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Joints and muscles get stiff and sore when it's cold outside. They get stiff and sore when we are sedentary. It's easy to become sedentary when it's so cold and miserable outside. Not only will massage get your blood moving and warm up your muscles from the inside out, but at my clinic you will lay on a heated table that will warm you from the outside in. So in addition to helping with all the other malady's you've heard about, headaches, joint pain, anxiety, anxiety, general malaise, massage is also great for warming you up!! And warming up those muscles will ease the aches and pains in them. You're probably STILL doing too much. After the holidays, it's time to clean up. And, if you live where there is snow (as I do), then there's the shoveling and moving of all that heavy white stuff, sprinkling the salt or snow melt. And even possibly, slipping on the stuff, which causes those tight muscles yet again! Getting a massage is more than just a luxury. It's keeping up with the tension and stress we all deal with.
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You've had a great massage and feel amazing! You leave the office, get in your car, and go back to your day. Then you think . . . I want to feel this way all the time! What can I do to keep myself from getting back to where I was before the massage?Good question. If you neglected to ask your practitioner what you can do, first of all, schedule another massage! Regular massage is like going to the dentist. Or getting tires rotated on your car. These are maintenance activities we do without blinking an eye. So, we eat every day, brush our teeth every day and go to the dentist regularly to keep our teeth clean from eating all the time. We use our muscles every day, sometimes to excess, or we don't use them enough. (Sedentary people sometimes have more problems than active ones with tight, sore, muscles. Topic for future blog post.) Drink water. You do not need to drink an excessive amount. Just drink some. It will hydrate you and you will feel better. Notice how your body feels after your massage and for a couple days afterward. Notice when it starts to tighten up again. Pay attention to what you are doing that causes it to do that. The sooner you get another massage after you feel it tightening up, the more healing can take place. When you get those muscles to relax more often, they will then stay relaxed for longer periods of time between massages. Maybe after your first massage your body starts to tighten up in two days. After your second massage, it might take a week before it starts to get tight. After the third one, perhaps you can go two weeks, and so on. Your muscles have memory and they will remember the relaxed feeling and reward you with longer periods of feeling good. Just be sure to keep a regular schedule, and listen to your body to keep up on it. Now is a good time to start a better eating program and move your body a little more. Don't go all out if you haven't exercised before. Just started moving around, go for a walk three times a week. Your body will respond well to movement. The holidays are over, and we are well into the new year. Many people have set their "resolutions" and started implementing them by now. Many others have their "resolutions" and have broken them by now. Which one are you? There are as many reasons resolutions are made as there are people who make them. Oftentimes, it's a result of indulgences and the busyness of the holidays that take over, taking us far away from our health, fitness and wellness goals. So, by the time the end of December rolls around, we feel flat, listless and sick. I don't know what percentage of resolutions revolve around fitness and health, but I guess it's pretty high. As people struggle to achieve their highly unrealistic goals of diet, exercise, and other healthy habits all at once, it's easy to get discouraged and give up. There is one healthy habit that is often overlooked. That of massage. Massage gives so many benefits other than relaxation. My clients have better range of motion, less pain, easier movement, fewer to no headaches, and more. These results support the health goals so many people make at the new year. Better rest, ability to exercise without pain and with easier movement, to name just a few. And a massage is an EASY goal to achieve. It hardly takes any effort at ALL. And if it supports your OTHER goals, why NOT set a weekly or monthly massage as YOUR new year resolution? There is one resolution that you will definitely achieve and feel so good about. |
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