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  • How Exercising Improves Your Health

    Years ago, people who were in pain were told to rest, but now we know the exact opposite is true. When you rest, you become deconditioned — which may actually contribute to chronic pain.  Your muscles may lose strength and shrink and your body may lose stability.  As tough as it may be to start an exercise program, your body will thank you.  Here are some benefits of  exercising:

    • Help you maintain a healthy weight. Exercise burns calories, which can help you drop excess pounds. This will reduce stress on your back and joints
    • Enhance your mood. Exercise improves blood and oxygen flow to your muscles and contributes to an overall sense of well-being. Looking and feeling better can improve your confidence and self-image as well.
    • Boost your energy level. Regular exercise can actually give you more energy to cope with chronic pain.
    • Improve your sleep quality. Regular exercise can lower your stress hormones, resulting in better sleep.
    • Protect your heart and blood vessels. Exercise decreases the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart attack .
    • Help you build strength. The stronger your muscles, the more force and load you’ll take off your bones and cartilage — and the more relief you’ll feel.
    • Increase your flexibility. Joints that can move through their full range are less likely to be plagued with aches and pains.
    • Make your body release endorphins. These chemicals block pain signals from reaching your brain. Endorphins also help alleviate anxiety and depression and stroke.

  • Epsom Salts and Muscle Soreness

    Well, I slept off the chocolate brownie diabetic haze and I am ready to blog. The title isn’t that catchy. Just plain old “blog” but for now it works. My favourite blog title of all time has to be “Bob Loblaw’s Blog” (say it 3x fast and you’ll see what I mean).

    Anyway, I’m seeing a few athletes today so, let’s start with something really simple and enjoyable to do, but has big benefits. Epsom salts. It’s not really salt, and no you can’t just substitute table salt if you run out. And they would probably taste terrible on your eggs or dinner. But they are a great therapeutic tool that everyone should use. Epsom salts are high magnesium content crystals that look, well, like salt. Easy to use too. Just add a cup to a bath tub of hot water, let them dissolve, and then have a good soak for about 10 minutes. While you are just chilling out and blissing out, the epsom salts will be busy drawing out the lactic acids and metabolic waste products from your sore and achy muscles while the hot water will be flooding your muscles with fresh oxygenated blood.

    I am a big believer in the salts and soak my hands in a basin of epsom salts after a hard day of work. Many professional athletes have one after a good workout as part of their regular training regimen. I advise my clients to have one after a more therapeutic massage, but it is hard to convince them to do so.  I am noticing a funny pattern that typically the ones that complain about feeling sore after the treatment didn’t have an epsom salt bath. At the same time, clients that I am afraid will feel the soreness after a treatment have very little to complain about if they have an epsom soak after. In fact, I have a 100% success rate with epsom salts.  I have never heard a complaint of post massage soreness from a client that had an epsom salt bath after the treatment.  So, go ahead and have one. Even if you’re a “shower” person not a “bath” person, give it a try. Don’t think of it as hygeine. Think of it as therapy. And for those of you that simply enjoy baths for relaxation and stress relief, add some epsom salts to increase the bath’s therapeutic value.

    Ken Shim, RMT

  • Why did I do this to myself?

    Well I have no one to blame but myself. I’d like to blame it on my internet guru, who suggested adding a blog to my website to help personalize the experience. It sounded like a wonderful idea at the time. I get the chance to let people know what I am up to; the new techniques I am learning; some self care approaches that could help clients with their healing; and on and on the list of positives went. So here I am working on reorganizing the website and installing a blog. Looks great. I’m happy with many of the changes, but at 2:30am, I’m not sure just how good a judge I am at the moment. Somehow the website is still up and running. Somehow I am lucid enough to write a blog at this hour despite my diet today which consisted of the richest chocolate brownies ever baked. My friend and fellow RMT, Denise Lackan baked them up yesterday and yes they are rich but something in my RMT training in nutrition tells me that it is not a healthy meal replacement. Anyhow, it’s late, I’m rambling, and I’m afraid that if any of my clients see this that they may lose all the respect they ever had for me. So I am signing off on this first ever blog post on my website. The future blogs should be a treat and much more professional.

    Until next time,

    Ken Shim, RMT

  • Warsaw Massage Therapy and Acupuncture

    Warsaw Massage Therapy

    Massage Therapy or acupuncture can help relieve your chronic pain and give you a solitary moment of peace,  relieving “Warsaw stress”. Registered Massage Therapy, acupuncture and cosmetic acupuncture work by using the body’s own natural healing powers to leave you feeling healthier.

    As a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT), my focus is on therapeutic massage with  noticeable results.  I offer a variety of techniques including Swedish Massage, Acupuncture, Thai Massage, Sports Massage, Muscle Energy Technique, Rolfing, Myofascial Release Technique, Cranio Sacral and Visceral Techniques.

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    Massage Therapy & Acupuncture Clinic in Central Warsaw

    Massage therapy or acupuncture sessions take place in a comfortable, safe environment where your health and well being is always put first. I am available for house calls to any location in central Warsaw that is near the subway . Click here to book an appointment.

    In the meantime, be sure to browse the Warsaw Massage Therapy Resource Centre located in the margin.   There are lots of exercise videos, and healthy tips for you.  Some of my newest articles and updates are listed in my massage blog below.

    Ken Shim, HBBA, RMT, CAMA