Illness & Injury
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Stressbusting Books: What to read now
Stressbusting offers this brief guide to what to read and listen to on the topics of stress and stress-relief — just in time for the gift-giving season.
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Learn Massage
If I was rich, my daily luxury would be a massage. Massage is the oldest form of therapy for dealing with stress, and its value is as relevant today as it has ever been. Daily tensions and stress make us tense, a state many people come to accept as normal. They have forgotten that time as children when they were attuned to how their bodies felt, and are used to the pain and muscle stiffness that result from a hard day’s work.
Hippocrates - the ‘father of medicine’ - wrote that of all his arts, the doctor must be ‘assuredly experienced in rubbing . . . for this can loosen a joint that is too rigid’. It is often not until we have a good massage that we realize just how tense we are, how much nervous energy we are burning and how refreshed and different we feel afterwards. Touch is a powerful tool that not only reduces pain but also makes us feel loved and wanted.
