Low income families face a weird dilemma they are not eligible for insurance at work because of their poor salaries and their poor salaries do not let them afford private individual health plans. And considering that this one income bracket that perhaps needs the most insurance, this is a strange irony of sorts. Health plans in general are expensive and so is the healthcare in the US. Compare the two and you will find that going in for a medical...more
Are you stressed? Do you dread returning to work having had a nice relaxing weekend? Even though you are happy to have a job, it can be awfully stressful in the workplace. You wish for some sort of relief from all of this (short of a two-week vacation to Hawaii!). All that built up negative energy caused by energy channel blockage. Prescription medication isn't always the solution, nor is over the counter medicine. A head massage...more
Don't you love the heat? Warm sun on your back, hot sand on your legs and feet. Yes, we all love the beach. There is something very healing and relaxing about the sun. Our muscles feel great having lain in the sun for a bit. There is a way to have this feeling without being in the sand. A trained massage technician will perform a hot stone massage on you in a spa. I was a little daunted at first, but I was surprisingly impressed when I tried my first hot stone massage. The professional who will perform this is in a clinical environment with sanitary tools (stones). They are kept in boiling water to inhibit the growth of bacteria. The therapist will be trained and certified. He/she will use tools or gloves to remove the stones from the water when they are needed for a client and this keeps them sanitary. The tools used for hot stone massage are basalt stones. Throughout the ages, these have been used because they retain heat and are believed to have energizing properties. Practitioners of hot stone massage prefer these ancient stones to any others. The hands are the other tools used when giving a hot stone massage. It is much easier on the hands of the therapist than...more
In a world where all we do is stand, run, walk and lift - our feet support us all day long. While being in shoes and socks all day, we restrict circulation and air contact. One of the most thoughtful gifts I ever received was the gift of a foot rub. These days there are seats everywhere where we simply insert a quarter and our feet...more
Many (about 90,000) people in the United States claim massage therapy as their part-time or full-time job. Most are self-employed. A large percentage of these workers are of part-time and self-employed workers. Most states in the United States require some sort of a license to practice massage therapy. If a state does not have any...more
I am a housewife and a mother. My injuries relate to children laundry, the everyday duties of taking care of a house and children. I don't have a favorite sport, and interestingly enough, I have gone for a sports massage. I have specific recurring pain, and this is the best massage I have ever had. My husband was reluctant to go for a massage, until I called it a sport massage. He couldn't get there soon enough. This was not a girl day at the spa. It was a manly thing. And he did feel much better (old baseball injury). It can treat frozen shoulders, tender elbow, and pulled hamstring, as well as many other ailments.Massage is the manipulation of superficial layers of muscle and connective tissue, to enhance function and promote relaxation and well-being. Massage became popular in the US in the 1800's and grew in popularity until the 1930's and 40's. With the development of modern medicine, it was discounted as lesser than. It made a re-appearance in the 1960's when nurses began to use it to alleviate pain in patients. They then realized it was great to do a sports massage on the athletes. In the 1996 Summer Olympics massage was deemed a core medical service and its...more
Insurance is a financial protection. Health insurance protects you from the high costs of medical care. It may seem impossible to make health insurance affordable. The rising of premiums, deductibles, and the prices of procedures themselves may seem...more
No one will ever disagree with you about the importance of having health insurance. No matter how much money you have, without the proper health insurance all it would take is a few days stay in the hospital, emergency surgery or a...more
Life happens. When it does, a lot of things become difficult to handle. This is especially true with things you never thought about. When you get married, you may have to change your last name on all of your credit cards, checks, driver's license,...more
How great to be pregnant! It's a time of joys and challenges. There are so many aches and pains, such discomfort. Though we are gaining weight, have muscle and joint pain, we are elated. What can we possibly do to alleviate this? I...more
You may be ready to take risk by not covering earthquake coverage and you may possibly not require life insurance also but don't take risk with health assurance. If you are in hospital for a few days also all your savings will be...more
Im not a professional athlete, nor do I have any sport-related injuries. Do I need a sports massage? You might be surprised, Ive tried it, maybe you should too. Do you have a specific injury? A massage may be for you. The area of pain will be the...more