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May 31, 2024

Reflex segmental massage is a method of treatment and relaxation based on the stimulation of special points on the human body. This technique is based on the idea of the connection between different organs and points on the surface of the skin. Reflex zones, which are sense organs, make up segmental lines on the human body. During the massage, the therapist works on these points using various techniques that have a positive effect on the functioning of internal organs and the general condition of the body.

The advantages of reflex segmental massage are obvious. This method can be used for treatment of many diseases and various disorders of the body. It has not only therapeutic, but also preventive properties. In addition, massage promotes relaxation and improves overall well-being. Reflex segmental massage is also a safe alternative to pharmaceuticals, has no side effects, and can be used both alone and in combination with other treatment methods.

Reflex Segmental Massage: Importance and Value

The importance and value of reflex segmental massage is in its ability to improve overall health and well-being. The benefits of this massage method include:

1. Stimulation of blood circulation and metabolic processes: Massage improves blood circulation and the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to organs and tissues, which contributes to their functioning and regeneration.

2. Relieving muscle tension: Massage helps to relax tense muscles, improves their flexibility and mobility. This is especially useful for chronic back, neck or shoulder pain.

3. Improving organ function: Massage affects the reflective areas that are associated with certain organs. This can help improve the functioning of relevant organs, such as the heart, lungs, or digestive system.

4. Stress and tension relief: Reflex segmental massage has a calming effect on the nervous system, which helps to reduce stress and tension levels.

5. Boosting immunity: Massage can help strengthen the immune system, activate the body's defense mechanisms, and increase its ability to resist infections and diseases.

Reflex-segmental massage is an effective and safe method for health improvement. When used correctly, it can help treat a variety of ailments, improve overall well-being, and improve quality of life.

May 28, 2024

Summer is the time to get outside and enjoy the sun while keeping your body active! There are so many ways to enjoy the outdoors with activities, camping, traveling and all require that your body be in good condition to fully enjoy and embrace the season! Regardless of what you have planned, keeping your body active this summer Rossiter Stretching (RS) can help you stay limber and pain-free, making those summer activities much easier and more enjoyable!

Rossiter Stretching Techniques (RST) are designed to:

- Relieve Pain: Targeted stretches can alleviate chronic pain and tension.

- Increase Flexibility: Regular practice enhances your range of motion.

- Boost Performance: Improved flexibility and reduced pain can lead to better athletic performance and more enjoyable daily activities.

May 16, 2024

 Acetylcholine (ACh) is an important neurotransmitter in both the central and peripheral nervous systems, providing communication between two nerve cells. One of the most important features of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is decreased function of neurotransmission, which causes significant cholinergic neuronal abnormalities/losses with decreased choline acetyltransferase levels and accompanying reduced ACh synthesis.

The genus Rosa represents one of the most important genera of Rosaceae family and has 200 species and nearly 20,000 varieties. It has been suggested that the extracts of the plant, particularly those used in perfumery, are also potential sources of antioxidants that can be employed in food preservation. Rosa damascena  (Damask rose) is one of the most important fragrant rose species from which essential oils and high-value products may be derived and widely used in traditional medicine to treat fevers, sore throats, and gastrointestinal symptoms. According to the research, Rosa damascena possesses sedative, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antioxidant properties. There is also substantial evidence that Rosa  damascena extract significantly stimulates neurite growth and prevents amyloid-beta (Aβ) fibrillation and accumulation in the brain.

May 2, 2024

Dates are delicious fruits with a sweet taste and a fleshy consistency. Dates also have various bioactive components which have effects on different types of diseases. 

According to clinical research, date vinegar can significantly reduce bad cholesterol including triglycerides and LDL-cholesterol, and reduce inflammatory markers. It can also reduce blood sugar levels for diabetics according to the research. It makes a delicious combination with olive oil too.

What is Date vinegar?

Making vinegar from fruits or grain (white vinegar) is done through a fermentation process. The fruit is blended with water and a fermentation yeast culture (“starter”). Then the mixture is allowed to sit open to the air while the culture proceeds to ferment the fruit mix to vinegar. (A cheese-cloth over the open container helps protect the fermentation process.) Apple cider vinegar is one of the most popular types of vinegar and comes with a variety of health effects. Now we find that date vinegar also comes with significant health effects.

Health Benefits of Date Vinegar

Dates vinegar is not new and has been in use since Babylonia (5,000 years ago) as food and medicine. In another study carried out at the University of Otago, New Zealand, it was confirmed that date vinegar has antioxidant activity that is comparable to wine vinegar but higher than apple cider vinegar and white wine vinegar. That’s why it has medicinal value. Some of the health benefits of date vinegar are:

April 19, 2024

Lemons and lemon essential oil have been used in Ayurvedic medicine to treat a wide spectrum of health conditions for at least 1,000 years.

Citrus plants are the main sources of benefit-rich essential oils because of their many uses in food and medicine. One of the main benefits of using lemon oil in your cooking is that it has antioxidant properties. This means that it helps to protect your food from harmful elements and enhances the flavor at the same time. There’s nothing like the bright, citrus taste of lemon. Citrus oils like lemon add a sweet, refreshing flavor to drinks like tea, water, or smoothies and brighten up any baked goods recipe like scones, muffins, or cookies. Citrus oils also add flavor to yogurt or your favorite dips and salsa recipes.

Keep Lemon essential oil in the kitchen as your go-to when fresh lemons aren’t available. Add a few drops of Lemon oil to a broiled fish fillet or roasted chicken or add some zing to your favorite dessert by adding a few drops of Lemon oil.

Lemon Cheesecake with Lemon Oil

Light cheesecake infused with sweet lemon flavor makes it a fresh dessert.

April 4, 2024

Lotus is widely cultivated in the Asian continent (mainly China) as one of the important economically important crops for its rhizome and seeds. In the last decade, seeds from lotus seeds have emerged as one of the important sources of major nutrients and phytochemical compounds.

Lotus seed possesses many important components that could be processed further in food product formulations and other applications. Exploring new sources as a functional ingredient for value-added food product development claims enhanced nutritional and functional properties of products. Flour and starch are important ingredients in the food industry. To formulate new products, flours and starches with specific characteristics must impart functionally desirable properties. In bakery products, wheat flour is used as the basic raw material. However, research has now shifted to partial or full replacement of wheat flour with other substitutes that are both nutrient-rich and health-benefiting in nature.

March 27, 2024

Lotus ((Nelumbo nucifera G.) is also known as water lily, sacred lotus, and Kamala. It is an aquatic perennial flower with one aquatic genus Nelumbo which accommodates Nelumbo nucifera (cultivated) and Nelumbo lutea (Wild) species. The genus is found throughout the Asian continent (China, India, and Russia) and in Northern parts of Australia and North America. In Asia, lotus is cultivated for nutritious rhizomes, leaves, and seeds and is being used as a food for 7000 years. Due to its important nutritional properties, it is one of the important economic crops of China, producing 45,000 tons of lotus seed and 9 million tons of fresh rhizomes. Traditionally the extracts of the leaves, rhizomes, seeds, flowers, roots, and buds were used to treat diarrhea, cardiac ailments, depression, insomnia, cancer, and hypertension.

March 10, 2024

You may be wondering why you feel back pain if you have tight quadriceps. Chances are, a couple of things are going on: Your tight quadriceps muscles are tilting your pelvis forward and your weakened hamstring muscles are putting pressure on your back. Quadriceps muscles are a group of four muscles that cover the front and sides of your thighs. They provide the force you need to run, walk, jump, kick, and complete most lower-body movements. The main function of the quadriceps is to keep your knee stable and help you straighten it. When your  quadriceps muscles get tight, they can create a chronic posture problem for you.Two forces may be at play. They may even be happening at the same time:

• Tight quads can lead to lower back pain because they pull the pelvis down.
• Tight quads naturally lead to weak hamstring muscles. These are the quads' opposing muscles, located at the back of your thigh. Stress and pressure on the hamstrings can cause back pain.

Both scenarios can affect your pelvic alignment. If your alignment is off, your posture may suffer and the pain may increase. When the quads (and especially the rectus femoris) get really tight, they pull on the hip bone. The pelvis tips downward, or forward. (Technically, this position is called the anterior tilt of the pelvis.) When your quads are too tight, and the pelvis is pulled down in front, there is a corresponding lift up in the back. And this can hurt. If you sit a lot at home or work, you can probably feel your "sitting bones." These small bones need hamstring muscles to stay attached to your hip. Generally, good posture (and good hamstring tone) helps pull down your pelvis in the back. This is a good thing because it helps keep your pelvis in a comfortable position.

Tight quads set off a "chain reaction" in your body as the pelvis moves down in front and up in the back while the hamstring stretches. The reaction? Pain, and often lots of it.If you don't strengthen your hamstrings and stretch your quads, the hamstrings may lose their ability to support your ideal pelvic and spinal positions. If you have this problem, we can help you with using Rossiter stretching and Myoskeletal Alignment techniques. 

Since the source of chronic pain for many arises from very common imbalances and dysfunctional patterns in the musculoskeletal system, most chronic pain can be relieved with a combination of skilled manual therapy and effective stretching. This approach brings more effective natural pain relief than with traditional massage techniques alone.

February 27, 2024

In Robert Tisserand’s book, Aromatherapy, he relates a case study of a twenty- nine year old client with heavy cellulite on her thighs, hips, and buttocks. She was treated with massage and the essential oils of rosemary, fennel, geranium, juniper, lavender, bergamot, and chamomile. During a three-week period, the client came in twice per week for aromatherapy-based massage of her problem areas. After three weeks she had only a small patch of cellulite left, which was cured by changing her sitting position at the piano to allow adequate circulation. Massage with essential oils improves rate of absorption of essential oils. Blood flow is increased and the temperature of the skin is raised, allowing for faster intake of essential oils into the blood stream. This was proven by Jäger in 1992 when a blood sample taken five minutes after a massage application of essential oils found linalyl acetate and linalool in the blood stream. Aromatherapy works best when using synergetic blends of two or more essentials oils. You can choose any two or more of any essential oil to add to fractionated coconut oil. The percentage of essential oil used can range from one to 3% depending on the health of your client. For every one ounce of carrier oil add five drops of essential oil to create a product with 1% essential oils. Creating detoxifying massage oil is very simple.

February 14, 2024

Most chocolate is grown on the west coast of Africa. But small batches of chocolate also come from the jungles of Peru. And the difference is astounding. Peruvian cacao is not only sweet like regular milk chocolate…It’s also one of the healthiest and highest antioxidant foods on the planet.

• Being 12x healthier than blueberries…
• 15x better than kale…
• And 37x healthier than even broccoli. (based on ORAC antioxidant levels)

This delicious chocolatey gift has been the food of emperors for nearly 2,000 years. And the growing process was finally perfected during the late Incan empire.
Which is what gives us this unique Peruvian chocolate that not only tastes delicious, but can also…

• Promote healthy and stable blood sugar
• Reduce free radicals & fight inflammation, thereby slowing down aging in the body
• Make you fall asleep faster and STAY asleep through the night
• Even help prevent brain aging
• And even contains compounds known to improve your mood

One of the most nutritionally complex foods on the planet, Cacao, is also a great source of magnesium, dietary fiber, calcium, zinc, iron and potassium. It is great with smoothies/drinks, cereals, yogurt, oatmeal, baked goods, cookies, ice-cream, trail mix, granola bars, coffee, snack foods, or as a fantastic chocolate chip substitute in any recipe for a tasty and fun meal! It tastes great with Coconut or Almond milk!