Essential Medical Massage

Hello friends, please follow me at Compati’ Therapies for -Clinical massage -CranioSacral Therapy -Oncology Massage -Personal Yoga& Movement, and perhaps some healthy living, compassionate vibes and more.

I am closing this page soon. Come say hello would you? 👋

Please cross on over to my new page and like Compati’ Therapies. I will slowly be phasing out Essential Medical Massage and would love to see you all.

Offering:
-Clinical & Rehabilitative Massage
-CranioSacral Therapy
-Oncology Massage
-Pediatric Massage
-Private & Semiprivate Yoga

Specializing in neck, thoracic, shoulder care, chronic pain care, post-surgical rehab, movement disorders, migraines, TMJ and more.

Safe, intimate yoga environment. Individualized with intention towards building self-awareness, strength & flexibility, anatomical embodiment, and mindfulness.

Yoga Private -$70
Yoga Semiprivate (up to 3 people) - $50

Package of 3 at 10% off

COMPATI’ (Latin) = Compassion

I look forward to seeing you, whether it be on the massage table, on the yoga mat or BOTH!

Phoebe

Essential Medical Masaage is retiring, the name that is. Join me at my new page, Compati’ Therapies and please hit “Like”.
Thank you.

My dear friends, colleagues and clients-
Come on over and see me Compati’ Therapies.

Change is coming. Our office is getting a light remodel/expansion. And I’m opening my practice to include individualized yoga sessions. I’ll be taking the rehabilitation process to the yoga mat where you can experience even more
•self-awareness. •strengthening •slow functional yoga •mindfulness •safe/intimate environment to learn •embodiment •inner knowledge •Hope & COMPASSION.

Working on more details and a new website. Stay tuned and let me know you are HERE!

Much love Phoebe

I’d like all my clients to know that I approach each one of you just like this.
Namaste

Most of us have heard or know by now that the practice of meditation has proven benefits for the mind. With intention and mindfulness, it becomes easier. But let’s face it, sometimes what we think of as meditation can also create more angst or guilt if we don’t feel like doing it, and maybe it’s even not the best way for you to get through an acute anxious or stressful time. The author of this article offers a different point of view on meditation with a few aternate suggestions.

Meditation can happen anywhere and in any moment of your choosing! For me I find gardening and digging in dirt to be meditative, hiking through trees and near water paths, breathing intentionally on my yoga mat, as well as decorating or dancing.

Perhaps a long bath or quiet time in the car is meditative for you? Let me hear how you meditate. What is calming for your soul?

Can’t seem to meditate? 7 joyful activities for you to try instead Meditation is great for some people but not for everyone — including author and designer Ingrid Fetell Lee. Here, she shares some alternatives that can help expand your awareness, calm your m…

Amen

Who needs a refuel?🙋‍♀️

Massage is fuel for our muscles 🤓

Effective February 1, 2022, my massage rates will slightly increase. Pediatric rates will stay the same). These changes will be a slight reflection of the continued rise in cost of living and doing business. In addition, I must take into account the cost of continuing to advance my own education.

For the last 18 years, I have been blessed with wonderful clients, friends and medical professionals who have placed their trust in me. I am sincerely humbled and grateful for the gift to be able to do what I do. Among these trying times, I hope to continue serving the community to the best of my ability.

If you have any questions regarding the changes or if you need to discuss payment options, please reach out to me anytime.

Thank you,
Phoebe

Calm “The bath is calling and I must go.”

Hibiscus tea for high blood pressure.

Hibiscus really shines when it comes to high blood pressure. We’re still not sure why it works, but hibiscus appears to boost nitric oxide production, which may help our arteries relax and dilate better. An updated review recognized that the daily consumption of hibiscus tea may indeed significantly lower blood pressures in people with hypertension. Watch the video “Hibiscus Tea vs. Plant-Based Diets for Hypertension” at https://bit.ly/341MALn to learn more.

Within an hour of drinking hibiscus tea, the antioxidant power of your bloodstream shoots up as your system absorbs the tea’s phytonutrients. It’s one of the most healthful drinks, which is why it’s included in Beverages in my Daily Dozen checklist. After drinking hibiscus tea, be sure to rinse your mouth with water to keep the natural acids from softening your tooth enamel. Given the extraordinary manganese content in hibiscus tea, I don’t recommend drinking more than a quart a day. Learn more about hibiscus tea at https://bit.ly/3lUuO6S.

For more on the Daily Dozen, see https://bit.ly/3axjw2x.

One of my all time favorite stretches, especially after bending over a massage table all day. Thoracic mobility means greater space for lung and diaphragm expansion. Great way to relieve stress, too.

Day 22: One Spine-A-Bending
There is a direct relationship between the curve of your upper (thoracic) spine and the ability to breathe well. This is one of the reasons we want to be aware of and deal with hyperkyphosis–excessive curvature in the upper back. Our lungs need all the space we can get, and the greater the curve of the spine, the more it encroaches on thoracic cavity space.

You’ve already been working on this a bit (see the move from Day 3: Thoracic Stretch on the Wall) but today we deepen the extension by relaxing backward over something supportive. I’m using a ball but you could also do this over the arm of a couch or a rolled sleeping bag.

Reach your arms overhead to get more shoulder and thoracic spine movement, and yes, keep your ribcage down! (And yes, peeps, you can do this, but is your focus!) Have fun!

While you are awake, the light from the sun, indoor lights, and electronics goes into your eye, hits your retina, is transmitted to the suprachiasmatic nucleus, and then to the pineal gland. This is an area of the brain where serotonin is synthesized into melatonin based on the light/dark signal. If light is hitting this area, melatonin synthesis is suppressed and cortisol production is ramped up. If light is not hitting this area, melatonin is formed and cortisol is suppressed.⁣
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This is crucial because melatonin, your rest and relax hormone, makes you feel tired and enhances your sleep quality. Cortisol, on the other hand, is your get-up-and-go hormone. It is responsible for signaling your body to make energy and motivating you to be active. As would make sense, you want the hormone responsible for sleep highest near bedtime and lowest in the morning and vice versa. ⁣
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To use the power of light, expose yourself to 15 minutes of sunlight each morning, and as the day turns to night, avoid screens and bright lights. Also, pick a bedtime and try to stick to it. For me, it’s 10:00 pm, and then I’m up by 6:00 am. ⁣
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Just following this simple principle alone can lead to dramatic changes for so many people when it comes to their sleep quality and overall health. ⁣

New muscle layer discovered on the jaw.

New muscle layer discovered on the jaw Human anatomy still has a few surprises in store for us: researchers at the University of Basel have discovered a previously overlooked section of our jaw muscles and described this layer in detail for the first time.

Yes, I work on these cases, too. From a radiologist’s and surgeon’s perspective, this neck surgery from 8 years ago is successful. About one year ago, client began having chronic neck pain and I think you can see why.

I am very excited to announce that I am now officially Yoga Teacher Certified! Changes will be coming in the new year, and I look forward to extending the rehabilitation process onto the yoga mat. Thank you for everyone’s amazing encouragement during the last few months.
Namaste ~ Phoebe

Last minute opening tomorrow at 11:30.
Feel good for the holiday! Give me a ring if interested.

How many of these hormone disrupters are a part of your life currently? Are they promoting your inflammation and pain? Beginning to heal and break the cycles of pain is an inside job first and foremost.

Imbalances in your hormones are triggered by bad food. ⁣⁣
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If you eat sugar, you’ll produce more insulin, more estrogen, and more testosterone. Any type of flour and sugar can lead to these imbalances. ⁣⁣
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Dairy and gluten are often triggers for inflammation and hormonal imbalances. ⁣⁣
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Xenobiotics or environmental chemicals like pesticides in our food can act like powerful hormone disruptors and trigger our own hormones to go out of balance.⁣⁣
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We know that sugar, caffeine, alcohol, stress, and lack of exercise all contribute to worse PMS and all hormonal imbalances – including menopause.⁣⁣
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After removing the bad stuff, you will want to replace it with good stuff. ⁣⁣
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Eat a whole, real, unprocessed, organic, mostly plant-based diet with organic or sustainably raised animal products. When you focus on this type of diet, you minimize intake of xenoestrogens, hormones, and antibiotics. Taking simple steps like choosing organic food and drinking filtered water can hugely impact hormone balance.⁣⁣
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Getting good quality sleep every night and exercising regularly can help balance your hormones. Along with supplementing with Omega-3, vitamin D3, B vitamins, magnesium, and probiotics. ⁣

Until further notice, please contact me directly to schedule. 214-864-9463

Thank you.

Happy Holloween

‘So if you’re stressed, taking a walk sounds like the most trivial solution and, yet, it will adjust your amygdala through eye movements’ -
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Moving through grief does not require big or long bouts of exercise…even the smallest and seemingly most simple of movements can make a huge impact both physically and mentally.
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Movements of the lungs/ribs/diaphragm during breathing…slow, deep, soothing breaths when upset; movements of the tongue/jaw/throat when swallowing…letting go of clenching and releasing the lump of sadness stuck in your throat; movements of the eyes…widening and lengthening your field of vision to relax the musculature within the eyes, going for a walk outside (without staring at a device) to allow the eyes to move…allowing those movements to move your mind to a better place.
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Over the next nine weeks, will be dedicated to moving through grief during the holidays. This can be a trying time of year for many but my hope is to provide some help in the way that I know how.
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Navigating the grieving process, moving through grief, helps to metabolize your feelings…moving the grief as you move…redistributing the weight, the heaviness of loss, allowing it to become a lighter load to bear.
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Enjoy a delicious dairy free smoothie recipe with apples and cinnamon. 😋

Apple Cinnamon Smoothie
Makes 2 smoothies
Takes 10 minutes

● 2 apples
● 1 banana
● 1 cup almond milk
● 1 teaspoon cinnamon
● 2 tablespoons chia seeds
● 1/2 cup spinach
● 2 scoops ultra pure protein -vanilla
● 1 cup ice

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Add all of the ingredients to a high powered blender. Blend on high until smooth, pulsing as needed to get everything mixed in well.
2. Pour into cups and optionally garnish with a pinch of cinnamon and apple slice. Enjoy!

Everyone who has had a sore throat, rash, hives, or a sprained ankle knows about inflammation. Those are normal appropriate responses of our defense system to infection or trauma. We need inflammation to survive.⁣⁣
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The trouble occurs when that defense system runs out of control, like a rebel army bent on destroying its own country. Most people are familiar with overactive immune responses and too much inflammation in common conditions like allergies, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune disease or asthma. But few people know that hidden inflammation run amok is at the root of all chronic illness: heart disease, obesity, diabetes, dementia, depression, cancer and even autism.⁣⁣
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We may feel healthy, but if this inflammation is raging inside of us, then we have a problem.⁣⁣
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So what is the best way to control inflammation while we’re still upstream? First, identify the triggers and causes of inflammation, and then help the body’s natural immune balance reset by providing the right conditions for it to thrive.⁣⁣
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Everyone is treating the downstream effects of inflammation, instead of addressing the cause: multiple problems that are really linked together by inflammation.⁣⁣
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Once you figure out the cause and get rid of it, how do you live an anti-inflammatory lifestyle? Here is what I recommend. It’s disarmingly simple, but an extraordinarily effective way. Here are 7 ways:⁣⁣
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1. Eat a whole food, high fiber, plant-based diet which is inherently anti-inflammatory.⁣⁣

2. Eat healthy fats from olive oil, nuts, avocados and omega 3 fats from small fish like sardines, herring, sable, and wild salmon.⁣⁣

3. Exercise.⁣⁣

4. Learn to actively relax to engage your vagus nerve, the powerful nerve that relaxes your whole body and lowers inflammation, by doing yoga, meditation, deep breathing or even taking a hot bath.⁣⁣

5. If you have food allergies, find out what they are and stop eating them.⁣⁣
6. Take probiotics (“good bacteria”) daily to help your digestion to improve the healthy bacteria in your gut which reduces inflammation.⁣⁣

7. Take a multi-vitamin and mineral supplement which helps reduce inflammation.⁣

Fresh batch of the infamous and homemade Muscle & Joint Pain Oil is ready to go!

This soothing and aromatic oil targets inflammation, muscle spasm and pain and areas of poor circulation.
Great for such uses as:
- arthritis
- neck and back pain
- post surgical swelling
- menstrual cramps
- stomach cramps
- achy feet
And more!

$14/4 oz bottle
Only available in my office.
Message me if you’d like to reserve your bottle today.

~MEDITATION~

My friend Shawn Alexander will be providing a donation based guided meditation class this Sunday, September 26th at Physiofit in Dallas. 5pm

If you’re ready to get out of your head and gift yourself with true relaxation, please join us!

Class will introduce you to simple yogic breathing, followed by 30 min guided meditation.

Wear comfortable clothes and bring a yoga mat or blanket, pillow or whatever you need to be comfortable.

$10 donation minimum, which will be donated to North Texas Food Bank.

Physiofit
17610 Midway Rd. #128
5pm

See you there!

Fasting has many health benefits.

Intermittent fasting regimens have become increasingly popular in recent years. While many people seek weight loss benefits from fasting and find this approach easier to follow than traditional caloric restriction, the truth is, there are extensive benefits to fasting beyond weight loss.

We’re taking a look at this long list of benefits, and what they might mean specifically for those with celiac disease and other gut-related disorders.



https://www.glutenfreesociety.org/9-health-benefits-of-fasting/