WHY IS SUGAR SO COMPELLING? In a culture where access to sugar is ever increasing, our understanding of what it does to our health and how to incorporate it into a balanced approach to wellness seems more important than ever. I see many people in my practice
Read More... →Rasidaton and Nuad Boran! Greetings from Chang Mai, Thailand! What a place I’m writing you from. I have been studying Thai Reflexology and Traditional Thai Massage or “Nuad Boran” for the past three weeks. Our day begins with Rasidaton, a warm-up stretching routine to increase our energy
Read More... →Effective stretching As a functional manual therapist my goal is to optimize function and improve efficiency within the body, and help my patients avoid injury or surgery. I often recommend stretching as part of an exercise program to achieve these goals, but let me share with you
Read More... →Pilates Mom on Slouch Patrol Sitting at the breakfast table every morning with my 11 year old son. He slouches over his plate, head bent forward of his body, shoulders rounding, spine leaning in a curve toward the table. School Mom just wants him to finish his
Read More... →Marketing disease with the influenza vaccine The annual influenza vaccine, known as the flu shot, is pushed under the guise of scientific rhetoric stating the vaccine is virtually risk free, prevents transmission and saves lives. Yet studies don’t substantiate these claims and it appears the vaccine manufacturers
Read More... →Knotty Muscles One of the most frequently asked questions on my massage table is, “What are those knots back there, anyway?”, referring to the clumpy masses of painful muscle tissue, so often found in the neck and shoulder area. It’s a good question; as “knots” are a
Read More... →What is Hypnosis and Why Should We All Learn It? Hypnosis is a natural, normal state of consciousness, which we all go in and out of routinely throughout our waking hours. In the hypnotic state, we focus on one thing to the exclusion of others. If you
Read More... →IS DE-STRESSING A LUXURY? The human body is brilliant, and the myriad of checks and balances operating beyond our conscious control is a perfect example of this. There is a perpetual dance going on that is responding to our needs in every moment that happens so automatically
Read More... →Why Try Thai? Do you stretch enough? One thing most people have in common is not stretching enough, or at all! The beauty of receiving a thai massage is you get to lie on a mat in a “Śavāsana”, “naptime” state of mind with your eyes closed,
Read More... →Is Sitting Really The New Smoking? Evidence suggests that the average American spends more than eight hours each day sitting. Medical research shows that prolonged sitting is detrimental to cardiovascular health independent of regular physical activity. In Telluride many of us have desk jobs and assume that
Read More... →What is Pilates and why would you choose it? “Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.” So starts Joseph Pilates’ book written in 1945. Good posture and alignment is the key to keeping our bodies active for as long as possible. He truly believed you are
Read More... →Get to the root cause with functional medicine Each disease has a cause and a treatment, or so we are taught in medical school. Identify the disease then prescribe the drug or perform the surgery. This approach works well for many things, such as an acute infection
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The Alison Palmer Physical Therapy & Wellness Center was recently written up in the Telluride Daily Planet. We were really pleased about that. Give us a read! We’d appreciate it. READ OR DOWNLOAD THE TELLURIDE DAILY PLANET ARTICLE
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