http://placidbodywork.com/blog1 Life's Better when you're Balanced! Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:50:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whether it's a New Years resolution or an awakening any day of the year, its a good day to decide to tame tension and stress. Chronic stress takes it's toll on every organ and body system, including the heart and endocrine system, by repeatedly activating the well-known “fight-or-flight” response. The ... http://placidbodywork.com/blog1/2012/01/03/resolutions/ We recently saw a flyer given to competitors of the recent KeyBank Vermont City Marathon. This flyer, which gave useful inormation about the medical resources provided, dealing with weather, preventing hyponatremia and the dangers of pain relievers, then continued on to show an ubsubstantiated bias against the effectiveness of post-event ... http://placidbodywork.com/blog1/2009/11/10/races-post-misleading-information-about-post-event-massage-and-muscle-soreness/ People seeking Massage Therapy services on Craigslist and similar sites should be aware that up to now, many postings have been by unlicensed providers, which is illegal in New York and most other states, or have been advertising prostitution under the guise of massage. We advise people that only licensed ... http://placidbodywork.com/blog1/2009/05/17/craigslist-and-massage/