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Tips to Stay Injury-Free This Spring

Tips to Stay Injury-Free This Spring

  Spring is the time of year when we witness nature’s rebirth.  You could also say humans also experience a rebirth and/or reclamation of physical activity after winter hibernation.  Sometimes we can get overzealous and do too much too soon.  Now our ideas of...

Pilates for Self-Care

As a massage therapist, 95% of my clients come in reporting pain somewhere on or very close to the spine. I have spent many years studying modalities to provide the best bodywork I can, but it will take much more than a massage to get rid of the pain. I became a...

Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution

Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution

Every January many of us make resolutions and have intentions to bring joy and happiness into our lives.The New Year is the perfect time to take stock of your life, reflect on what you’ve achieved, and make some new habits that will help make the coming year even...

Craniosacral Therapy:  What is it?

Craniosacral Therapy: What is it?

It’s actually not a massage.  It is an osteopathic manual therapy that encourages the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to function better so that we are able to down-regulate and not be in a constant state of sympathetic nervous system overload (fight, flight, freeze).  The treatment can be done fully clothed and there is not a lot of pressure or movement.  It involves a lot of “holds” in areas of tension.

Gratitude Could be the Key to a Healthy Life

Gratitude Could be the Key to a Healthy Life

Gratitude is an emotion that is associated with positive outcomes. It is feeling thankful and looking for the positive.
Clearly, it helps with your emotional health, but did you know it can also help you with your physical health?

Breast Massage and Cancer Prevention

I have been completing courses through the Chikly Health Institute. I am blown away by the knowledge I gained about the lymphatic system and how to manually move lymph throughout the entire body, particularly in breast tissue. I not only learned how to work with this...

Lymph Drainage Therapy Benefits: Part 3

Lymph Drainage Therapy Benefits: Part 3

Most people have no idea what Lymph Drainage Therapy is. Just hearing the word drainage might gross you out. However, LDT can be a powerful tool for improving your overall health and quality of life. And you don’t need to be sick in order to benefit from this type of...

The Gift That Keeps on Giving – Irritable Bowel Syndrome

The Gift That Keeps on Giving – Irritable Bowel Syndrome

We are now in peak holiday season. That means temptations are all around us with food and alcohol.  Fried food, excess sugar, salt and flour can all do a number on the digestive system. They may even cause edema, aka swelling, for some. If you have Irritable Bowel...

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