By Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner, Working Well Massage Chicago is famous for many things. Chicago is “the Windy City,” The Second City,” the home of the Cubs, the White Sox and da Bears. Chicago also has the dubious honor of being one of the top 20 most [...]
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Who Can Build a Healthier Chicago?
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Health and Wellness, Workplace Wellness, tagged Add new tag, Blood pressure, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chicago, Health care, improving health, increasing physical activity, managing high blood pressure, obesity on December 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Meds That Save Your Bones May Save Your Breasts Too!
Posted in Health and Wellness, tagged Breast cancer, breast health, Osteoprerosis, Women's Health Initiative on December 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner, Working Well Massage Pharmaceutical drugs are often discovered by accident. One drug test may be going on where a chemical combination is used to treat one condition then in trails it’s found that the drug also treats other unrelated symptoms or diseases. [...]
Smells Great, Tastes Great, but Less Acidic–Coffee
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Workplace Wellness, tagged Caffeine, Coffee, Decaffeination, Folger's, Gentle java coffee, low acidic coffee, Simply Smooth on December 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer As a young woman, I drank a lot of coffee. A LOT of coffee. Until a close friend told me one day she couldn’t get a word in edgewise, I was talking so much. I was [...]
Be Well and Be Safe-Holiday Driving Tips for Bad Weather
Posted in Health and Wellness, tagged car maintenance, driviing in ice, driving in snow, Occupational safety and health, safe driving, Seat belt on December 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Image by sgtgary via Flickr by Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner, Working Well Massage Good health is not just about fitness and nutrition. We all make choices each day that impact our well being, our long term health and ultimately our happiness. On Christmas day I spent a [...]
Don’t Be a Pinata–Give Yourself the Gift of Healthy Eating This Christmas
Posted in Fat Loss, Health and Wellness, Nutrition, tagged Add new tag, American Dietetic Association, Christmas, diet tips, Dietitians and Nutritionists, healthy eating at christmas, holiday healthy eating on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner, Working Well Massage Christmas Eve. Snacks, candy, treats, egg nog. Friends. Family. Presents. Roast turkey. Or ham and roast beef. And then rolls and bread and crackers and brie…and before you know it, you’ve eaten way too much and you feel…like a [...]
Get Fit With Fido! Take Your Pup To Work
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Workplace Wellness, tagged animals and stress, companionship, dogs at work, service dogs, support aninmals on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner, Working Well Massage Dogs have long been used as Guide Dogs and Service Dogs for people with vision impairment and other disabilities. Seniors also find that dogs and other animals known as Emotional Support Dogs can provide companionship, non-judgmental positive regard, affection, [...]
Holiday Diet Tips to Be Eschewed, Not Chewed
Posted in Fat Loss, Health and Wellness, Workplace Wellness, tagged agave, drinking water at meals, fad diets, holiday diet tips, Katherine Hobson, Limiting Dairy intake, low fat desserts, U.S. News & World Report, weight loss on December 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner, Working Well Massage It’s that time of year. Holiday parties abound with extra cocktails and appetizers. Cookies, candies and vendor gifts line workplace kitchen areas. How do you eat sensibly and maintain a healthy weight without overdoing it and packing on an [...]
Keep on Treking–Walking AT Work Continues to Work!
Posted in Ergonomics, Fat Loss, Fitness, Health and Wellness, Workplace Wellness, tagged Dr. Elizabeth Joy, treadmill desks, trekdesk, Utah Health Research Network, walking at work, Walkstation on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner, Working Well Massage Some times ago I blogged about the Walkstation from Steelcase. (Link here.) Now it looks like the idea of treadmills attached to desks is gathering steam–and coming down a bit in price. Read the excerpt from a article in [...]
Working too Much to Exercise? Let Julie Lee Show You Yoga at Your Desk
Posted in Workplace Wellness, Yoga, tagged back pain, Easy desktop yoga, Julie lee, neck pain, neck pain relief, workplace stretching, Yoga, yoga at work on December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner, Working Well Massage Don’t have time to exercise? Working long hours at a computer or desk? Then this set of easy yoga poses may be for you! Easy Desktop Yoga is a CD with a series of video exercises based on yoga, [...]
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