By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Did you know that Chicago has it’s own wellness magazine entitled, appropriately, Chicago Wellness Magazine? Tooling around the Internet, I found the magazine’s website and was intrigued by their offerings. The latest issue of Chicago Wellness magazine has these [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Wellness in Chicago Has a Magazine
Posted in Health and Wellness, Nutrition, tagged Chicago Wellness Magazine, Food Cop, Joanne Rusch, Reduced calorie recipes, Sweet Edition on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Get Fit and Help Out–Climate Cycle’s Annual Solar Schools Ride
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged Add new tag, Climate Cycle, Indiana Dunes State Park, Joey Feinstein, Kids and volunteering, Solar energy, Solar Schools Ride, Sustainable energy on March 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Get fit and help support a good cause! Spring is coming to Chicago and with it are a host of events that allow Chicagoans to run, walk, bike and swim to raise money for good causes. A dear friend [...]
Make the Most of Your Massage With Marcus Brent
Posted in Fitness, Massage Therapy, tagged Add new tag, Chair massage, marcus Brent, personal training, Working Well Massage on March 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Today I want to tell you about one of our newest additions to the Working Well Massage chair station team, Marcus Brent. Marcus joined Working Well in January, 2010. He’s been sharing his love of personal training and massage [...]
Family Farmed Expo-A Great Way to Learn More About Healthy Food
Posted in Health and Wellness, Nutrition, tagged Environmentally friendly, Family Farmed, Gardens, healthy eating, herb gardens, Kitchen garden, Local food, Organic food, Rick Bayless on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Ever wanted to start your own city garden? Or maybe you want to grow an herb garden but aren’t sure how to go about it. Eating healthy starts with using healthy ingredients. Gardening can be an enjoyable way to [...]
Get Your Air Cleaning Plants For Spring!
Posted in Health and Wellness, tagged Chicaog park District, KIbourn Park, Organic plants, Spring plant sale on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapists, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Many of our readers go to our blog post about indoor plants helping clean the air of pollutants like benzene and formaldehyde. Since Spring is peering around the corner, I though I’d point local Chicago readers to the big [...]
Massage Yourself with the Miracle Ball Method
Posted in Ergonomic Products, Massage Therapy, tagged back pain relief, Massage Therapy and Bodywork, Miracle ball, self massage, trigger point therapy on March 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer My mother gave me the Miracle Ball Method for Christmas last year. I have to say, they do work to release tension in specific muscle areas also known as Trigger Points. Chiropractors have told me to use tennis balls [...]
Meet The Founder of Carlossage, Carlos Peccioto
Posted in Massage Therapy, tagged Body/Joint Mobilization, Carlos Peccioto, Carlossage, Chicago massage, Chicago Touch, Craniosacral Therapy, Deep Tissue, Lymphatic Drainage, Myofascial Release, Swedish, Thai/Nuad Bo Rarn, Therapeutic Stretching, trigger point, Working Well Massage on March 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Today, I’d like to introduce Carlos Peccioto, anther fine massage therapist I have the pleasure of working with at Working Well Massage. I met Carlos when I first moved to the Chicago area in the late 1990′s and we [...]
Winter Fitness in the Forest
Posted in Fitness, Nature and Stress, tagged hiking, HIking Poles, Outdoors, Palos Forest Preserves, Snowshoe on March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Don’t let the snow and cold keep you from exercising outdoors. With the right gear and proper supplies, you can still hike and enjoy the great outdoors! And the Chicago area forest preserves are open all winter to help [...]
Be Your Own Survivorman or Survivorwoman!
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged Aboriginal Living Skills School, Add new tag, Backpacking, Cody Lundin, Outdor adventure, Survival and Primitive Technology, Survivorman, wilderness survival on March 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer In winter cold, my thoughts run to tropical vacations, the desert sun beating down on my back and all places warm and cozy. But what about learning how to survive in nature? If you are looking for a vacation [...]