Learning Different Massage Techniques Massage Techniques
Posted by on Jul 30, 2010
As many people can tell you, having a massage is capable of giving you lots of great benefits. Among the many ways that you can achieve this relaxation is by the different massage techniques that are used for the massages. Each massage therapist has different favorite techniques that they use.
One of the massage techniques that are used is that of the Swedish massage technique. In this technique the massage uses kneading and tapping strokes to soothe the body’s pains. These strokes are used along the entire body. By using the Swedish massage techniques the tension that is found in the muscles is relieved.
This massage technique uses effleurage, petrissage, friction, tapotement and vibration. These massage techniques are easy for anyone to learn. The effleurage technique is to used to stroke the tenseness out of the body. In petrissage the various sore and aching muscles are lightly grabbed and lifted.
These are just part of the Swedish massage technique that can be used. Another of the massage techniques is that of Neuromuscular massage technique. Here the massage is applied to healing the individuals muscles. This form of massage technique is that it is a deep tissue massage.
This massage is used to increase the flow of blood in the body. Deep tissue massages can also reduce pain and release pressure on various nerves. Deep muscle massage techniques involve slow strokes, direct pressure or friction movements that travel across the grain of the aching muscles.
Any nerve injuries that are present can be healed by the use of massage techniques like that of the Neuromuscular massage technique. Another type of massage technique that sports people are given is that of a sports massage. The techniques that are employed in this massage are similar to those of the Swedish and Deep tissue massage techniques.
Unlike the other massages the sports massage has been designed so that it meets the needs of competing athletes. Any massage that is given with the various techniques of the sports massage before a sporting event improves blood circulation and warms the body’s muscles up.
This massage is also used once an event is over. Here the use of such massage techniques helps the athlete’s body recover from the sporting event and any possible injuries. There is also another massage technique that is quite useful for the body. This massage is called the Rolfing massage technique and it corrects your body’s bad posture by giving a massage on the myofascia.
This is the connecting tissue that is around the muscles. The myofascia also help keep the body muscles form together. With the use of different massage techniques the various ailments and injuries that are sustained in our day to day life can be eased and eventually cured. To gain the maximum benefit though, we need to attend these massage sessions until we are fully cured.
Muna wa Wanjiru is a web administrator and has been researching and reporting on internet marketing for years. For more information on massage techniques, visit his site at MASSAGE TECHNIQUES
Dr. Ardyce Yik on BLOOMBERG TV, Asia Confidential with Bernie Lo (Live)
Posted by on Jul 30, 2010
Dr. Ardyce Yik, a licensed and registered doctor of naturopathic medicine, discusses the benefits of natural medicine on Bloomberg Television; Live talk show, Asia Confidential with Bernie Lo
The Alternative of Health Savings
Posted by on Jul 29, 2010
More and more people now have the opportunity to choose Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) over other, more traditional, health insurance coverage – more companies and financial institutions offer this option than ever before. For the healthcare consumer, this is good news. When the community as a whole is given more choice when it comes to healthcare options, everyone benefits. HSAs let you decide how to manage your own medical needs and work out a financial plan that works best for your specific circumstances.
An added advantage of Health Savings Accounts is the prospect of lowering the nation’s rising healthcare costs, and making the price of medical care more affordable for everyone. But how can revamping the current health insurance system affect healthcare from a financial standpoint? More to the point, how can a different kind of health insurance make it easier for most people to pay for required medical expenses?
In 2003 the Medicare Modernization Act introduced the concept of HSAs to the American public for the first time. A Health Savings Account is meant to encourage people to invest in their own healthcare through personal savings, and reduce health care costs at the same time; a revolutionary idea that has the potential to be the starting point for positive changes in healthcare. Health Savings Accounts have sparked a lot of debate amongst those who believe in the idea and those who are wary of its ability to change the face of healthcare as we know it.
When you get down to the fundamentals, HSAs are truly designed to improve healthcare and make it accessible to the vast majority of people. For the individual, HSAs make it easier to pay for medical expenses when they arise. Coupled with a high-deductible health insurance policy, a Health Savings Account allows you to save pre-tax money and earn interest tax-free. This allows you to have money set aside to cover a whole host of medical bills, including items that aren’t necessarily covered by traditional insurance plans, such as dental expenses or alternative treatments. Individuals and employers can deposit up to $2700 per person and up to $5450 for a family, and any time you need to withdraw any amount to pay for qualified healthcare costs, you can do so tax-free. In addition, premiums for high-deductible insurance policies can be as little as half the amount of traditional PPO policies.
And because a Health Savings Account is tied to an insurance policy, more expensive treatments are covered, usually 100%, after you’ve met your deductible. When you turn 65, any savings remaining in the account can be withdrawn tax-free to be used for medical expenses you incur in your senior years. In addition, the savings you accumulate in a HSA work like a retirement fund. The money grows tax-deferred like an IRA, and you can withdraw the money after age 65 to pay for non-medical expenses without penalty, although you will be required to pay taxes. It is important to note, however, that amounts withdrawn prior to age 65 are subject to penalties and taxes.
Giving the individual more consumer power when making healthcare decisions not only helps you and your family save money, but also creates an environment in which healthcare costs in general become more reasonably priced. Essentially, the price of healthcare is so high because free market forces have little sway in the realm of healthcare products and services. Insurance coverage causes a disconnection between the consumer and the item purchased. When you visit the doctor or purchase a prescription from the pharmacist, you don’t know the real price tag. All you see is your insurance payment and the price you pay at the cash register, after your insurance company pays the balance.
This lack of price transparency has led to less competition within the marketplace. People have traditionally chosen their doctors, health products, and other medical items based on location, convenience, or other factors not related to price. When people have the choice to compare different health care providers based on quality of service and price, soon overpriced healthcare will become a thing of the past. People will shop around and force providers to price healthcare more competitively.
As more and more people turn to Health Savings Accounts, medical providers will feel the pressure to post their prices and compete for the consumer’s business. Armed with the knowledge of what healthcare actually costs, individuals and families will be less willing to overuse the system, which also drives up prices. (When healthcare appears to cost little or nothing, most people are prone to make use of services even though it may be unnecessary).
At the same time, HSAs naturally promote the use of preventive care. When people understand the true costs associated with healthcare, they will be willing to pay a little more up front to keep their engine running smoothly rather than pay a lot more at a later date to fix a problem they could have avoided.
Health Savings Accounts have also put affordable healthcare within reach for more people, who were previously paying medical expenses out-of-pocket due to inadequate or non-existent insurance coverage. The low premiums of a high-deductible HSA plan together with the option of putting your money in a savings account that earns interest has already encouraged large numbers of people who previously went without coverage to purchase a health insurance plan.
Only time will tell whether or not Health Savings Accounts can drive down skyrocketing healthcare costs, but the system created by such accounts, which affords the individual more freedom to control his or her own financial and medical destiny, bodes well for the future of healthcare in America.
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New Natural Healing that really works!
Posted by on Jul 29, 2010
February 17, 19, 21, 2010 Newsletters: New natural healing that really works!
February 17- New Natural Healing that really works!
Hello Everyone! I have really amazing information to share with you! There is a new product out on the market called MMS. It was a substance discovered by a chemist that costs pennies a day to buy, but that purifies water, kills all microorganisms and apparently destroys ALL viruses, bacteria (harmful only, not the beneficial), and parasites, all without harming living cells inside your body!
The information I got from my Higher Source, tells me that this is a panacea that has been given to the Earth at this time to help with the Transition so that we can take our worry and attention off the physical and focus it on the Spirit.
This amazing product has been used to treat over 75,000 malaria victims effectively. The chemist is now working in South Africa, treating AIDS, where reportedly, people are getting up off their deathbeds and going back to work a few weeks later. There are reports that it is successfully being used in cases of Hepatitis, Herpes and other diseases as well.
I myself, have used this product successfully to treat candida overgrowth and warts. I had had warts on my elbows and knees for over 15 years and nothing got rid of this virus. I have had them frozen (often leaving craters in my knee), plastered my knee with duct tape until my skin was burned, used vinegar and $60 “miracle” oils that burned my skin and NOTHING WORKED! They all came back. After only 5 days on MMS, they were completely GONE and they haven’t come back! This is an authentic miracle to me!
I encourage you to do research on all the amazing benefits of MMS. I buy mine from an eBay seller named “Stamperheaven”. Her product is real and its very cheap. I only paid $8.99 for mine. She works with you and answers your questions. She really believes in the product she sells, and so do I. As with everything, make sure you talk with your doctor and educate yourself.
I would cherish any responses from people that have experienced this amazing stuff for themselves and I am happy to answer any questions I can! I would love to hear from you about this! I really believe this product can be a miracle in people’s lives and I hope you investigate its potential for yourself!
Be Clear For the New Year!
Erin Heaven
www.completelifehealing.com
February 19- I wasn’t selling anything! My goal was to send out an email to let everyone know about an amazing product that I know and believe in to pass knowledge along that might be useful. It is my belief that empowering people to take charge of their own health was part of my job as a healer.
Because I wasn’t selling anything, I was anticipating that people would show excitement in a very cheap product they could get from another source that seems to kill viruses, bacteria, parasites and other things that cause many people so many problems, and has already been a miracle for so many people who were truly suffering.
Instead, the only responses I got were to accuse me of spamming and to demand being taken off the mailing list that I was sending from.
People, I can’t tell you how much this surprises me. I have devoted my life to passing along information in the hope of leading people to healing. I am not given to sending out emails asking for money or trying to drum up business. I only want clients that are supposed to come to me for what I know and can teach. My intention is to always work in integrity and that doesn’t include sending out emails to get money, sell products or drum up business.
So unless I hear otherwise from you, I wont be sending out any more informative emails that seem to be wasting so many people’s time.
Thank you for your understanding.
Be Clear For the New Year!
Erin Heaven
www.completelifehealing.com
February 21- Thank you! Thank you so much for your recent support! I’m happy to see that the frustrated few did not speak for the whole. I don’t send out emails trying to sell you something, and if seems that way at first, please read to see what my intention is! I am truly driven to bring to others the blessings that have been bestowed upon me. It takes someone who has walked in your footsteps and suffered through the rigors of life to know where you are coming from. With all that I have gone through in life, its essential for me to share in the blessings that come my way, in gratitude to the Highest Source. That being said, I am excited to share more information on MMS. Please investigate this before other “interests” try to invalidate or refute it to save their trillion dollar industries! I really believe this is the blessing the world has been waiting for. Jim Humble’s website is: http://jimhumble.biz. You can learn the proper way to use this, make and mix it, use it to destroy mold, mildew and fungus in your home, sanitize water, use it to close wounds, destroy cold sores, warts, pimples and other skin problems, treat viruses, colds, flu, kill parasites and even chelate heavy metals. And you can sign up for a free newsletter that talks about the treating of AIDS victims (the most recent one said he has been REVERSING it) Cancer, malaria and other disease victims, how you can use it for your health, and tons more. You can sign up for it at: www.MMSnews.org/NEWS009.htm
I really hope you let me know what you think and share any experiences you have with this product. The miracle it has produced in my life has been incredible. If you do get it and use it, make sure you thoroughly read Humble’s site about the protocols so you don’t get sick on it.
Be Clear For the New Year!
Erin Heaven
www.completelifehealing.com
Erin Heaven is resident Clairvoyant Healer and founder of Complete Life Healing in Boise, Idaho. Giving psychic readings since age 12, she has 19 years of experience in metaphysical studies and energetic healing.
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Chinese Medicine Colleges: What Do They Teach?
Posted by on Jul 29, 2010
Find Chinese Medicine Colleges in the United States and Canada. While Chinese medicine may be considered “alternative” medicine in the West, it is an accepted form of conventional medicine in Eastern cultures – Chinese medicine colleges are trying to change this Western mode of thinking by researching, teaching and administering comprehensive training in this unique healing art.
Whether you’re interested in an introductory class in herbal medicine or are more seriously considering a long-term career in acupuncture and Oriental medicine, one of several Chinese medicine colleges can help you advance your personal and professional goals.
Today, Chinese medicine colleges provide a diverse assortment of certificate and degree programs. One of the more popular courses afforded through Chinese medicine colleges is the Masters in Oriental medicine. Class and clinical training in this program will often include human anatomy and physiology, basic Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) theories, acupuncture, Oriental bodywork, Tai Chi, meridian therapy, moxibustion, Qi gong, and a vast assortment of related studies. Students who have enrolled in a number of Chinese medicine colleges will also learn that they can achieve their Doctorates in Oriental medicine as well.
Aside from learning how to become a licensed acupuncturist, most Chinese medicine colleges frequently offer fundamental studies in the Chinese language to better understand and identify common Chinese medical terms. Additionally, Chinese medicine colleges integrate Eastern philosophies in their teachings, as well as TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) theories.
In many Chinese medicine colleges, students will be able to engage in certificate programs that teach herbal medicine, Chinese medical massage (Tuina), and other Oriental bodywork therapies. Students who wish to become licensed acupuncturists and practicing Oriental medicine doctors must understand that many Chinese medicine colleges regularly require certain prerequisites prior to enrollment. In many cases, these requirements include extensive education from an accredited university or college. It is always beneficial to review all curriculum requirements at your choice of Chinese medicine colleges so that you are fully prepared to start your educational passage. In addition, students attending Chinese medicine colleges and who are enrolled in more intricate courses (i.e., doctor of Oriental medicine, etc.) will be expected to pass a series of rigorous examinations along the way. These tests will validate comprehension in fundamental knowledge and critical skills in the practice of Chinese medicine.
While there are several varieties of techniques and methods that are facilitated in Oriental medicine, Chinese medicine colleges may slightly differ in independent teachings and length of study. Depending on which course you elect to enroll, training programs in Chinese medicine colleges may vary from mere months to several years. The prospect for success for graduates of any number of Chinese medicine colleges is virtually unlimited.
If you (or someone you know) are interested in finding Chinese medicine colleges to help attain your dream job, let education within fast-growing industries like massage therapy, cosmetology, acupuncture, oriental medicine, Reiki, and others get you started! Explore career school programs near you.
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Sports Massage
Posted by on Jul 29, 2010
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Aren?t Celebrities Aware of Natural Healing?
Posted by on Jul 28, 2010
It seems that more often than not you hear of celebrities who have some deadly disease and they are usually being treated with prescription drugs. It’s rare to hear any of them treated the natural healing way.
I attended a motivational seminar recently and was so surprised to see the results of Zig Ziglar health problem, which is Hydrocephalus. What is Hydrocephalus? It means “water on the brain” and is caused by a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the brain and the spinal cord.
In his regular newsletter that I receive, I understand in the fall last year he took a tumble down the stairs in his home. Since then he has had conventional surgery to put a shunt in his brain to solve his problem which is suppose to restore his balance and memory.
But did they solve his problem? I don’t think so.
His appearances now include his daughter, Julie, who interviews him as he sits on a stool. He was very unsteady while approaching the platform and his memory was not that sharp in his replies to Julie’s questions.
It was so sad to see Zig no longer capable of speeding across the stage back and forth, getting close to the audience at the edge of the stage, then squatting low and pointing his finger at someone to emphasize a point in his speech. Surgery is never practical if you can solve a person’s illness the natural way.
In my research of this problem, I came across a product that makes a 100% claim and refunds anyone if the product doesn’t solve the ailment. It’s called Cephlatin and it’s supported by testimonials.
It comes in an easy to take form and is consumed orally through the mouth. The ingredients are 100% safe and are purely natural and free from any side effects. WOW! Doesn’t that sound like a better treatment than brain surgery?
Do you think Zig’s doctor knows about this treatment? I doubt it because most conventional doctors don’t know a thing about natural treatments. Medical Schools only teach medical students to prescribe drugs when they become doctors
What a shame it is that so many celebrities have fallen victim to conventional medical treatments. Remember Tim Russert, Peter Jennings, Bernie Mack and several others within the last year who met this fate?
Here’s another sad story I came across recently that involves fund raising for cancer research. Dick Vitale, a well-celebrated sports figure and former coach of the Detroit Pistons headed up this event. Why is it a said story? Because there are already cures for all kinds of cancer.
Don’t believe it? One of my friends, Bill Henderson, has written a book, “Cancer Free”, and over 2000 people who have bought his book are cancer free now.
Would “Big Pharma” want anyone to read this book? I don’t think so? What if Bill would sell 2 million books instead of 2000, what would that do to “Big Pharma”? You know what that answer would be.
Dick Vitale drew 700 people to his event and he was expecting to raise a few million dollars. I haven’t heard yet what he did raise but in his 16 years of this event, he has raised $80 million.
Dick targets famous sports figures to this event. The other night, a few of them that he drew were notables such as Rick Pitino, coach of University of Louisville Cardinals; Billy Donavan, coach at the University of Florida; Doug Williams, former Super bowl MVP and pro golfer, Paul Azinger.
It’s part of the fabric of human existence, unfortunately.”
Oh Yeah, Paul! Would you like to see all the proof I have uncovered in my five years of intensive search about natural healing? What a shame you think like this.
Here are my closing remarks about this subject. Can you imagine what all the millions of dollars raised in all the fund raising events around the U.S. could do if that money was applied to educational programs to teach people how to prevent all kinds of diseases?
I’m trying to wake up people to the fact that natural healing is the way to go. But, of course, I’m a small voice about it here in this big world. It’s hard to complete with “Big Pharma, the medical profession and the U.S. Government who believe drugs solve all illnesses.
However I’m a man on a mission to spread my beliefs and I will continue voicing my message until the day I die