Do you use your Health Benefit Package to its Fullest?

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Health Benefit Package When you think of Health Benefits, which side of the fence do you sit on? There often seems to be two different types of benefits users. There are those that don’t seem to really get around to using their annual Health Benefits and those that lock them down like a third child. […]

Inflammation: What is it and how can I avoid it?

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Inflammation:  What is it and how can I avoid it? When is comes to defining inflammation, there are two forms: acute and chronic.  With acute think back to a time when you had a cut and that cut became infected.  The site of the cut then becomes red and swollen, this is inflammation at work […]

Calgary wellness centre Massage for Health gives you the Run For The Cure!

Benefits of massage for your post marathon or hard run recovery Benefits of massage for your post marathon or hard run recovery In light of the upcoming “Run for the Cure” which starts from Southcentre this Sunday, we at  Massage For Health  thought we would remind you of the benefits of a post massage run. […]

Joint Pain Recipe Solution

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Have you ever noticed the ‘ingredient search’ option on the All Recipe website? A friend showed me this a few years ago and now I use it constantly. To find this nifty tool, go to www.allreceipes.com and type in a few items you have kicking around the house in the ‘ingredient search’. Then – BOOM […]

Community after the Flame

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com·mu·ni·ty noun I was watching my son work on a puzzle when the texts started coming in about the fires in Fort McMurray. The larger stories soon began to flood the tv and my phone in real time through the first person lens of the evacuees iPhones. Tears welled up as the ‘too close for […]

Health Benefits of Growing Your Own Food in Garden Boxes

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Calgary has not seen the bottom of my snowshoes at all this year, which reminds me, I really should get those winter tires off my van!  It also reminds me that the minimal snowfall may result in the water table being awfully low this summer. A low water table, job loss and high food prices […]

Massage Therapy for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

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Do you have Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS)? The Massage for Health Clinic has registered massage therapists who can provide you with massage therapy to specifically help with your TOS.   The name Thoracic Outlet Syndrome derives from the thoracic outlet between your collarbone and the outside of your front neck muscle.  It is a narrow […]

Your Pain Could Be Caused by a Trigger Point?

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If today was one of those mornings where you basically got out of bed using your internal superhero strength, I get it. All in all, you deemed it a success considering the nagging, dull, deep pain and discomfort in your body. The kind of pain that doesn’t necessarily keep you out of your daily life, […]

Can Massage help my Plantar Fasciitis?

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Everything was just fine and then you were struck by this heel pain that found you hobbling around and very uncomfortable.  You wonder what is causing all this havoc on your heel and why it is fluctuating between stabbing pain to a dull ache.  It is most likely Plantar Fasciitis that causes the nagging inflammation […]