Healing Hands: Managing Stress with Massage
Healing Hands: Managing Stress with MassagePain and stress management are two of the most common reasons to seek therapeutic massage. Dangers of stress include blood pressure and stress triggered enzyme production. (See https:////www.massageadvancer.com.)
A licensed massage therapist (LMT) has several tools to help release stress in the body, lower blood pressure, and ease chronic pain. These tools include myofascial trigger point therapy, hydrotherapy, and reintegration. Therapeutic massage allows the body to reset by calming the mind to the degree Read More
Column: Good Nutrition Essential for Seniors
By KEN HENDRICKSEditor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns by members of Los Alamos Community Health Council, seeking to educate the community about existing resources, issues, and emerging health concerns.
Healthy eating is essential for people of all ages, but for many seniors, a well-balanced diet is the key to feeling their best. In fact, nutrition experts consider good nutrition to be the first line of defense in the fight to stay healthy.
According to research conducted for the local caregiving company Home Instead Senior Care, 62 percent of Read More
Letter to the Editor: Action for Solar Energy Needed
By RILEY MONTGOMERY
Albuquerque
Do you want your children or future grandchildren growing up in Coal-buquerque, New Mexico? As a New Mexico native, I know first-hand that New Mexico is one of the sunniest states in the U.S. – in fact, New Mexico has 300 sunny days a year.
The solar industry has increased its job growth by 19.9 percent by providing more than 23,000 jobs since September 2012; that is more than 10 times the national employment growth rate, which increased a measly 1.9 percent. The increase in solar power jobs makes New Mexicans rely less on fossil fuels.
This comes as good news Read More
Letter to the Editor: Aspen Ridge a Great Place to Call Home
By ROBERT (BOB) ELLIOTT
I think until you have lived or worked in an area for a while you cannot truly know the quality of what it has to offer. I have lived at Aspen Ridge Lodge in Los Alamos for eight months. In that entire time, I have experienced only wonderful care and observed great professionalism by all of their staff at all levels: management, dining staff, custodial staff, nursing and care staff, activities staff and transportation staff. I have never once observed or experienced the slightest bit of negative attitude, neglect, or mistreatment by any member of the staff toward anyone, regardless Read More
How the Hen House Turns: Chicken Brains Are Not Simple
How the Hen House Turns: Chicken Brains Are Not SimpleThe human brain has been called the most complex object in the universe. It deserves that title because its 86 billion neurons each can have as many as 10,000 connections to other neurons.
Also, neurons are supported by at least three types of glial cells—astrocytes that provide oxygen and nutriens, oligodendrocytes that provide a myelin insulation, and microglia that act as nursemaids. Check out Science News Nov. 30, 2013.
By comparison, suns and galaxies are relatively simple, with billions of Read More
This Week at the Reel Deal
Column by JIM O’DONNELL 
Friday we will be opening Robocop, and Winter’s Tale.
We will hold The Monuments Men for another week and due to its overwhelming popularity, we will probably hold The Lego Movie another couple of weeks.
I saw the dark, hilarious film, August: Osage County last night and was blown away by the performances in this film. Read More
Pain Free Athlete: Love Your Body This Month
Pain Free Athlete:Love Your Body This Month
When was the last time you showed appreciation for your body and all it does to support and move you? If you are like many, recent conversations with your physical structure have had a more negative tone. Perhaps you’ve heard yourself expressing resentment for your pain, lack of flexibility, poor motion, uneasy balance, lackluster race results and on and on the body bashing goes.
February is the month of love and I encourage you to extend your feelings of affection and tenderness beyond chocolate and cards to include your body. Read More
