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Fevers aren’t always a bad thing

Frequently I have parents coming to complain that their children have a fever. It’s 98F and humid out and the children are wearing t-shirts and pants. Everyone is hot when the temperature outside is hot. A fever in healthy kids is usually not an indication that something is…

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The stomach flu

The medical term for the stomach flu is gastroenteritis. Though it is referred to as the stomach flu it has nothing to do with influenza. The virus that causes influenza does not cause gastroenteritis. Most experts believe that there are approximately 5 billion cases of gastroenteritis every year worldwide, most of which …

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In love with massage therapy or massage therapist?

The massage therapist/client relationship is a very intimate one, even more than the doctor/patient one in most cases. There is partial nudity and prolonged touch which can sometimes bring about some confusing feelings and emotions from a client and occasionally the massage therapist as well…

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The healing power of Shiatsu

Today in the Western world there is a movement promoting the return of a preventative approach to health rather than a reactionary one that relies heavily on pharmacologically based Western or Modern Medicine. Massage has been one of the complementary approaches to health that has …

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The Roots Of Reflexology

The origins of reflexology date back to the earliest of civilizations. Ancient Egyptian, Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan texts and charts, thousands of years old, depict various methods of acupressure massage on the soles of feet. There are even Native American oral traditions that speak of massaging feet, hands and …

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