By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach I enjoy gardening but have only a porch for my plants and herbs. For years I’ve been growing fresh basil, oregano and assorted herbs and vegetables on my porch each summer. If you want to grow your own urban garden but are [...]
Archive for May, 2010
Learn More About Urban Gardening and Organic Nutrition
Posted in Health and Wellness, tagged Appetite for Balance, organic gardening, porch gardens, urban gardens on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
From Russia with Love-Spotlight on Yuriy Dmytrenko
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, tagged Chair massage, Chicago massage on May 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer You may ask, who the heck is Yuriy Dmytrenko? Is he a Russian gymnist? A well known swimmer? A famous soccer player? Well, he’s a little bit of all the above–AND, he’s a fantastic massage therapist. Yuriy works at [...]
Get Linked In to Other Bicyclists with the Chain Link
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged Chicago biking, Chicago cycling, Climate Cycle, Cycling, thechainlink on May 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image by VeloBusDriver via Flickr By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapists, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer While taking part in the Climate Cycle Ride on May 15, I was fortunate to stop by one of the booths and speak to a representative of thechainlink, a Chicago bicycling Online Community. According [...]
Count Your Calories With the Calorie Count Site!
Posted in Fat Loss, Health and Wellness, Nutrition, tagged Add new tag, counting calories, diet tips, Nutrition, weight loss on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapists, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Check out a great site to check the calories of your foods via Calorie Count here. According to the site, you can use Calorie Count in one of two ways: Diet Your Way Calorie Count doesn’t prescribe a particular [...]
Legal issues for Massage and Chiropractic
Posted in Massage Therapy, tagged Legal issues in massage, License, Massage, Massage Licsening Act, Massage Therapy and Bodywork on May 21, 2010 | 20 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Massage therapists and and chiropractors have had a symbiotic relationship over the years. Chiropractors hire massage therapists and massage therapists often refer clients to chiropractors and/or rent space from chiropractors. I used to teach the Business class at one [...]
How to Avoid A Bear Attack when Hiking or Bikepacking
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged American Black Bear, Backpacking, Bear attack, hiking, YouTube on May 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image via Wikipedia By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Hiking in the Chicago area is a relatively safe enterprise as far as bears are concerned. For those of you that plan on venturing out into the wilds anywhere outside Chicago, it’s a good idea to [...]
Spring Means Bikes Own Lake Shore Drive on May 30!
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged Active Transportation Alliance, BIketheDrive, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, Cycling, Lakeshore Drive on May 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer At least for one day, Chicago bicyclers will have Lake Shore Drive all to themselves. On May 30, 2010, the city closes Lake Shore Drive to motor vehicles so that thousands can ride their bicycles along the “Drive.” According [...]
An Exciting New Massage Treatment!
Posted in Massage Therapy, tagged Add new tag, Massage Therapy on May 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Although I no longer have cats, I do enjoy a good cat massage! (And a good laugh!)
How to Get Your Bike “Road Ready” For Spring
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged Bike tune up, Cook County Forest Preserves, Kozy's Cyclery, Mountain bike, Richard's Bikes on May 15, 2010 | 1 Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Aside from the Solar Schools Ride, there are many great bike paths in the Chicago area just waiting for you to get your bike out on the open “road.” Aside from the crowded Lake Michigan Lakefront, Chicago has a [...]
Saturday, May 15 is the Chicago Solar Schools Ride!
Posted in Fitness, Health and Wellness, tagged Chicago charity fitness events, Climate Cycle, Giving to charity, Solar Schools Ride on May 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Tomorrow morning I will be joining many health and climate conscious people will be riding out from the Chicago Yacht Club/DuSable Harbor area to raise money for Solar Panels for Chicago area schools. The ride combines many of my [...]