Massage
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Why Should We Massage Pets?
Just as life’s events create stress in our lives, our animal friends can also suffer from a build-up of physical and emotional tensions. This makes our pets more susceptible to injuries and illness no matter how well we care for them. Just as people receive massage to enhance the body’s well-being, PetMassage™ is a practical, helpful addition to any animal’s health care program and complements both traditional and holistic veterinary care. Overall Benefits of PetMassage™ Therapy • Improves blood flow and circulation • Revitalizes stressed muscle – relieves muscle tension, soreness, and spasms • Balances the effects of stress and anxiety. • Facilitates posture and body balance, improves muscle tone…
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Celebrate Sleep Awareness Week
Sometimes getting a full night’s sleep seems impossible to achieve. No matter what the cause – stress, pain, your work schedule or another reason – if you are not receiving regular, quality sleep it can interfere with your health. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says, “Insufficient sleep is associated with a number of chronic diseases and conditions – such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and depression – all of which threaten our nation’s health.” Sleep Awareness Week (March 10-16) gives us an opportunity to leave insufficient sleep behind and get back to the quality sleep that is so vital to our health and well-being. Here are a few ways…
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What Are You Aware Of?
It seems like every week and month we’re exposed to (or bombarded with?) new Awareness Campaigns. The internet has connected, and educated, us with ever-increasing speed and depth. Because of awareness campaigns we know more about brain injury, the need for clean water (both domestically and throughout the world, the importance of net neutrality, and how to support people with cancer. We can take action and be a part of the causes we care about. This awareness can also be overwhelming. It can be tough to choose which causes to support, and in that deluge of need, we may choose to support nothing. Or we burn ourselves out supporting everything.…
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Relaxation Day
Busy-ness is the trend these days. People carry over-packed schedules like winning trophies. “I’m SO busy at work!” “How do you have time to do that? I’m too busy to read/watch TV/exercise/do anything fun.” “I can’t get monthly massages I have too much to DO!” Too much “busy” could be making you tired, sick, and probably cranky. When do you relax? RELAX. “Relaxation” is a word we hear often, but don’t know always know what it means. re·lax verb ri-ˈlaks 1: the state of being free from tension or anxiety. 2: a way to rest and enjoy yourself 3: recreation or rest, especially after a period of work. 4:…
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4 Ways to Ward off Stress
As much as we enjoy the emerging flowers and warmer weather of April, there can be a bit of a dark cloud hanging in the spring sky. Often the first few weeks of the month are a rush of receipts and 1040’s as the April 15 Tax deadline looms, and a rush of new schedules as the kids’ sports seasons fire up. Maybe that’s why April is Stress Awareness Month; to remind us to take care of ourselves, and not let stress go unchecked. Meditation Meditation does not have to be about pretzeled legs, chanting, and reaching enlightenment. It can simply be about creating a moment of stillness in your…
