A Practical Guide to Self-Massage: Over 50 Simple Exercises and Relaxation Techniques to Improve Your Health and Well-Being

✍ Scribed by Mary Atkinson

• Publisher: Readers Digest
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 200
• Edition: Hardcover
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Ten basic tried-and-true massage techniques are explained and illustrated with clear color photos--all reinforced with checklists and helpful tips. Once you master the key healing strokes that invigorate and stimulate circulation, follow the in-depth daily and weekly programs to maintain and improve your health. This remarkable handy guide will help you tackle everyday complaints wherever you are:
- At home, manage sore feet, weary legs, hangovers, puffy ankles, and premenstrual stress, or use the revitalizing and relaxing massages to unwind after a busy day
- On the move, learn to cope with anxiety, indigestion, cold hands, jet lag, and shopping-bag strain
- At work, relieve tension headache, stiff necks and shoulders, eyestrain, and concentration dips
The emphasis throughout is on simplicity and the benefits of being in charge of your own on-the-spot relief. Once these programs become part of your routine, you'll wonder how you ever got along without them