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Spring 2010 Newsletter Now Available - “To Your Health”

Posted in General Health, Lymph Drainage, Medical Massage, Pre-Natal and Infant Massage, Structural Integration, TMJ, Therapeutic Massage on 03/12/2010 06:26 am by AMMA

The newest edition of our semiannual newsletter, “To Your Health” Spring 2010, is hot off the presses!

Featured articles include:
“The Benefits of Lymphatic Massage” - Cathy Ulrich
“No Pain, No Gain?” - Cathy Ulrich
“Massage for Seniors”

You can download or view it as an Adobe PDF file. The latest version of Adobe Reader is available for free download at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.

 

The Dangers of Over-the-Counter Pain-Killers

Posted in General Health, Medical Massage on 03/10/2010 06:56 am by AMMA

When Antonio Benedi of Springfield, Va., felt a case of the flu coming on one weekend in February 1993, he did what millions of others do -- he reached for a common over-the-counter pain medication. I was taking Tylenol like I was supposed to, by the label, he said. A few days later the then 37-year-old Benedi was in a coma and in desperate need of a liver transplant. Collapse (AP Photo/Courtesy Antonio Benedi)

(AP Photo/Courtesy Antonio Benedi)

Many of the dear folks with whom we work have lived in pain for years.  As a result, over-the-counter meds can play a frequent role in our lives. . . .

While Tylenol certainly can be helpful, we need to remember to exercise caution when using over-the-counter medications.

Last year, the FDA linked normal acetaminophin use to liver damage and pushed for stronger warnings and stricter dose limits for drugs that, like Tylenol, contain acetaminophen.

When Antonio Benedi (left) of Springfield, Va., felt a case of the flu coming on one weekend in February 1993, he did what millions of others do — he reached for a common over-the-counter pain medication. “I was taking Tylenol like I was supposed to, by the label,” he said. A few days later the then 37-year-old Benedi was in a coma and in desperate need of a liver transplant.

Read the whole story at ABC news:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/PainNews/story?id=7699582

 

Correcting Head-Forward Posture

Posted in Medical Massage, Structural Integration, TMJ, Therapeutic Massage on 02/06/2010 08:38 am by AMMA

5 Tips For The Correction Of Forward Head Posture:

By Sam Visnic

Forward head posture is a very common imbalance seen today. Correction of forward head posture takes awareness, resolution of underlying causes, and repetition to make a lasting impact. These five tips will help you get faster results.

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Flex Accounts and HSAs pay for Massage

Posted in Lymph Drainage, Medical Massage, Pre-Natal and Infant Massage, Structural Integration, TMJ, Therapeutic Massage on 11/13/2009 09:38 am by AMMA

2009 is almost over. . . . Are you wondering how to best use the money in your Flex Account? A brief workshop will be held discussing how Flex Spending Accounts and HSAs can be used to pay for certain kinds of massage therapy treatments. This 30-minute workshop will be held at 6:00pm on Thursday, November 19th at our office at 317 Cherokee Street in downtown Kingsport. Massage and other manual therapies can play an important role in helping you attain short and long term goals of better health and performance. This workshop is perfect for human resources personnel of large or small corporations, or for individuals with key health challenges they’d like to address.

This short workshop will also provide in depth and often surprising ways in which massage and other manual therapies can help with a variety of health challenges. Some conditions that respond particularly well to treatment include chronic and acute pain, neck and back pain, generalized joint pain, headaches, migraines, TMJD/jaw pain, postural problems, pregnancy, carpal tunnel syndrome, and sciatica. It is also great for detoxification. Join us for an evening of education and discussion.

Amber and Paul Vachon are Nationally Certified Massage Therapists, with advanced training in several forms of bodywork as well as medical massage. To reserve a seat, please send an email to paul@ammatn.com or call us at 423-288-2662.

 

Posterior Knee Pain Relieved!

Posted in Kingsport, TN, Medical Massage, Therapeutic Massage on 11/12/2009 06:59 pm by AMMA

Thanks for the email, Terri!  We are so happy that you are feeling better and glad that you are sharing your experience with others. . . .

See more testimonials in our Testimonial section.

All of our testimonials are reprinted with permission. If you would like to make your story available to others, please let us know. Contact us at amma@ammatn.com or send us a letter the old-fashioned way.

 

Massage Increases Weight Gain in Pre-Term Infants

Posted in Medical Massage, Pre-Natal and Infant Massage on 05/09/2009 06:23 pm by AMMA

This month’s Journal of Perinatology published an interesting study by the Department of Neonatology at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. The study found that massage with is a relatively simple and inexpensive intervention that can improve weight gain in selected preterm infants.

None of us would want to be the any of the babies in the control group! (The ones not receiving massage.)

Read more at PubMed.com:
“Massage with kinesthetic stimulation improves weight gain in preterm infants.” Journal of Perinatology: official journal of the California Perinatal Association 2009 May;29(5):352-7. PMID: 19148112

 

Avid Runner Recovers Quickly from Sprain

Posted in Lymph Drainage, Medical Massage on 05/01/2009 05:52 am by AMMA

 

Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) can be extremely effective in treating sprains. . . . Thanks for letting us know how well you recovered. We’re so glad to be able to help!  Now it’s time to start training for the Crazy 8’s 8K road race!

See more testimonials in our Testimonial section.

All of our testimonials are reprinted with permission. If you would like to make your story available to others, please let us know. Contact us at amma@ammatn.com or send us a letter the old-fashioned way.

 

Interview TMJ Expert

Posted in Media, Medical Massage, TMJ on 04/22/2009 09:42 pm by AMMA

Interview TMJ Expert Amber Vachon

Want to interview an expert, and need an interview in a hurry? Call TMJ Expert Amber Vachon. Regardless of her location, Amber will make herself available for your newspaper or magazine interview, for your radio talk show, or for your television talk show. Amber has spent years studying jaw pain and the temporomandibular joint from a holistic standpoint and has developed a highly effective alternative treatment regimen for jaw pain. As one of the country’s leading TMJ experts, few massage therapists are better attuned to the challenges of TMJD sufferers than Amber. An interview with Amber is filled with valuable educational information for your audience.

Amber’s innovative TMJD manual therapy treatment regimen is gentle and non-invasive, making it a beneficial conservative treatment option. Manual therapy is highly effective in correcting malocclusions and the functional anatomy of the TMJ. Treatment responds to specific TMJ movement disorders by addressing the soft tissue of the TMJ.

Amber’s clinic, Appalachian Medical Massage Associates, serves the greater southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee area, drawing clients primarily from Abingdon, Bristol, Gate City, Greeneville, Jonesborough, Kingsport, Johnson City, Knoxville, and Wise.

 

Spring Newsletter - Hot off the presses!

Posted in Kingsport, TN, Medical Massage, Therapeutic Massage, Uncategorized on 04/17/2009 07:52 am by AMMA

The newest edition of our semiannual newsletter, “To Your Health,” is hot off the presses!

Featured articles include:
“Whiplash: Healing a Pain in the Neck” - Hope Bentley
“Massage for Your Teenager? Bodywork Can Ease Adolescent Angst”
“Hot or Cold for Injuries? How to Know Which is Best for You” - Art Riggs
“Announcing New Client Stimulus Program”

You can download it below as an Adobe PDF file. Considered by many to be the global standard for electronic document sharing, the latest version of Adobe Reader is available for free download at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.

Read the “To Your Health” Spring 2009 Newsletter!

 

Announcing New Client Stimulus Program!

Posted in Favorite Causes, Kingsport, TN, Lymph Drainage, Medical Massage, Pre-Natal and Infant Massage, Structural Integration, Therapeutic Massage on 04/10/2009 04:38 pm by AMMA

We love our clients and we want more clients like YOU! Effective immediately, for every new client you refer to us, AMMA will thank you with a $20 gift certificate to the DownTown Kingsport restaurant or retailer of your choice. There is no limit to the amount of gift certificates you can earn!

Some of those include “Divine Cafe,” “Stir Fry Cafe,” “Kaffe Blue,” “Finer Things for Her,” “Kingsport Grocery Co.,” “Barefoot Chameleon,” “Copper Creek,” “Anglen Photography,” “Mary’s Kitchen,” “T.K.’s Big Dogs,” “Bone Fire,” “Fiddlesticks,” “Bubba’s Book Swap,” “Happy Hostess,” “Carriage House,” “The Courtyard,” “River Mountain Antiques,” “Cafe N’Orleans,” “Guilded Nest,” “The Paper Tree,” “Rainbow’s End Floral,” “Chef’s,” “Nooks & Crannies,” “Annie’s Room,” “YaYa’s Chocolates,” and “Variety Printing.” Just let us know where . . . . There are so many more!

Everyone wins! Your friend gets a great massage. You get $20 to spend as you wish. DownTown businesses get more customers. We get more clients like YOU. . . Sounds like a great deal, huh? Just make sure that your friends let us know that you referred them!

There are exciting things going on in DownTown Kingsport. Check out www.exploredowntownkingsport.com to find out what’s going on and make your wish list for gift certificates!

(Due to conlict of interest concerns, we can’t honor this if you are a licensed healthcare professional. Even so, if you know someone who could benefit, please let us know!)

 
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