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Massage During Pregnancy

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If you enjoy this post, please share it using the buttons to your right >> , or email it to a friend , we'd really appreciate it! You can also get natural health articles delivered free by email or RSS - AND get a free mini-course on the Healing Art of Reflexology! Massage therapy has been used for centuries to improve health, reduce stress and relieve muscle tension as well as improve overall feelings of well being. Message therapy can include over 30 different techniques and types of therapy but the one underlying factor is that the massage works to manipulate the muscle, tissue or ligaments to affect change. Pregnancy is a time of life during which women undergo a variety of side effects, some more pleasant than others. All women can expect to experience some stiffness and muscle tension as the uterus expands to accommodate the growing baby. Massage therapy has been found to relieve many of the common side effects of pregnancy, whether back aches, headaches, edema or oth...

Massage and Crohns Disease

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If you enjoy this post, please share it using the buttons to your right >> , or email it to a friend , we'd really appreciate it! You can also get natural health articles delivered free by email or RSS - AND get a free mini-course on the Healing Art of Reflexology! Crohns disease is an inflammatory disease that affects the small and large intestines. Other similar inflammatory disease is ulcerative colitis. It causes inflammation and ulceration of the inner lining of the intestines. This inflammation can lead to the cells growing larger and obstructing, or closing off, the intestines. Sometimes this leads to the need for surgical resection and taking out the part thats obstructed. Its estimated that there are 100 out of 100,000 that have either ulcerative colitis or Crohns disease. In most cases physicians prescribe steroids, some antibiotics and other opiods to control the inflammation and the pain. But some patients, without medical coverage can afford the medication or o...