Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer So you decided to take the plunge and try a yoga class. Then you find out that there are different kinds of yoga. How do you know what kind of yoga to take? And what if [...]
Archive for January, 2010
What Type of Yoga Should I Take?
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, Yoga, tagged Add new tag, B. K. S. Iyengar, Bikram Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Kripalu on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Warm Up With Indian Food You Learn to Make Yourself with Ranjana
Posted in Fat Loss, Health and Wellness, Nutrition, tagged Cooking, cooking classes, healthy cooking classes, Indian fod, Ranjana, vegetarian coking on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image by megpi via Flickr By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer It’s cold outside and soon many Chicagoans will be stir crazy. What a fantastic time to learn how to cook spicy, tummy warming, healthy food. In Chicago, we are lucky enough to have a [...]
Surviving Loss…With the Help of a Paperback Friend
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Workplace Wellness, tagged Grief, Grief Loss and Bereavement, Peter McWilliams, Stress, surviving loss on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Certified Wellness Coach, Licensed Massage Therapist, ACSM Personal Trainer In the past few weeks a few of my friends have lost loved ones to cancer and heart disease. Loss is never easy and grief take s a lot out of us emotionally and energywise. Losing a life partner, [...]
Avoid Injuries from Repetitive Motions at Work
Posted in Ergonomic Products, Ergonomics, Workplace Wellness, tagged G2 Fitness, hand ergonomics, hand stretches, mouse pad on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach and ACSM Personal Trainer Do you work long hours at your computer? Performing the same tasks over and over can lead to muscle tension and injury. Michelle S. Jones, an eHow Contributing Writer, advises you to “Stand up and walk around if [...]
Winter Ice Can be Not So Nice–Avoid Meeting the Pavement!
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged avoid falling on ice, broken bones, falling on ice, proper way to fall, slips and falls on January 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Image by Great Beyond via Flickr By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Last night I joined my fellow Chicagoans in a common winter “sport”: I fell on the ice. I was lucky that I was well padded and fell backwards onto my backpack on my [...]
Make Your Fitness Routine More Productive!
Posted in Fitness, Workplace Wellness, tagged Add new tag, Exercise equipment, Fitness, Personal trainer, Physical exercise, Productive Fitness, Weight training on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, ACSM Personal Trainer, Certified Wellness Coach, Licensed Massage Therapist I write a lot about increasing activity and fitness in and outside the workplace. Companies can provide employees with education about fitness to help improve employee health. One easy way to give employees great information about stretching and weight [...]
Treat Your Skin To Soothing Lotion from Hugo’s Naturals
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, tagged Body lotion, great body lotion, Hugo's Naturals, lotion for massage, Vanila and Sweet Orange, Whole Foods Massage on January 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Each month at the Working Well Massage chair station inside the Lincoln Park Whole Foods Market, we feature a different body cream or lotion that is great for massage and your body! This month, our massage therapists are applying [...]
Massage and Prostitution-What’s the Difference?
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, tagged AMBP, Find a masage therapist, IDFPR, legitimate massage, licensed massage therapist, massage parlors, massage therapy license look up, massage today on January 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Whilst researching around the internet, I found a link to a chat room thread that exemplifies one of the problems massage therapists face to this day: the misconception that massage therapy is a sexual service. In [...]