On occasion I’m asked what type of reference works does a professional massage therapist need? One of the most useful has been: Stretching Anatomy by Arnold G. Nelson and Jouko Kokkonen (authors) and Jason M. Alexander (illustrator). Champaing, IL: Human Kinetics, 2007. I find this book to be not just an important resource in my [...]
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Is Your Pillow a Pain in the Neck? The solution to a good night’s sleep can be using the right pillow. Recently, I’ve been waking up with a pain in my neck. I calculated how long I’ve had my pillow – way too long – and decided the solution was to get a new pillow. [...]
Will eating hot or spicy foods cool you down? Yes! Even though it seems counter-intuitive to eat something that makes you hot, being forced to sweat helps you to cool off. This helps to stabilize your body’s core temperature. Eating hot (temperature-wise) foods such as soup also help for the same reason. Spicy-hot foods help [...]
Did You Know that some foods – like lamb and pork – need to “rest” a few minutes after being grilled? This allows the interior temperature to increase, thoroughly killing germs. For more information and chart of rest times, visit: food safety.gov
May the Fourth be with You Instead of our usual Tuesday new posting, I am creating this special post to commemorate May the Fourth. Yes, folks, I am a science fiction, fantasy, and comics fan. In other words – a nerd. What better way to to celebrate this day than to discuss some of the [...]
