Health Happenings
Massage: More Than Pampering
Although most people think of massage as a relaxing treat, the therapy offers many benefits to enhance health.
The mornings are darker, the nights start earlier and the temperatures are cooler. Along with the obvious changes in the atmosphere there is stress. Stress from the 10 lives we all try to fit into one. We have work, kids’ activities, committees, games, deadlines and … the water bills. Stress can decrease the strength of the immune system. If it isn’t stress, perhaps it is the cooler, wetter temperatures on the game field? Perhaps it is longer hours with closed windows? Perhaps it is less sleep? Most of the time we walk, talk, eat and sleep without any symptoms of stress, but other times our immune system is weak and we have symptoms of illness, poor healing, and pain. Unfortunately the immune system is tested during cold and flu season. …
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