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Eating Gluten Free Resources for eating gluten free in Seattle.

Massage for Insomnia Getting regular massage can help reset your adrenal glands and the stress response system that keeps you up at night. It can also help relieve back and muscle pain that keeps you from getting the sleep you need.

How to buy a Mattress A mattress can be a symbol of how you support yourself. Getting a good nights sleep can help reduce stress. A good mattress is a part of getting good sleep.

Stressful times - Stress Kills the latest PBS National Geographic Special - Who will survive?

Muscle Tension- Are you Tense?  What is tension and how to get rid of it?

Healthy Computing - Sitting at a desk all day can be hazardous to your health

It is your body - It is up to you to take care of it.  Just like your car it needs regular maintenance and tune ups to run most efficiently.

Benefits of Massage- What can massage really do?

Stretching for Flexibility and Strengthening

The Science of Being Well - What can this 100 year old text do to help you be well?   Your mind is the source of most distress.

Muscle Spasms and Massage - What you need to know about muscle tension, knots (spasms) and massage.

Fibroymalgia and Massage - This debilitating and often misunderstood condition is really a neurological condition and most symptoms can be greatly reduced with getting regular massage.

The stress response system is what massage really is all about. Having a healthy stress response system is what is needed for you to be able to act rather than react as a result of stress.

TMJ/TMD and massage- temporalmadibular problems (jaw pain) is usually only a symptom of another problem such as stress or misalignment of the body.

Massage for Parkinson's disease - Massage can help ease the symptoms of stiffness associated with this disease as well as help with the resulting emotional challenges of this serious disease.

Heel pain (or plantar fasciitis) - Heel pain is one of the toughest conditions to deal with because you are always on your feet. Getting regular massage can help clear up this condition which sometimes is usually just a symptom of misalignment in other areas of your body.

Triggerpoint therapy is one of my main methods of treatment. Triggerpoints are usually the cause of most pain but they are often not where the pain is. Other areas of the body create stress or misalignment of the body which causes strain on the muscles. Treating the triggerpoints while working with your posture can help get you back on the road to pain free living.

Emotions and massage - Your body is really the place where emotions are stored and begin. Getting in touch with your body is getting in touch with your emotions. When you are more aware of your emotions you are better able to understand where they are coming from and understand that most emotions are projections. You can learn to feel your emotions but not let your emotions have you.

Posture and health Your posture is a reflection of your state of health and well being. Tightness in areas of your body are areas of weakness. Sitting up straight is usually difficult because of tightness and weakness not necessarily your inability to sit up straight.

Causes of Pain- Pain can be caused by many things one of which you may be surprised about.

Arthritis and Massage - Getting Regular massage can help ease the pain of arthritis.