Every year we make our resolution and goals for the New Year and who doesn’t include working out, losing weight, keeping healthy etc… I wish you all the success in accomplishing these goals but don’t sabotage your efforts by getting hurt. Many people will get out of the routine following an injury. By adding 1 more item [...]
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Happy New Year! What you need to know before you start working out in 2012
Posted in Massage Can Help!, Prevention, Self Help, Shoulder Injury/pain, tagged bad posture, chicago massage therapy, Compensation patterns, decreasing spasm and ischemia, Facilitate Healing, forward head, Headaches, injury free, losing weight, Neuromuscular Therapy, NeuroMuscular Therapy in Chicago, New year resolution, postural distortions, preventative care, repetitive strain, shoulder rolled, symptoms of neck strain, symptoms of upper cross syndrome, Upper Cross Syndrome, work outs, www.mara.iwantamassage.com on January 1, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Tea anyone? Muscle aches, try adding ginger to help.
Posted in Prevention, Self Help, tagged Anti-inflammation, Bucktown massage therapy, Health Articles, mara's health articles, www.mara.iwantamassage.com on December 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Ginger Ginger contains very potent anti-inflammatory compounds called gingerols. These substances are believed to explain why so many people with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis experience reductions in their pain levels and improvements in their mobility when they consume ginger regularly. In two clinical studies involving patients who responded to conventional drugs and [...]
Say no to “pain-killers” side effects, say yes to prevention and natural recovery!
Posted in Extra, Health and Wellness, Massage is Medicine, Pain Management, Prevention, tagged "pain-killers", alternative treatments, chicago massage therapy, Chicago Neuromuscular Therapy, fibromyalgia, Inflammation, low back pain, oak park massage therapy, Oak Park Neuromuscular Therapy, side effects of pain killers, Therapeutic massage, www.mara.iwantamassage.com, www.oakparknmt.com on August 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
As our tolerance and doses get higher not to mention the long list of side effects, pharmaceutical companies get richer and sadly we grow more dependent on the so-called “pain-killers”. Who said health is wealth the money is in being sick for these companies. I know we want the pain to go away quickly with [...]






