Massage Therapy Can Ease Symptoms of Muscular Dystrophy
Posted in Medical Massage, Therapeutic Massage on 07/19/2008 05:38 am by AMMAMuscular dystrophy (MD) is not just one disease, but a generic term that covers more than thirty genetic disorders sharing the characteristics of progressive skeletal muscle degeneration and weakness. The severity, progression and distribution of the symptoms as well as age of onset, are some of the things that separate one form of MD from another. Read the rest of this entry »
Dr. Andrew Weil’s “Tip of the Day”
Posted in Structural Integration on 07/10/2008 09:03 pm by AMMAFour Reasons to Try Rolfing
Do you suffer from chronic stress, pain or bad posture? You may want to consider Rolfing. Named after Dr. Ida P. Rolf, Rolfing is often referred to as “structural integration.” It is not simply massage, it is a system of deep manipulation of the connective tissues that aims to restructure the fascia (the sheath of tissue that surrounds a muscle) and relieve physical misalignment.
Having Foggy Memory? Don’t Forget to Deal With Stress
Posted in Therapeutic Massage on 07/02/2008 09:28 pm by AMMAIt is quite normal to forget where you have placed your keys or parked your car once in while. Everybody has dealt with such phenomena. However, if you keep on forgetting a lot of things, then you may need to see your doctor. Remember that even if you are getting older, it doesn’t mean that you should accept memory lapses and fogs as if they are inevitable age-related changes.
For so long, people were led to believe that difficulty in remembering things often are just symptoms of old age. Most of the time, however, fuzzy memory is actually caused by stress and anxiety. If you want to minimize or totally eliminate memory lapses, you should first alleviate stress or deal with what makes you feel anxious and tensed. Read the rest of this entry »