By Sue Shekut, L.M.T., ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner, Working Well Massage For those that are looking for an ergonomic gift for those people on your gift list that are glued to their computers, you are in luck! According to Shane McGlaun at SlashGear.com, Jeflin has a new mouse with a gel cover [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Gel-ly Roll Your Old Mouse Away
Posted in Ergonomics, tagged Add new tag, Ergonomic, ergonomic mouse balls, Jelfin, trak balls on December 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Health For Your Mind, Not Just Your Body
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Workplace Wellness, tagged American Psychiatric Association, Emotion, Health, Mental disorder, Mental health, Physical exercise, Stress, Support group on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image by mikebaird via Flickr Emotional health is just as important as physical health. But what is emotional health? Being happy? Being in touch with your feelings? Being able to cope with stressful situations? Never being angry? Read more from Familydoctor.org below to find out. What is good emotional health? People who are emotionally healthy [...]
Back Pain? Yoga May Help More Than Physical Therapy
Posted in Fitness, Stress Management, Yoga, tagged back pain, backbends, low back pain relief, Spondylolysis, yoga for back pain, YogaTherapyWeb on December 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach For those of you suffering from back pain, I must first say this: Make sure you see a doctor or chiropractor you trust before undertaking any new exercise that impacts your low back. Certain low back conditions can be made [...]
Stay Fit For the Holidays
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Health and Wellness, Stress Management, tagged 6 Week Body Makeover, April Masini, Carol Sorgen, home workouts, Jackie Keller, lifestyle coach, The Entrepreneur Diet, WebMD, winter workouts on December 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image via Wikipedia Having a hard time keeping a handle on your fitness and nutrition goals this time of year? You are not alone. Holiday shopping, parties and extra goodies make it tough for everyone. Read what the experts at WebMD say about keeping on track with your fitness routine during this busy time of [...]
Don’t Let Winter Cold and Snow Keep You Couped Up: Go SnowShoeing!
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Nature and Stress, tagged Backcountry.com, GORE-TEX, hiking, Outdoor, Ski, Snow, Snowboard, SnowShoeing Magazine, snowshoes, Winter sport on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, L.M.T. ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, & Owner, Working Well Massage Winter is here which means more and more snow soon. If you don’t want to exercise inside, you can ski or sled or snowboard. What about outdoor exercise for hikers and those that don’t want to travel to downhill ski? [...]
Jump Out Of Muscle Tension! The Big 25…
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, Stress Management, tagged easy daily workouts, jumping jacks, jumping jacks in water, using core muscles, workouts without equipment on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image by Mike Schmid via Flickr By Sue Shekut, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Owner Working Well Massage I hear the same complaints from many of my clients: “I want to work out, but I don’t have time.” “My neck and shoulders are so tight, but I do stretch (when I [...]
Cold Hard Cash or Talk Therapy: Which Makes Us Happier?
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, tagged Economics, Health, Policy and Law, psychological therapy, Stress Management on December 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image via Wikipedia An important part of stress management is managing how we perceive events and situations in our lives. Now, new research shows that talking about our problems and finding resolution can make us happier than cold hard cash. Who knew? Read more from Health Day News to find our why talk therapy may [...]
Come in From the Cold and Swim Your Way to Good Health
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, Health and Wellness, Stress Management, tagged benefits of swimming, CDE, history of swimming, low impact sports, MEd, resources for swimmers, Richard Weil, stroke volume, swimming pools, swimming strokes on December 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Image via Wikipedia We had our first real snow of the season today in Chicago. And that means more indoor fitness activities for many of us. It’s a good time to talk about the benefits of swimming! As a young child, my parents used to take us to the local high school pool twice a [...]
In the Blink of An Eye–Quick Fix for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Uncategorized, tagged EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, John M. Grohol, post traumatic stress disorder, PsychCentral, PTSD, trauma on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image by ddaa via Flickr The holidays can be stressful for all of us. For some people, managing stress requires more than time management and breathing techniques. People that have been through trauma are often wired to overreact to stress. For those that have been through trauma events, war, violence, and similar events, everyday stress [...]
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