The theory of massage – that every body part can be mapped on a person’s hand – came through a Korean doctor who specializes in acupuncture. The acupuncture method he developed led to the discovery of traditional massage by hand today. During the massage therapy hand, the endorphins are released throughout the body, reducing stress and returning the body to equilibrium. And in addition to hand massage is very soothing and enjoyable, it goes a long way in maintaining the health of your hands:
Mobilize your joints;
Stimulate circulation in your hands “;
Toning muscles in your hands;
Reviving the properties of the skin;
Preventing ailments such as repetitive strain;
Increases flexibility and relieves stiffness.
In today’s world, the popularity of massage therapy increased to the fight against stress and pressure on our hands by all the new high labor intensity such as SMS, video games, keyboards computer, etc. While traditionally less popular than the foot massage, massage hand is built on theories and similar technologies provide proven benefits of its own.
Think how much you really use your hands during the day, especially in the workplace. A hand massage can bring immediate relief to the effects of wear on our hands on a daily basis. 5-10 minutes is all it takes to revitalize your hands and other body parts affected by a hand massage, making it a popular solution among all age groups.
If you are familiar with the term “reflexology”, you know that all points of our body are connected to different internal organs and other parts of our body. A hand massage, therefore, not only relieves the affections of our arms and hands, but those related to poor blood circulation, the pressure in the neck / head and arthritis. Each area of the body is thought to have “access” through the different regions in our hands and feet. Hand massage – offered by many spas and massage therapists – defines specific areas, pressure points and centers of energy located on the palms and backs of your hands and focus on areas to bring relief to various organs and body functions. Some health problems that can be treated by therapy hand massage:
The symptoms associated with cold and flu;
Back pain;
Problems with our immune system;
Addiction and thirst;
reflexes sexual energy;
Stress and energy.
As mentioned previously, the benefits described here are possible only if your hand massage is given by a qualified massage therapist. Beware of claims made by DIY home massagers – so they can make your hands feel better, yet they are not designed to target different areas of the hand to heal your body and relieve your pain.
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Melt away your stressful day but also let go using a relaxing hand massage
Monday, August 2nd, 2010Resilience in Stressful Times
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
www.christian-life-coaching.org James Thomas gives a timely pep-talk on resilience and priorities during the holidays and economic recession.
Child Stress Management Without Stressful Parenting
Friday, May 14th, 2010STRESS FREE MANAGING OF STRESSED CHILDREN & TEENAGERS IN PARENTINGParents’ child related stress extends to coping with children’s. Child stress is very common. Pregnancy rates high on the official stress-scale and mothers sometimes suffer also ‘baby blues’. But, also, parents have to be alert to child stress symptoms and cope with their children’s stress –as well as to avoid becoming stressful themselves in doing so. This is common in parenting. Parents did not use to have advice on child stress. National and international help and guidance to parents in child rearing and welfare only became available after the second world war. Parts of Africa and Asia entered the 21st century with help mostly, often only, from religious and charitable organizations. In western countries the UNICEF’s international efforts only gained generality in practice in the 1950s (when it was first theorised by Selye as the body’s [i. e. , physiological] reaction when threat or danger is felt -a general adaptation syndrome which exceptionally at its most extreme is capable of leading to a nervous breakdown). There had not been any parenting advice on child stress. The parents’ job in dealing with child stress is not easy. >>This is the gist of the generally agreed suggestions on child stress which may help. . . A baby is born with fears: fear of falling and fear of noise. A child, right from the beginning, is susceptible to stress in those respects. This continues until the baby gets generally used to noise and learns to walk. Young children may not have the vocabulary to express their fears. Teenagers feel misunderstood or have other sounding boards. In parenting these make a child’s stress, or the symptoms of child stress, difficult to notice. Additionally, some child stress symptoms are unrecognisably mild. Stress is caused, mostly, by a feeling of being unable to cope. This is so also in child stress. This feeling often arises from a situation the child is not used to and develops into child stress. Assure stressed children, and help. Mild child stress also has symptoms. It may be in the form of irritability or mood changes on the part of the child. This may indicate lack of protein or carbohydrates (potatoes, pulses, sugar -fruits). Lack of these often causes mild stress. A stressed child may be lacking those. Withdrawal indicates severe child stress. The stressed child may be being bullied. Child stress symptoms vary as the child grows up. Being difficult indicates unsatisfied creativity. Enable difficult children creativity. Obsession or compulsion often is a guilt feeling. It may tempt to guilt transference. Suggest symbolic gestures, deeds to rid of it. These kinds of child stress are more suffered by children after they cease to be babies. Babies dislike being alone and my suffer child stress. Be within sight as their protector. Similarly, it causes the younger child stress if the child is alone in an unfamiliar environment. Accompany a young child to a new environment. Stay with the child, if possible, at first until the child is reasonably familiar with it. Children’s fear of the dark is because one can best concentrate then. The child’s imagination comes into play about a horror movie or scary story. Teach the child to slightly open his eyes and concentrate on something in the bedroom. A night light helps reduce such child stress. If separation or re-marriage has taken place, that may be the cause of the child’s stress surfacing in the form of fear of the dark. Talk to the child, explain, assure. (But, if the child says that he can’t see well enough in the dark, it may be night blindness often caused by vitamin ‘A’ deficiency [eggs, cheese, whole milk -or cooked carrots]). Also pubescence related guilt can cause child stress. Assure the child that it is normal and part of growing up. Many teenagers suffer from child stress. Be a good listener to the teenager sufferers of stress. Show that you do understand. Don’t talk down, do not make light of teenagers’ dating problems. Teenagers like to be taken seriously and to be trusted. Child stress is caused, both, the younger children and the teenagers also by what they regard as failure. On achievement oriented tasks, it is important in parenting to ensure to explain a child or that it is okay to try again. These are the views of the experts on child stress. In parenting bear them in mind. >>Coping with child stress may cause stress also to parents. Parents can not as easily cope with their children suffering from child stress if they themselves become stress sufferers. Experts’ advice in parenting on easier coping with child stress is this: The adults raising children, first, should try to avoid stress for themselves. In parenting, especially if already having to cope with child stress, do rest. If at home, rest mid-morning. If you are at home and parenting young children, you should rest also for half an hour after lunch, or an hour before children return home. If you cannot cope well, or if child stress appears severe, do consult a parenting or child stress expert. Child stress is often contributed to because the parents ‘don’t understand’ the child. Don’t simply criticise or forbid children. Explain. Make allowance for the child’s age. Do not assume that having told the child ‘a million times’ the child necessarily understood or even that can, yet, understand what an adult can. It may lessen a child’s stress sometimes for parents to recall their own childhood. . . (Verse by teacher the late Orhan Seyfi Ari. . . ) “Sometimes such fools we were, sometimes smart kidsSometimes Satan’s tools, sometimes with saintly deeds”A site with also views on educational parenting of hailed Teacher Ari orhanseyfiari. com
A Strained Stressful Life; in the Eyes of a Japanese Youth
Thursday, March 25th, 2010By: Arvin Gumato Pareja, MBA
The Strain of Stress and the Stressors of Daily Living
Miko is 28 years old from the northern part of Akita, Tohoko, Japan whom I meet in one of my travel in a guided tour to Egypt in the summer of 2007, I found him in one corner of Nile Hilton Hotel lobby in Cairo. He wore a casual shirt without the luggage that I presume he has been a resident of the hotel for days then. We exchange hi and hellos.
Doing nothing from the first day on my arrival, I hung around to keep familiar with the humidity pending orientation to my tour guide which was rescheduled in the evening. And to supplement each others company, Miko was invited around.
He speaks good English, he owns a rational ways of defining the principles of economics, trading and investments which to my understanding this guy is a professional being who has a career in a corporate setting.
With bottle(s) of beer after dinner, we get along to learn and get to know each other easily. In fact, we were the last guest to leave the Rithmo bistro @ Corniche Road that night.
The eyes are the window of our soul and feelings; be it happiness or frustration are reflected through our appearance which is called aura, I think Miko is so troubled, stressed out and felt feed up.
The only sibling in his family, he was raised with pride and utmost focus from his strict parents. The entire village knew his progress and achievements since childhood till present. He graduated with the highest honors since childhood move to college and completed a degree. Employed in one of the most powerful investment house in the Capital of Tokyo, Miko does carved a colorful career that is the envy to most of Miko’s generation in his home town village.
At 26, he was to suppose to get married with career woman whom he meets up in his travel to Germany. But pressures from familial influence, he accepted to deny his love and defy his personal desire in lieu to parental respect, “you were not raised to whom what you have become in order to be picked – and be an asset of someone else’s pride”. The words from his parents are strong, powerful that it inculcates thru his mind, so vivid it’s memorized.
Miko’s Impasse:
Parental pressure for a student to make good in school is ideal, however, pressures are suppose to be simplified in a manner that it will be viewed as an encouragement rather than impositions. It is normal that parents will define the path of their siblings to be assured that a good life is certain. But to derail ones passion, to curb ones yearning may often lead to strained disturbance that affects the human being in general. It can deform a frame of mind, one will find difficult to trust and even suspicious to an unfamiliar person. And this is what happened to Miko. His life long desire is to be a woodworker (carpenter) like his great grand father who taught him the skills on how to carve a toy among others – is a fascination. A burning desire that is so strong. And to graduate a degree in economics and finance is far from his ideals that out of the imposition and respect to parents – completing the entire college was a stressful times in his life.
To complete his college was not the end of his despair. In fact, right after college – he was appointed to be a part of an entity whose business interests is in the areas investment banking.
Day in day out – Miko responded the call of his duties as a professional with utmost impartiality despite the fact that carpentry was his first choice, building a career in his present employment is a no where to go to please his parents. The values of loyalty make him cling to his employment for the last five years. In terms of performance, time and again there were promotions, recognitions, rewards and all to justifying his human resource value in the company. Known as the powerhouse go getter, whose persuasion is trusted by the entire organization. Until one day, Miko’s life dealing his career has stopped to revolve, like a balloon burst into helplessness, shying away from the tight world competition he use to victor at all time.
Until one day, he only found himself idle, empty in one corner of Egypt – far from his root hiding away, to escape from his deep frustration in life and had I not founded his weaker side – he would have ended his precious life in the summer of 2007 in the deserted land.
The Lesson Learned:
Forcing oneself to be engage in a career that one don’t find interests with can result to self obliteration, it can cause a strain to wipe out ones dream in life leading a future in gray which is a very stressful satiation.
How To Manager Stress:
There three major ways we can deal with stress: Alter it, Avoid it, or Accept it by: building our fight, or shifting our discernment.
* Alter your life by removing the source of stress. Better planning, being more organized in your personal and family life, and becoming more efficient in your use of time are common techniques for altering stress. Have a backup plan for any emergency.
* Avoid stress by removing your self from the stressful situation, or figuring out how not to get there in the first place. Sometimes it’s okay to walk away, to let go, to say “no”, to withdraw, to know your limits so you can “live to struggle another day.”
* Accept the situation by equipping yourself physically and mentally for stress. You can build:
physical health by eating a proper diet, doing regular exercise and having regular health checkups. A body that is physically stressed because of lack of activity and poor eating habits is more likely to buckle under the additional weight of mental stress.
mental health is bolstered by (1) taking a few minutes a day for yourself to “recharge your batteries”; (2) getting clear about your own goals and priorities in life; and (3) becoming the best person you can be.
social health is strengthened by building friendships, and strengthening relationships with parents, children and/or your intimate partner.
spiritual health is especially important in times of high stress. Prayer, meditation, worship, faith and commitment can strengthen you for tough times.
When your physical, mental, social and spiritual cupboards are full, they make up a magic health capsule that will keep your stress levels in check.
Here are some other approaches to dealing with everyday stress that you may find helpful:
Take a problem-solving approach to a potentially stressful situation. Has this happened before? If so, what did you learn from it? Decide what’s the worst that can happen, and consider your options. Ask yourself: “Will I even remember this incident five years from now?”
Think about these things. Take stock of your worries and fears. Look back over the last year and see how many things you worried about that came true and how many never happened. Listen to the way you talk–to yourself and to others. Do you create unnecessary stress by over dramatizing situations and making things seem worse than they are?
Tune up your attitude. Do you dwell on criticism? Jump to conclusions? Expect the worst? Beware of negative thinking. Most stress you will experience will come from your attitude and “self-talk.”
Talk to yourself in a positive way. Say whatever helps you to calm down. “Some day I’ll laugh about this…” “things could be worse…” “this is a character-building experience…”
Pay attention to signs of stress overload. When stress is taking over our lives, we get headaches, colds, have indigestion, don’t sleep well, act cranky and often feel angry. This is the time to look for patterns of stress in your daily life and try to get rid of them.
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