Generally, my work doesn’t cause me a lot of pain, and I have a pretty high pain tolerance. I get tight shoulders like everyone else in the world, and my left hip, which has always been my vulnerable spot, sometimes has me limping a little at the end of a long day. Those are common … Continue reading Which Slipper to Wear to the Ball?
My blogging this week was thrown for a loop when I unexpectedly came down with a bug. No, not a cold or the flu. A computer bug. A Trojan virus to be exact. I was thrilled beyond imagination (which is to say the exact opposite). As we roll on toward November, no one is exactly … Continue reading Views on Flu
Although my grandmother loved me very much, it didn’t stop her from terrorizing me about my posture. Perhaps concern for me drove her to use fear as a means of encouragement. “Stand up straight!” she’d screech, appearing out of nowhere and smacking me between the shoulder blades. “Be proud you’re tall.” And then she’d suck … Continue reading Stand Up Straight!
Sometimes we find that our brains just won’t stop working, particularly during times of stress. Images of things we wished we had or hadn’t done and images of all the things we have to get done keep playing and re-playing in our heads: many times accompanied by distracting and disturbing emotions. Sometimes this even happens … Continue reading Beautifully Useless
I do have a thing for nice sheets. They must be flannel, or high-thread count, no see-throughs, and stand up to about 1,000 washings. I don’t have a thing for laundry. I never want to do it. Yet virtually every night, here I am, slipping into a rhythmic trance as I fold, fold, fold. Most … Continue reading Laundry as Therapy… Ommmmmmmmmmm
My nominee for the most forgotten muscle is the tricep. Sight unseen on the back of the arm, it can create finger and arm tingles so gnarly even experienced therapists are convinced it is C6 compression in action. How do we take it for granted? Many times the first basic Swedish massage we learn skips … Continue reading The Forgotten Muscle
After an absurdly long stretch of gray, ugly rain, it seems that Seattle has finally decided that it will indeed join the rest of the civilized world in hosting Summer 2009. THE SUN IS OUT! Finally! It makes a Southern girl like me just want to sit on a porch swing and drink sunlight and … Continue reading Swimming: Sweet Idea!
Find Touch welcomes a new blogger – Sue Peterson, LMT, NCTMB. Sue has been a licensed, board-certified massage therapist since 1995. Her specialty is therapeutic massage. Sue practices massage in the the Los Angeles area. It was a beautiful, bright California Sunday afternoon – so we headed straight to the mall. The sports clothing store … Continue reading My Left Foot
How many of you use a laptop as your primary computer? How many of your clients do? I confess. I’m a laptop user. I got rid of my desktop computer about two years ago when laptop prices and features got to the point where it seemed to make sense to get rid of the bulky … Continue reading Laptop Ergonomics
Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it. ~Anonymous Spring has sprung—well, sort of—well, at least we had a couple of sunny days last week—um, until it snowed on Sunday… Anyway, the hint of warmer weather means hands are itching to start digging in the dirt. My … Continue reading Ergonomic Gardening