Getting rear-ended in traffic. Face-planting at the bottom of a ski slope. Tumbling over the handlebars on your bike. Whiplash comes in many forms and can become a long-term problem if not treated correctly. Fortunately, massage and bodywork can address the ache and discomfort that come with whiplash and prevent chronic pain down the road.
Shea butter comes from the nut of the shea tree (pronounced shay) found in the tropics of Africa, primarily West Africa. It offers many benefits as a topical moisturizer for skin and hair, and improves other skin problems and appearance.
As well as providing relief from minor dermatological conditions like eczema, lesser burns, and acne, shea butter can be used as a natural sunscreen and for stretch-mark prevention during pregnancy. Other benefits include the evening out of skin tone, reducing blemishes, and restoring skin elasticity.
Are you often overcome with an urge to splurge on candy, cookies, and cake — and do you then hate yourself for caving to your cravings?
Take heart. You can quit (or at least cut back on) both sweets and processed, “much-like-sugar” carbs such as white bread, white rice, and pasta.
Back in 1998, I did just that. On doctor’s orders, I totally kicked my sugar habit and licked a whopping 44 symptoms (honest!), including nagging headaches, unexpected mood swings, debilitating “brain fog,” and severe PMS.
Q My elderly father, who is paraplegic and confined to bed, has recently had some trouble with pressure sores, even though he sleeps on an air mattress and is turned every two hours throughout the night. Can massage be helpful in alleviating these sores?
Q. I’m a relative newcomer to massage and I’ve been trying to describe the experience to my friends. Why do I feel so good after a massage?
A. As a massage therapist, author, and consumer of bodywork, Mary Kathleen Rose of Longmont, Colo., took this question to heart.
Q. I describe myself as an aging baby boomer and weekend warrior with plenty of war wounds to my credit. Will massage help my old injuries?
Q. I just received a card announcing that my massage therapist has started offering facials. Is this common?
A. Yes, it’s becoming more common for massage therapists to cross-train as skin care professionals, according to Carol Venclik, director of spa therapies for the massage program at the Atlanta School of Massage.
What’s cluttering your life? Is it the stuff in the corner of the bedroom or the stuff in the corner of your mind? What are you tolerating that keeps you from expressing your true self? Authors Bruce and Lou Stewart say that clutter — both in our environment and our mind — is stagnating, blocking the free-flow of energy, or chi, in our homes and lives. Whether we’re detouring around a box in the living room or repeating a negative pattern in our head, it’s time to clear the path.
Marcia McConnell is attractive and trim, and in the six years I’ve known her (we share an office suite), I had no idea she was a dancer. “Oh yes,” she said when we went out to lunch recently. “I danced tap as a little girl. I loved it. Then we moved, and the only kind of dance available in my new town was ballet. I think ballet is beautiful, but it’s not for me. I quit dancing but always wanted to get back to tap.”
The American Dream. This phrase draws people to our country by the thousands. The idea that greatness can be achieved, even when starting with nothing, is the touchstone of our Western culture. We live in a society where great value is placed on the external, somewhat elusive notion of “success.”
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