Dr. Rose Bricker, Blue Lemon Health & Wellness Anger and conflict within relationships can be challenging. When we have difficulty expressing our feelings, boundaries, and desires to others, it often creates stress that we are not prepared to manage. Sometimes, anger is used to express that stress. But when anger is expressed in destructive ways, such…
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Features, August 2023
2 Your Health: Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness—How Massage Can Help
Heidi Overman, LMT #MT-24997 Brain health concerns are becoming more and more prevalent. As we age, we start to notice small changes in our memory, brain fog, and possibly more severe memory issues. There are many things we can do to help improve brain health. Nutrition, exercise, supplements, puzzles, and massage are just a few…
Features, July 2023
2 Your Health: Anxiety: How Therapy and Coaching Can Help
Dr. Rose Bricker, Blue Lemon Health & Wellness Anxiety can be challenging. The symptoms can be wide-reaching and varied. Anxiety doesn’t have to be diagnosed as a disorder to create huge discomfort in our lives. Anxiety affects your whole being. It is a physiological, behavioral, and psychological reaction all at once. Some symptoms of anxiety/panic…
Features, June 2023
2 Your Health: Alzheimer’s and Brain Health—How Therapy and Coaching Can Help
Dr. Rose Bricker, Blue Lemon Health & Wellness If you or a loved one is experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer’s, dementia, and poor brain health, you are not alone. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 6.7 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s. Eleven million Americans provide unpaid care for those with Alzheimer’s and other types of…
Features, February 2023
2 Your Health: Body Awareness and Massage
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist #MT-24997 Body awareness. It is so important to know when there is something going on with your body. Healthline.com defines body awareness as how conscious and connected you are to your own body. It’s also known as kinesthesia, or the awareness of the position and movement of body parts in…
Features, August 2022
2 Your Health: Repetitive Motion and Muscle Memory—Suddenly You Are in Pain!
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist The most common comment I get as a massage therapist is, “Wow, I did not realize how bad my muscles are, until you started working on them. How did that happen?” The truth is this, humans are creatures of habit. We sleep in the same position, we get up and have…
Features, July 2022
2 Your Health: Pain Management: How Can Massage Help?
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist Pain. It will disrupt your day. Your week. Your month. Your retirement years. But what can you do? A lifetime of medications? Surgeries? Shots? How about regular massage? Yes, regular massage can help with muscular pain management. Have you ever had a doctor tell you that your pain is muscular? Then…
Features, May 2022
2 Your Health: Can Regular Massage Help My Memory?
Heidi Overman, LMT #MT-24997 As we age, our memory tends to get away from us. We find ourselves searching for words that were once easy to retrieve. We can’t remember the name of our new neighbor. You walk in a room … wait, what was I saying? What was I coming in this room for?…
Features, April 2022
2 Your Health: Plantar Fasciitis and Massage Therapy
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist Plantar fasciitis is a very common issue. It is painful and can even be debilitating. I have many clients come in exasperated from trying to help relieve plantar fasciitis pain. Just this week I had one client who had been battling it for over two years and another for over a…
Features, March 2022
2 Your Health: Massage Can Help with Leg and Foot Cramps
Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist, #MT-24997 Leg and foot cramps are very common. I find this to be a prevalent issue in my practice and see many who suffer from cramping almost every night. This breaks up sleep and can cause insomnia and fatigue. Massage can be a useful tool in helping relieve the pain…