June is National Safety Month! Healing Touch Charlotte is participating in safety awareness by sharing tips on ergonomics throughout June. Ergonomics as defined by Medocinet: Ergonomics: The science of making things fit people. Ergonomics uses knowledge from the fields of anatomy, mechanics, physiology, and psychology to utilize human energy most effectively. Something that is ergonomic [...]
Back pain
Have you ever had extreme pain going down the back of one or both legs and didn’t know what to do to stop the pain? Every year millions of people suffer from a condition that can be extremely painful called Sciatica. Because there are different causes of sciatica, we always recommend that anyone complaining of [...]
1. For men: Don’t sit on your wallet! When you put your wallet in your back pocket, that’s what you’re doing. That makes you sitting in a unbalanced posture, adding to back discomfort. This is a common complaint of truckers and sales reps. A helpful hint for those of you who travel a lot by [...]
How massage therapy can help can with allergy symptoms You’ve probably seen the photos in your newsfeed of the yellow-green pollen cloud covering our region – named the pollpocalyptic cloud, the pollen apocalypse, and even pollmageddon. Then again, you didn’t need photos to tell you that the pollen is worse this season – you allergies [...]
Even as an adult my mother will still correct my posture. Year of rounding my shoulders to appear smaller and now a mother often carrying a toddler my posture is less than desirable and my bay feels the effects. Poor posture affects our spine negatively and results in neck and back pain. Being aware of [...]