Here in Chapel Hill we have a Whole Foods market, and I’m so happy because now it’s so easy to get organic foods of every kind. If you haven’t had the chance to go to Whole Foods, it’s a real experience! I’m not going to get crazy about what I’m eating because I really believe […]

It’s a terrible thing when a person has pain, goes to their doctor and is sent for PT, or just given drugs to mask the pain, and it still doesn’t go away. On Wednesday, in my office here in Chapel Hill, NC, I worked on a client who started her nightmare by simply buying new

Stretching Hamstrings Can Cause Them to Tear “Don’t stretch your hamstrings” is the opposite advice to that given to the vast majority of athletes, especially runners. There is good reason to stop before you stretch, and consider why your hamstrings feel tight in the first place. I received a message about a hamstring injury on one of

“Procrastination is a thief of time.” I read that in a Reader’s Digest many years ago, and have thought about it frequently. Most of the time I don’t procrastinate….unless it’s something I don’t want to be doing in the first place. Do you find that to be the case with you? Pain isn’t just physical, mental “pain”

I’m really excited to finally be able to share a project that I’ve been working on for almost a year. A long time ago, before I ever even thought about becoming a massage therapist, I tried to do Yoga so I could stretch my muscles, and the pain ended up being so bad that I

Several years ago I had a client who was suffering from IBS – Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The condition had weakened her to the point where she weighed about 75 lbs and couldn’t hold any food in her system at all. The massages she received were to calm her down and help her to relax. During

As you know, I’ve been working with athletes, including some amazing endurance athletes, for many years.  I know that cramping during a long endurance event is commonplace and I was very happy when I found a product that solved the problem for every athlete I told about this product.  The name of it is Sportenine and it’s

What a super day!  Today I was at a networking meeting and one of the men told me that after my first visit to the group he went on to my website.  He said that he’d been having chronic pain in his lower leg, and when he opened my Tips section, he found the answer, did

Football, soccer, running, cycling, mountain climbing, and the hundreds of other activities are really wonderful in the fall, when the leaves are turning beautiful colors and there is a crispness in the air. It’s also time to think about preventing sports injuries — but then, it’s always time to prevent injuries! Start by drinking a

Now that you’re thinking about getting your kids ready for school, I wanted to share an article I wrote back in 2008. It’s a bit long for a blog, but it’s so important that I decided to publish it anyway. I wish I could change the way schools “mistreat” our children (unknowingly, but still setting