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4 Secrets from the Fittest Bodybuilders

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1. Instead of cutting out carbs all together, cycle your carbs by eating more carbs on your heavy workout days, and very few carbs on your rest and recovery day.

2. Never skip breakfast. High protein oatmeal takes 3 minutes to make and 3 minutes to eat. No excuses to skip the most important meal of the day.

3. High protein eggs are a fantastic snack that boost your metabolism and suppress hunger.

4. If you want to accelerate your fat loss, reduce starches and sugar, but don’t reduce proteins or non-starchy vegetables. You need protein to feed muscle.

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Neuromuscular Massage Can Help Rotator Cuff Injuries

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You don’t have to be a golfer or baseball player to suffer a rotator cuff injury.

In fact, many older people suffer rotator cuff injuries because of overuse or have some degeneration in the joint that leads to tendinitis.

Most people with rotator cuff injuries feel pain when moving the arm through a wide arc.

Many rotator cuff injuries respond to non-surgical treatment. Neuromuscular massage can improve joint function and range of motion.

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Neuromuscular Massage for Migraines

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So who would want to suffer with severe pain, visual disturbances, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, sensitivity to sound and light, touch and smell as well as numbness or tingling in the extremities or face?

No one … For those people who suffer with migraine headaches, neuromuscular massage can bring relief.

In a recent study conducted at the Henry Ford Hospital, those patients who received neuromuscular massage reported fewer headaches, as well as a reduction in the duration and intensity of their headaches when receiving regular neuromuscular massage treatment.

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What is That Odd-Looking Tape Athletes Are Wearing?

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Kinesiology tape has become popular with athletes and trainers. First developed in Japan, today it is used by professional athletes, fitness enthusiasts, physical and massage therapists to create a biomechanical lifting mechanism to lift the skin away from the soft tissue underneath, so that oxygen and nutrients can more easily flow into the area accelerating healing and recovery.

Kinesiology tape is good for arthritis, knee problems such as meniscus or ACL/MCL tears, rotator cuff injuries, groin and hamstring pulls, shin splints, lower-back pain, tennis and golf elbow, and more.

Most Kinesiology tape is made from hypoallergenic materials, is latex-free and uses an acrylic-based adhesive. It is widely available on the internet and in sporting goods stores.

Let Me Design a Neuromuscular Massage Program to Enhance Your Fitness Training

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Every fitness enthusiast has a different routine for training, which can mean you need a different focus in your neuromuscular massage.

A person who trains in tennis, for example, may need to relieve the tightness or tension in the upper shoulders used repeatedly for tennis.

A long-distance runner may require more overall body work than a bodybuilder who is concentrating his/her workouts to sculpt a specific muscle group.

If you’re a fitness enthusiast, let me design a neuromuscular massage program to help your training.

If You’re Getting Physical Therapy, You Should Also Get Neuromuscular Massage

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If you’ve been injured, or have disabling pain in your lower back or elsewhere, or joints from arthritis, neuromuscular massage can help restore felxibility to the tissues, build strength in injured tissues, help your balance and coordination, and extend range of motion.

Physical therapy and neuromuscular massage are good complementary therapies.

6 Things that Neuromuscular Massage Addresses

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Trigger points – highly irritable points that may refer pain to a different area of the body.

Nerve entrapment or compression – when a nerve gets pressed or compressed by surrounding muscule or tissue, it can cause chronic pain.

Postural distortion – If muscles are underdeveloped on one side due to self-splinting to avoid pain, those underdeveloped muscles can weaken causing your posture to alter.

Nutrition – Muscles require adequate nutrition to build and to heal. If a muscle lacks blood blow, it also lacks nutrition.

Ischemia – An injured muscle may get very little blood flow resulting in low amounts of oxygen and nutrients reaching the muscle which will greatly delay healing.

Stress – Stress plays havoc with how our nervous system and musculoskeletal systems work together.

Regular Massage Recommended for People with Fibromyalgia

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Massage and other touch therapies including myofascial release and connective tissue massage have been found to reduce pain, anxiety and stiffness associated with fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by chronic pain, joint rigidity, intense fatigue, sleep disturbances, headaches, anxiety and often depression. Fibromyalgia occurs more often in women than in men, and the interruptions in quality of life seem more dramatic for younger patients with fibromyalgia than in older patients.

A 2011 study published in the journal Rheumatology International, showed that aerobic exercise combined with neuromuscular treatment of eighteen specific trigger points significantly improved quality of life, pain control, range of motion, ability to sleep and mobility in the test group.

Lower Back Injuries are Common in Young Athletes

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A recent study conducted at Loyola University Medical Center showed that lower back injuries were the third most common injury in young (high school and college) athletes behind knee injuries and ankle injuries.

One place in particular that causes lower back pain in athletes is a trigger point located in the gluteus maximus—a thick extensor muscle necessary for stair climbing, power push offs and jumping. A developing trigger point in this large muscle may be perceived as lower back pain or hip pain and can be greatly relieved through neuromuscular massage.

Because repeated lower back injuries can lead to chronic back problems, sports massage is often used by colleges and some high schools to keep young athletes in top shape.

Lafayette Celebrates Small Business Saturday

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In my role as President of the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce, I had an opportunity to visit 30 local small businesses, along with Chamber Executive Director Vicki Trumbo, and board member Michelle Irons, to recognize the owners with a rose on Small Business Saturday.

We were recognized for our efforts in the nationwide newsletter, The Chamber Executive Network.

Small Business Saturday takes place each November and is a way for the community to come out and celebrate our hard-working small business owners.

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