Monthly ArchiveAugust 2008
Wellness 28 Aug 2008 11:06 am
Dog Food Allergies - Stop The Torture!
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Food allergies are not exclusive to humans, but they can be difficult to diagnose in pets, especially when dog food allergies appear to manifest quickly. The biggest problem of course, is the pet’s inability to communicate the symptoms effectively, and they are many times confused with other ailments.
Some symptoms of dog food allergies are: excessive scratching, hair loss, skin infections, as well as ear infections. Many times antibiotics are used for skin infections and they will clear up briefly, only to return again when the antibiotics are completed. An animal with itchy skin that doesn’t seem to improve with the use of antihistamines or steroids, might possibly be suffering from a dog food allergy.
An animal that has itchy skin that does not seem to be improving with the use of antihistamines or steroids, may be suffering form dog food allergies.
Since most dog food is made from beef, chicken, wheat, eggs, soy and dairy products, it should be no surprise that most allergies to dog food are caused by one of these ingredients.
When pet food companies began producing lamb and rice formulas, many dog food allergies seemed to disappear.
Many veterinarians agree that it is not because of something special in the lamb and rice formulas that reduced the incidence of dog food allergies, but rather that the dog’s diet was changed and the animal had not developed intolerance to the new food.
Dietary Change to Test for Food Allergies
Once other causes are ruled out, such as flea bites, intestinal parasites, yeast or bacterial infections, a dietary change may be needed to reduce the symptoms of dog food allergies.
A new food source containing protein and carbohydrate should be the only diet of the pet and given at least around 12 weeks to determine which ingredient is the allergen in the old pet food.
The food source must be completely different than the previous one given. No treats or other food should be given. Once this has been determined, the pet is not having an adverse reaction to the new food; other foods can then be added. If however, symptoms to occur, that food would then also be eliminated.
Motivation 28 Aug 2008 05:37 am
Mental Coaching Can Be An Asset To Your Business
Mental coaching has been utilized for a long time by those involved in sports, as a way of generating mental preparation for the rigors of the game or the competition. However, mental coaching skills that are applied in a sports setting, can easily be applied also to business communication.
The process of increasing communication between personnel and executives can be a very complicated process in any business. There are a wide variety of different factors like power, income, and education that causes a natural separation. But, teaching the varying groups to work together can be a great asset to any business or organization.
There are many possibilities to investigate when you wish to eliminate negative behaviors. The simplest is to bring such issues to the front, and force your people to acknowledge difficulties. Consider the lower level employee who might “know” that his ideas will be ignored. Once these issues are in the open, they can be discussed and stereotypes eliminated. Then and only then will truth become the dominant paradigm.
Mental coaching is a method of improving communication across departments and having them learn to work together towards a common goal. Usually departments are loyal to their own area of work, but this coaching allows different departments to work with each other on projects that might overlap their usual working boundaries. During these coaching sessions the departments develop a mutual goal and a plan on how to reach that goal.
When acting as a mental coach for sports, there is another rule to abide by: Improve your trust in the rink, course, or court. But in business, there are no rinks, courses, or courts. But executive need to know how to trust each other and thereby make the business succeed. Many times, executives feel that if things need to be done right, they must do it themselves. Business leaders must have the faith that other employees they hired can do the important jobs of the company.
An important aspect of mental coaching for the business world is to change the prevailing attitudes of both personnel and executives in the workplace. When the personnel believe that the upper management is no longer out to take advantage of them, and the executives no longer feel that the employees lack ability, things will fall quickly into place.
Professionals in football, baseball and basketball have long understood the validity of mental coaching. What we are telling you now is that many of these coaching techniques are completely applicable to business communication. The communication process between executives and personnel can be difficult. Training these two groups to communicate effectively can be beneficial to any organization or business. Another way to improve communication through this type of coaching is to develop ‘game plans’. This means that the groups need to work together to decide what the goal is and then map out how they plan to get there.
Motivation 27 Aug 2008 06:13 pm
How To Easily Develop The Millionaire Mindset…
Do you believe in the millionaire mindset? Would you like to learn how to easily adapt to it?
Many heated debates have been had about this…
Because most people would like a fast and easy wayto be rich, the millionaire mindset believers are thriving and creating debates…
Some would say that the common working person is yet unsuccessful because of the lack of the rght king of mindset for money making…
While one group believes that they have to work very hard to make money, he other group feels that affirmations are te way to go…
“Money flows to me in abundance money flows to me in abundance, money flows to me in abundance…”
Maybe they can meet half way…
The reason I’m addressing this?
Because it’s true… its the only way to achieve the level of success you desire…
Does that mean you do not need to work on marketing and advertising?
Not if you want to succeed!
I really sucked at my business when I first started a few years back. That’s not to say I didn’t want to be successful…
I believed I was committed to my success…
Here’s what I discovered personally about the millionaire mindset:
1. It is a process - I didn’t have this millionaire mindset when I first decided I wanted to be wealthy and financially free. So there were many things I wasn’t willing to do. I didn’t want to stay up late to place ads, I watched my favorite TV shows when I should be on conference calls. When someone called me about my opportunity, I felt afraid and assumed they wouldn’t wat to join me because I wasn’t yet successful. These are the ways of someone who lacks the millionaire mindset, but wants to be one…
As time went by, I began to get the drift that millionaires delberatey created a mindset above average for themselves. They asociated with other successful peole through videos, books, videos and even seminars…
One speaker at a conference said that by honestly examining our actions you could tell if you had a millionaire’s mindset. She said our actions followed our feelings which usually follow our thoughts…
I started to mentally note all the things I was actually DOING to grow my business…
I looked detailly at what my desires were for my business and analyzed my feelings towards them…
I discovered that I was the furthest thing away from having a millionaire’s mindset, even though I wanted to be a millionaire…
My reasons for my desire to be weathly were pretty compelling. I made a decision to marched forward…
Was I scared? Certainly!
Was I confident? Nope!
Did I make up my mind to do it anyway? Yes!
Certain of my decision, I decided to commit:
a. I reduced my TV time - hard, but my goal to succeed was stronger…
b. I spent a little more time on my business before bed…
c. I started doing some sort of personal development activity - read, audio or video about 20 mins every couple of days…
d. I stopped going to parties too often…
e. I started learning and implementing the right marketing strategies…
f. I started exercising 3 times per week - nothing too hard…
g. I began to watch my self-talk more closely - deliberately focused on the millionaire mind type self talk…
h. I decided to cut back on my contact with the negative influences of my life…
A few things began to happen after some time:
a. The kinds of people I was attracting into my life showed showed that I was developing the millionare mindset…
b. My business was growing steadily and so was my income…
c. I enjoyed my business career and stayed up late to focus on it..
d. My millionaire mindset is a daily journey…
2. Your choice: The choice to create a millionaire mindset is yours. It comes naturally when you firmly decide to achieve your goals…
This is the next step if you stay focused on your dreams.
Here’s what you do to stay focused on your goals:
a. Setting your heart firmly on the very best for you. Whther you believe you’ll get it or not, doesn’t matter. Just set your heart on the best for yourself.
Don’t worry what’s happening in your business. If you feel disappointed with your business, that’s when you need to focus more on the millionaire mindset. Stay hungry for the things you want to accomplish.
b. Thousnds if not millions of people arewating foryou to shine so they can beleve in themselves too. I know it sounds off right now - I thought so to - but some day when you look back you won’t believe how many lives are better because you never gave up on you…
You’ll be amazed by the lives you will touch by doing your own thing. You’ll make incredibl lfe long friends, influence others to succeed and so much more…
Your influence within your sphere of influence could be huge. Some of you relatives and friends could be inspired to live the life of their dreams because of you…
The milionaire mindset may begin with your busness but in the end it touches your personally - in who you become.
It is completely worth to create a milionaire mindset. The benefits are worth their weight in something more valuable than gold. Developing the millionaire mindset will take you and your business to to levels of achievement.
Motivation 27 Aug 2008 06:00 pm
Motivational and Motivational Speaking. 7 Useful Tips
The following article contains, what I think at least, useful tips about motivational and motivational speaking.
Let’s face it, reading 7 tips isn’t going to change your life, but at least it will give you an idea about what you can find out about Motivational.
Stay current on the industry news that your goal falls in. Learn about current trends, company failures or successes, new ideas; whatever information you can find. For example, if you have decided to open a retail store and have a great idea and a real passion for your goal, read about that specific type of store, location, potential revenue, downfalls, everything. This information will be a part of your business plan and is crucial.
Being successful means taking care of you, both physically and emotionally. You will need to have energy, focus, and rest. In turn, this will help you concentrate and put in the hours required to be successful. Without taking proper care of yourself, you will end up struggling and your business could feel the effects.
If you find yourself ruminating, a great way to stop it is to interrupt the pattern and force yourself to do something completely different. Rumination is like hyper-focus on something negative. It’s never productive, because it’s not rational or solution-oriented, it’s just excessive worry. Try changing your physical environment - go for a walk or sit outside. You could also call a friend, pick up a book, or turn on some music.
You might think there is no correlation between complaining and success when in fact there is a connection. When you are spending time complaining about the obstacles you are facing, you are wasting so much time being negative that you are actually loosing chances to move forward. Instead of thinking of challenges as problems, think of them as opportunities.
Rather than wait for opportunity to find you, you need to find opportunities. This might be watching for business opportunities in the paper regarding small businesses being sold, great real estate opportunities, and investments with stocks, bonds, or mutual funds, taking a talent and turning it into an entrepreneurial adventure. People that have reached financial status will tell you that they look for ways to seize opportunities, not wait for opportunities to come knocking on their door because it will not happen that way.
You should look at every angle of your journey as an exciting adventure. When you think of your childhood years, you loved investigating the unknown. Carry this with you as you strive toward success. Anticipate the excitement of each accomplishment - make it a real adventure.
You might think there is no correlation between complaining and success when in fact there is a connection. When you are spending time complaining about the obstacles you are facing, you are wasting so much time being negative that you are actually loosing chances to move forward. Instead of thinking of challenges as problems, think of them as opportunities.
7 hints and tips about motivational are more than enough, don’t you think?
I hope that you found these Motivational and Motivational Speaking resources useful.
Weight Loss 27 Aug 2008 02:46 pm
Obesity
Over 176,500 young adults under 20 years old have one form of diabetes. One in every 400 to 600 children has type one diabetes, according to the National Diabetes Statistics Web site. Diabetes is just one of obesity related health problems among children and adults. Obesity also causes other health problems such as hypertension, heart attacks and high cholesterol. In 2004 obesity related deaths ranked number two, smoking came in first. By 2005 obesity related deaths was expected to pass smoking as the number one cause of death, according to Medscape.com.
Americans lead busy lives and the cost of living is not cheep. In a typical family home, both parents work a forty hour week and arrive home late. Most of those families would rather relax than think about making a well balanced meal for everyone. Usually they will grab what it closest or easiest such as a microwave dinner, take out or the phone to order a pizza.
Eating out was once thought to be expensive, now because of places like Jack in the Box and McDonalds, it is affordable. You can go to McDonalds and feed a family of four for less than twenty dollars. It is fast, easy, tasty and most of all cheap. To feed a family of four a balanced meal, for example chicken with rice and a vegetable, costs more in both time and money something we are all short on. Fred Meyer, a local grocery store chain in Oregon, usually has pretty good deals, but look at what it costs to feed a family of four. I went to Fred Meyer hoping to spend less than $20.00. Foster Farms offers three chicken breasts in a package for around $9.00, but you would have to buy two in order to feed a family of four. One package of Uncle Ben’s instant wild rice only has two to three servings per container for $2.50 which means again you would have to buy two packages. As for a vegetable, a bag of organic baby carrots cost about $2.00. When it was all said and done, a healthy home cooked dinner for a family of four costs about $25.00. This is not including the time spent making the dinner and doing dishes afterwards.
Lack of health choice at restaurants makes eating right difficult. According to Foodfacts.info, in 2005 fast food chain, Wendy’s, pulled their fruit salad option after only ten months on the menu, sighting low sales. Many fast food chains have started to offer healthier choices such as Subway which offers raisins and yogurt, and Wendy’s offers mandarin orange fruit cups in place of fries. Some sit down restaurants have followed suit such as Red Robin which will allow you to order either a petite hamburger patty or a Boca Burger substitute for any of their burgers. Unfortunately other places do not offer alternatives or the alternatives are not well advertised by the prospective restaurant. Red Robin might offer a Boca patty substitution but it is in fine print which is barley visible at the very bottom of their menu.
Serving sizes are something you are not in control of when eating out. Most restaurants fill your plate with fries and a giant burger. When the food comes, the presentation is nice and the food smells good, and since we are all in such a hurry, we devour the whole plate before we know it consuming double the empty calories.
Gastric bypass surgery is the second only to breast augmentation, as the most common surgery among young adults. The time is now for us to start setting a good example for all people and start making smarter choices of food, make the effort to cook healthy meals, and rethink what a serving size is. Sure it might require more effort and more time and sacrifice but when you look at the health risks and concerns associated with obesity, it just makes sense to spend a few extra dollars, a little more time and make a few better choices in order to make a better future for you and your family.
Motivation 27 Aug 2008 02:42 pm
Breakthrough Reading Speed: Is It Really Possible?
Have you ever seen a commercial or watched a demonstration of speed reading and wondered if it could actually help you? For students, class reading speed is extremely important to keep up with your teachers. It is no surprise that an increased reading speed can help you get through homework assignments more quickly
Even if one is not a student or teacher, improved reading speed can help them in day to day tasks such as reading and understanding magazines and newspapers. Pleasure reading, too, is more enjoyable when it takes up less of your spare time.
Speed reading does not have a set number of words per minute, pages by minute, etc. It just describes the ability of a reader to search through printed material faster than normal. The average adult without any special training reads about two words per second or 120 words a minute. Some trained speed readers have stated they have the ability to process and read over 10,000 words a minute and more. Of course the claims vary and this is a controversial topic.
All of us actually practice a technique of speed reading at times. This is called “skimming”. Skimming is the process of quickly glancing over a document scanning for keywords, phrases, or words which catch your attention. You then get a sense of what the text content is about without a whole lot of detail and of course, a low degree of comprehension. Some speed reading methods are structured around skimming techniques but with emphasis placed on the reader trying to increase comprehension at the same time.
Some techniques in speed reading teach the reader to look at large segments of text as opposed to individual words, to train your eyes to take bigger “bites” of text at a time. This helps the person to see a wider line of typing at a single glance. This is based on old military studies which employed a tachistoscope. This device using a window, would flash text at the reader in a sequence. Research found that one could speed up the machines flash rate, without the subject losing much comprehension.
Finding and dealing with bad habits in reading will greatly increase reading speed. Some people say each word without any sound (volume) being applied without being aware of it. While this actually can be helpful in our development when first learning how to read, in the long term it becomes a hindrance as each word takes longer in the process of being sounded out, letter by letter, then by syllable. Making the reader aware of this can eliminate the problem, and increase reading speed.
Internal dialogue is another bad habit that slows reading. Instead of subvocalizing, the reader actually reads aloud in their head, slowing down the reading. Participants in this course are trained to turn off this internal commentary and concentrate on the whole section, then going over it. Another important thing to avoid is regression, which is the re-reading of a passage. Following these methods can be a means of speeding up reading, either in a course setting, or in a book about reading, or in software applications for the purpose.
For students, Class Reading Speed is extremely important to keep up with your teachers. It is no surprise that an increased reading speed can help you get through homework assignments more quickly. Speed reading is simply the ability to read through text at a pace faster than normal reading speed. Without special training, the average adult reads approximately two words per second or 120 words per minute. There are unsubstantiated claims of some speed readers of a Breakthrough Reading Speed of over 10,000 words per minute. Additionally, breaking bad reading habits can greatly improve your Course Reading Speed.
Wellness 27 Aug 2008 01:56 pm
Nature’s Best Pain Reliever
Yes, it’s true: Helichrysum essential oil provides fast-acting, effective pain relief for a great many physical ailments. Aromatherapy companies are, by law, prevented from advertising this fact directly along with their products, but it’s true. Many, many individuals are regularly using this very healing oil to both reduce pain and, depending on the injury or ailment, to actually speed healing. As noted by Dr. Kurt Schnaubelt, America’s leading medical aromatherapist, the effects of this oil are “so convincing that it has never met with any kind of criticism.” So what’s special about Helichrysum, where do you get it and how do you use it?
The essential oil steam distilled from the little yellow flowers of the Helichrysum plant (the oil is also known as ‘Everlasting’ and ‘Immortelle’) is in a class by itself for the three most important factors for a medicine: safety, efficacy and ease-of-use. Some essential oils used for pain must be used with caution; those containing methyl salicilate should be used sparingly due to their toxicity potential. Helichrysum however, has no such restrictions in the aromatherapy literature. It is in fact, one of the few essential oils recommended for direct application to the skin in the most critical or immediate cases.
Its efficacy is unsurpassed. Most folks who use it find the pain relief nearly immediate — “it just makes the pain go away”, “it’s amazing” and other similar comments are frequently uttered when the oil is used. The oil is recommended for ANY kind of pain: joint pain, muscular aches and pains, back pain, neck pain, nerve pain, and pain resulting from surgery and trauma. In most cases, a simple preparation of the oil in any common aromatherapy carrier oil is the formula of choice. Jojoba is commonly used for aches and pains; Rosehip seed oil and Tamanu are selected when healing skin damage (or reducing scarring).
Mixing your own topical preparation is very simple: just mix one part Helichrysum to nine parts ‘carrier oil’ in a separate bottle. This makes a 10% concentration. Some users create formulas as strong as 20% Helichrysum, others with as little as 5%. Using the lowest concentration necessary is more a question of cost than anything else — the pure essential oil is relatively costly, particularly the highest quality, rarest varieties. The pure essential oil applied ‘neat’ or undiluted is called for when a trauma has just occurred. For example, if one has just twisted an ankle, or really any serious injury where bruising will occur, several drops of the essential oil should be applied immediately and then again every hour or so until the potential for hematoma is eliminated.
Beyond simple pain relief, Helichrysum is known to actually speed the healing of injuries through its antioxidant, anti-inflammation and regenerative actions. This is helpful for not only ‘common’ bumps and bruises, but for surgical sutures and burns as well. Further, the oil is found in 3-5 percent concentrations in skin care recipes to reduce the appearance of skin aging, and to reduce and eliminate scars of all kinds.
The most potently-healing Helichrysum essential oil is considered to be the ’serotinum’ sub-species grown on the island of Corsica, France. The oil is often distilled from wild growing plants, which can be the strongest healers due to their synergistic relationship with their natural environment. The oil is also distilled from Helichrysum italicum flowers grown around Europe; one may try more than one source to find the oil that works best for them.
Helichrysum essential oil is one of nature’s most profound healers. It works for a great many symptoms of pain, safely and effectively. It is simple to use and readily available through internet sources (it is, as of yet, difficult to find in local health food stores, though this may be changing soon). Whatever your needs for this type of therapy, Helichrysum italicum essential oil is worth investigating.
Wellness 27 Aug 2008 01:03 pm
Review of the Sanyo SA-5000 Massage Chair Recliner
This is a review of the mid range massage chair produced by Sanyo. This model is the SA 5000. There are so many massage chairs on the market and we hope this review will help to guide those looking for a quality massage chair recliner. We will cover some of the salient features and the warranty coverage of the SA 5000 by Sanyo.
We start with the unexciting topic of warranty coverage. The warranty coverage is to help balance out the risk of problems in the future. This is especially important on more expensive items to protect against defects. The better the warranty, the more peace of mind for the consumer. Sanyo covers the roller mechanism for 3 years, 1 year on the rest of the parts and 1 year on labor. Sanyo has finally introduced in-home technician service and is giving 1 year. Sanyo has a national call center to handle warranty items which gives them better control over service levels.
This mid range Sanyo has a remote control as well as a wired sub remote. The main remote control has 4 automatic programs and a selection of manual programs. It has one button automatic programs which initiate the massage at the touch of a button. The manual massages come with manual massage courses. The manual massage courses enable the user to target particular areas to focus the massage. You can target the upper back and the massage will be confined to this area only. The control takes a little investment in time to get to know, but overall is fairly intuitive to use and learn.
An interesting technology included in the Sanyo SA 5000 is based on lie detector technology. The lie detector technology monitors perspiration and your pulse rate. The sensor then directs the chair to specific stress points based on these readings. The user must grip the wired sub remote for this function to work. So far the chair doesn’t ask you any questions, so don’t despair! This is a feature of the high end Sanyo chair and is an interesting feature. You can also change the position of the leg rest and the chair back from the sub remote. If the massage just hit a critical area, you can hit the repeat button and the massage will be repeated in the area just covered.
There are 4 effective massage therapies built into the SA-5000. They are Stiffness, Recovery, Relax and Fine. Each has specific target areas and results. All of them deliver full body massage therapy. Stiffness is based on Shiatsu massage and is for the back and legs. Recovery helps to loosen stiff and tired muscles. Relax is for achieving total body relaxation and tranquility of the mind. Fine helps to increase blood and lymph flow. The SA 5000 also has 3 stretching functions for the lower body. You can activate a stretch function and it will seamlessly plug into the massage treatment already activated.
This Sanyo mid range model delivers 5 manual massage treatments. The five manual massage treatments are Grip, Shiatsu, Kneading, Tapping, and Combination. Grip is a unique massage function from Sanyo. The Grip uses what Sanyo calls its GK rollers. The GK rollers are specially designed to reach out around the shoulder and neck areas. This brings the gripping sensation that provides effective relief in this area. The other manual massages include Shiatsu, Kneading, Tapping, and Combination. Shiatsu is for loosening tight muscles. The kneading massage is great for getting knots out of your back. Tapping targets loosening up tight muscles with a rapid target blows. The Combination massage consists of both the kneading and tapping.
The Sanyo SA-5000 also has an effective lower body massage. The lower body massage is an air compression system which utilizes airbags to give a compression massage. The airbags are located to target the thighs, calves and feet. There are specially designed shiatsu pressure point nodes in some of the airbags to hit your trigger points. These trigger points are based on acupressure massage and help induce full body relaxation. The air bags provide an effective squeeze to loosen and invigorate tight muscles of the thighs, calves and feet. Sanyo has also included a heater element in the foot wells to warm the soles of your feet.
The Sanyo SA 5000 is overall an impressive massage recliner. The massage therapy is well designed and effective. We especially like the Grip massage which is particularly effective for the neck and shoulder areas. This is unique to Sanyo and a positive step forward for massage chair technology. The look of the chair is a little industrial and plain. Sanyo needs to step up in the design arena to match their technology. The warranty coverage is great with the 1 year in home service, but is a bit substandard in other regards. You should consider an extended warranty to match the best manufacturers. Overall, this is definitely a model you want to consider if you are looking for a mid range massage chair recliner.
Motivation 27 Aug 2008 11:39 am
3 Ways to Heal From the Pain of Breaking Up
It would be easy to get over a break up if you could just stop thinking about your ex and being in so much pain at losing one of the most important people you have in your life, but unfortunately we can’t just turn off all those emotions to help us deal with that pain.
There are many distractions from the loneliness and pain you are going through.
1. Time apart. You and your ex need to take a break from each other. Aside from situation where you absolutely cannot avoid your ex you need to be apart. These unavoidable situations include working at the same job or going to the same classes. Deciding that you just want to be friends won’t fill the emptiness in your heart or help you to get your ex back.
Out of sight, out of mind is pretty relevant here since the best way to get her off of your mind is to avoid contact with her as much as you can. This separation will really help you down the line to about a month or more into the future when you want to get back together with them again.
2. It’s party time! Get some friends together and go do something fun for the night. There’s nothing like hanging out with your closest friends and even for several straight nights can be just what you need and make you forget a good portion of the break up pain you’re feeling. Take it easy on the alcohol, however, as it can lead to bad things, like a drunken phone call in the middle of the night!
3. You will definitely catch women’s eyes when you and your company are out having fun. Don’t worry, this is perfectly ok. There’s no need to feel guilty about this, in fact, it’s good to enjoy the company of hot girls. They will help you feel more wanted and show you tht living your life without your ex will not be as bad as you had originally thought.
Dating them is certainly not a requirement, but flirting and enjoying hanging out with some hot and sexy girls can bring your life up a level to not feeling as bad.
There is an endless list of things that could help you get over the break-up. Finding a new hobby, working out, a night out with your friends are great things to do to help you deal with the pain, but they are also great things to do to get your girl back. Visit the link below to find out just how they can help bring your ex back into your life.
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Wellness 27 Aug 2008 08:25 am
Find Stress Relief Using a Shiatsu Massage Chair Recliner Daily
You can find many different massage therapies at a day spa to relieve your tensions and anxieties. Maybe we can make it to a day spa at least once a week or for the more fortunate, a few times a week. These occasional visits to the local day spa provides effective relief of built up stress. The build up of stress is ongoing and does not wait for us to go to the spa. Since most of us cannot make it daily to the day spa, our stress may be relieved when leaving the spa, but the anxiety and stress starts building the next day. A shiatsu massage chair recliner can provide daily stress relief in the comfort of home.
Studies have proven over and over that a therapeutic massage helps people feel less anxious and stressed, more relaxed, and more alert. A massage for stress relief aids in relaxation because it contributes to peace of mind and to an emotional feeling of well-being. A shiatsu massage chair helps to relieve aching and tired muscles helping one to relax.
Mentally, a massage improves one’s ability to recognize and monitor stress, enabling them to respond appropriately. A massage for stress relief enables a person to think calmly and more creatively. Music during the massage helps to take the mind off the items that are perturbing it. This allows the whole body to relax. Massage chair manufacturers are including MP3 players in their massage chairs to help one to further relax.
Doctors and researchers are beginning to discover that in addition to the positive impact of massage on anxiety. It can also help the patient lower blood pressure, increase circulation, heal from injury, sleep better and increase concentration. Shiatsu massage recliners have capabilities to massage the entire back, the thighs and buttocks, the calves and feet and the hands and arms. All of these factors have a positive effect on combating stress and anxiety.
Massage therapy can help reduce depression. If the body is stressed and it cannot relax, then this can lead to anxiety which may start thoughts of negativity. Using a shiatsu massage chair daily can decrease anxiety and reduce tension which increases the body’s energy and wellness. Increases in energy and wellness helps to increase one’s self image by removing images of negative self-worth. Reverse the cycle with the help of a shiatsu massage chair.
Day spas have a variety of treatments like peels, wraps and saunas. Obviously, these therapies are not currently available in a massage chair. As technology advances, one might see these treatments in the future with a massage recliner. At the present time, a daily morning or evening massage in a shiatsu recliner can change your attitude in the comfort of home. For now it is still worth a drive to the day spa, but having a massage chair increases the frequency of access to massage therapy to provide daily relief. The key being to reduce stress and anxiety as it arises and not letting it build up over time.

