By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer One of the many things I am proud of is my Working Well Massage chair stations in Whole Foods Markets. I am proud of this business because it serves multiple needs for a variety of people. For one thing, [...]
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Why Get a Chair Massage?
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, tagged Chair massage, Chicago chair massage, Pain Management, Whole Foods Market, Whole Foods Massage, Working Well Massage on June 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
What’s the Best Way to Get a Bad Massage? A Tongue-in-Cheek Primer
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, tagged bad massage, Dale Favier, Massage Therapy, Mole on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer I ran across a very funny post today “How to get a Bad Massage” linked by a fellow Massage Therapist on Facebook. It’s a sarcastic list of things you can do to guarantee you will have a horrible massage [...]
Save Your Neck and Shoulders With a Document Holder
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, Workplace Wellness, tagged document holder, document stand, Ergonomics, neck pain, Shoulder problem, workstation ergonomics on May 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Massage therapists see many people with neck and shoulder pain. In the U.S., a large proportion of people either work at a computer all day. A pain pattern I see commonly from those that place their keyboards far away [...]
Clarifying Legal Issues for Massage and Chiropractic in Illinois
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, tagged Chiropractic, Legal issues in massage, Massage, massage for charity, unlicensed massage on May 2, 2011 | 5 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Recently, I had a reader post a questions about an earlier post I had written regarding massage and chiropractic issues in Illinois. While trying to answer her questions, I found out much more about the legislation that governs the [...]
How Much is That Discount Massage Really Costing You?
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, tagged discount massage, massage cost, massage coupon, Massage Therapy and Bodywork on March 15, 2011 | 4 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Since the Recession, I’ve seen an uptick in the number of coupon services and “discount” massage and spa service offers. Makes sense. People are more cost conscious and stressed out and want stress relief but are afraid to spend [...]
Shampoo and a Massage All at Once at One Chicago Salon: Kelly Cardenas
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, tagged Beauty salon, Kelly Cardenas, Massage, shampoo massage on December 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Recently a client of mine recommended a new hair salon for me to try out. One of the big selling features for me was that they had good hairstylists. But they also have something more: they give 10 minute [...]
Where to Get Quick, Affordable, Relaxing, Therapeutic Massage in Chicago
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, tagged affordable massage, Chair massage, Chicago massage, Massage Therapy and Bodywork, stress relief, Workplace Massage on December 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Aside from the stress of the holidays, it’s the end of 2010 and many of us are feeling the tension from increased holiday traffic, holiday party obligations, kids being off school, economic woes and general deadlines and busy-ness. All [...]
Self Care Tips for Muscle Pain
Posted in Health and Wellness, Massage Therapy, tagged self care tips, tips on self care on December 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer Lately laboring long hours over my books and computers along with my regular workload has made me feel like some of my massage clients: I’ve had s sore neck, aching back and painful shoulders. So I do what I [...]
Meet Heather Rabitt, Infant Massage Instructor in Chicago
Posted in Massage Research, Massage Therapy, tagged AMTA-IL, Heather Rabbit, Infant massage, infant massage instruction, Postpartum depression, Swedish Covenant Hospital on November 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer I met Heather Rabbit recently at the AMTA-IL Strategic planning meeting. After spending a day with Heather and chatting with her over lunch, I can say that, if I were pregnant, she is the massage therapist I would most [...]
AMTA-IL Strategic Planning Meeting Charts a Proactive Course for Massage in Illinois
Posted in Massage Therapy, tagged AMTA, AMTA-IL, Illinois massage therapists on October 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By Sue Shekut, Owner, Working Well Massage, Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Wellness Coach, ACSM Personal Trainer This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to spend a day with board members and other LMT’s (Licensed Massage Therapists) from the Illinois Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association. Since we’ve had so many legislative issues effecting Chicago [...]
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