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Posted in Therapeutic Massage on 12/12/2007 03:51 am by AMMA
Written by Renita Kalhorn
Here in New York, holiday decorations had made their appearance before we had even celebrated Thanksgiving. Apparently time is not passing by fast enough for the rabid retailers.
Accordingly, the pace picks up as our days fill with additional seasonal activities – parties, shopping, travel – crowding already jam-packed schedules. But rather than savoring the specialness of the season, we rush along in a frenzy of activity, stressed and anxious about getting everything done.
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Posted in Medical Massage, Therapeutic Massage on 12/12/2007 03:49 am by AMMA
Written by John Groth
We’ve all seen the TV documentary where the scurrying ants are carrying portions of leaves and other vegetation back to their nest. Many loads carried by the ants exceed the ant’s weight. An almost similar scene is repeated every day at schools all across the county, and kids weighted down with overloaded backpacks trudging back and forth to school. Many only have to trudge with the heavy backpack from home to the bus and from the bus into school but the strain on their backs are obvious and could be damaging.
So book reports, various projects and science exams aren’t the only pressures on your kids at school. Wearing and walking with heavy backpacks, especially when wearing them the wrong way can lead to back pain, muscle strain and overall poor posture. In a recent study, almost 60% of students reported chronic back pain related to them.
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Posted in Therapeutic Massage on 12/05/2007 03:39 am by AMMA
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The first edition of our semiannual newsletter, “To Your Health,” is downloadable 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://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
Read the new newsletter here: To Your Health” - Winter 2008
