with pregnancy also, and not just with added weight. After giving birth,... Continue reading→
Five Questions You May Have About Your Session
Sure, I could tell you in detail about the variety of massage therapies available out there, but when you’ve made the choice, and are waiting in the waiting room for your massage therapist, the only things you’re thinking about are “am I supposed to tip? Do I completely undress? I do hope I don’t fall... Continue reading→
Best Massages for Runners
If you’ve ever gone for a run you understand how sore your whole body becomes soon after. Parts of your body hurt that you didn’t even know you had! It’s great to get a massage after a run for its therapeutic benefits, but did you know that a massage will also help speed recovery, reduce... Continue reading→
Tips On Emotional Hygiene
Many believe in order to achieve health; they have to eat the right foods and exercise. Yes, there is truth to that, however, there is much to be said for the effects your mental health has on the rest of your body. Depression causes aches and pains; stress causes internal organ issues (not to mention... Continue reading→
Staying Fit Outside the Gym This Winter-Part Two
As the weather gets chillier it becomes increasingly difficult to get outside (or to become motivated enough to go outside!) This is the time of year we gain the most amount of weight, become most depressed and suffer most from aches and pains in our bodies. Combat the effects of winter with these great options... Continue reading→
Staying Fit Outside the Gym This Winter-Part One
Without a gym membership, many people lose the urge to exercise or to stay in shape as the winter approaches. Even those with a membership find it more difficult to motivate themselves to get off their comfy couch and go to a class (or two). Sure, there are winter activities like skiing, and ice hockey,... Continue reading→
Melt Away Holiday Stress With These Tips!
The holidays are supposed to be a time to reflect and rejoice in what you have, what you don’t have, and the knowledge in knowing the difference, right? Unfortunately, for many, the holidays really mean stressful times that seem unavoidable. This is when we overeat, overspend, and give up on the things we love the... Continue reading→
Practicing Mindfulness This Holiday
Recently, I visited a friend’s home who had on their wall a homemade Gratitude tree on which there was a note of things each family member was grateful for. The tree at this point was full of note cards with the things we most take advantage of. “I am thankful for a warm bed”, “I... Continue reading→
Wellness In The Workplace
We hear it all of the time, don’t we? How stressed out people are at work, because of work, or lack of work. Work is as integrated into our lives as eating and sleeping. With work being such a large facet of our lives, it’s also a major contributor to our wellbeing (or lack thereof). ... Continue reading→
8 Ways To De-Stress Your Life!
Can you recognize when your body is stressed out? For some of us, our heart rates quicken, and for some we have tightness in our chest. Some of us will gain weight even when our diets haven’t changed, and some will lose hair. What causes this to happen, and, how can we avoid it? ... Continue reading→
Change Your Habits To Match The Season!
We all experience it right? We feel different as the temperature changes; we feel more sluggish, tired, and all around lazy. Why do we feel this way? Partially because our bodies undergo changes as the seasons change. The shorter days and longer nights affect our circadian rhythm; in fact, there is an entire group of... Continue reading→
Candy Remorse? Consider Detox Massage!
This Friday marks the kick off to the holiday season. Not much after you’ve finished digesting the candy of Halloween, it will be Thanksgiving time, and once the guilt of all the food you ate has worked its way to the back of your brain, it will be Christmas time. By the time you’re over... Continue reading→
