By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Non smokers don’t get it. I’ve heard nonsmokers say, “Why don’t you just quit?” Or “How can any intelligent person smoke?” (Knowing what we know about smoking and health.) Smoking addiction isn’t a rational decision. People don’t get up [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Coping With Nicotine Withdrawal When Quitting Smoking
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, Workplace Wellness, tagged Addiction, American Cancer Society, nicotine withdrawal, Smoking cessation, Substance Abuse, Tobacco smoking on February 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Introducing a New Working Well Massage Therapist: Dennis Frymire
Posted in Massage Therapy, Stress Management, tagged Chair massage, Chicago massage, LIncoln Park Massage, Massage Therapy and Bodywork, Soma Institute, Whole Foods Market, Working Well Massage on February 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer I’ve been performing chair massages in the Chicago area for the past 10 years or so. In 2001, I opened my first chair massage station in Whole Foods Gold Coast. Since then I’ve opened several chair massage stations in [...]
What Makes It So Difficult to Quit Smoking?
Posted in Health and Wellness, Workplace Wellness, tagged Add new tag, American Cancer Society, cotinine, metnal dependance, Nicotine, nicotine withdrawl, quitting smoking, Smoking cessation, Tobacco smoking on February 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Coping with stress can be tough. Some people turn to cigarettes as a way to cope with stress. In the long run, smoking doesn’t help your body ward off stress…it creates new health and social problems [...]
Positive Reasons to Quit Smoking
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, tagged Add new tag, Cigarette, heart disease, quitting smoking, Smoking cessation, Tobacco smoking on February 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Recently a client of mine quit smoking. He’s using a combination of tools to help him stay quit and I have to say I am so proud of his progress so far! When I quit smoking [...]
Have a Ball Strengthening Your Low Back
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged balance balls, Bosu balls, low back pain, Spine-Health on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Low back pain is a common complaint these days. Most people work at an office or are spending much of their day sitting. This tightens hip flexor muscles (ilopsoas which consists of the Iliacus and Psoas muscles) and can [...]
Where to Take Tai Chi Lessons in Chicago
Posted in Fitness, Traditional Chinese Medicine, tagged Add new tag, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Tai chi, Tai chi chuan, Taoist Tai Chi Society on February 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Image by Darren // DA Creative Photography via Flickr By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer If you want to try a tai chi class and are not an in home video/dvd afficionado, there are classes around the Chicagoland area you may want to check out. [...]
Green Workouts With Human Dynamo 4.2
Posted in Fitness, tagged Green Workouts, Henry Works, Human Dynamo on February 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapists, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Now you can power your household appliances while you workout! Energy shortages and high levels of obesity–one company aims to solve both problems with one product: The Human Dynamo 4.2. The designer, Henry Works, created this workout machine to [...]
Making Winter Survival Fun
Posted in Health and Wellness, tagged depression, Seasonal affective disorder, Sunlight, winter blues on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer When I was a young girl I remember reading Little House On The Prairie and imaging what life was like in the winter back in those days. From what I recall, back then winter meant staying [...]
Is It the Winter Blues or Do You Have Seasonal Affective Disorder
Posted in Health and Wellness, Stress Management, tagged Add new tag, Circadian rhythm, depression, Light therapy, Seasonal affective disorder on February 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapists, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Lately everyone I talk to is feeling the effects of winter. In Chicago we’ve had little to no sunshine, lots of cold weather and snow, snow, snow. Crankiness, irritability, more frequent colds and flues result. But [...]
Can Your Phone Make You Fit?
Posted in Fat Loss, Fitness, tagged Add new tag, FitDeck, FitDeck Mobile, fitness app, Fitness on the phone, High-intensity interval training, Personal trainer on February 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Now it can. With the FitDeck Mobile downloadable personal training program, you can take your “personal trainer” with you everywhere you take your phone!. Created by former Navy SEAL and certified trainer Phil Black, FitDeck Mobile gives you a [...]
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