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      <image:caption>3.     Dress appropriately. Make sure you have sturdy footwear with good tread because it will be more stable on slick surfaces, reducing risk of injury from a fall. Make sure you wear warm clothing to decrease exposure to the cold and keep your body warm throughout the activity.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>6.     Stay hydrated and fueled. Even though it is cold outside, shoveling is a rigorous activity that will cause you to sweat. It is important that drink plenty of water and have a small snack prior to shoveling snow to maintain your energy and prevent dehydration. If you are shoveling for a long period of time, be sure to take some water breaks too!</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journey Well Blog - How to Talk to Your Physician About Massage Therapy</image:title>
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      <image:title>Journey Well Blog - How to Talk to Your Physician About Massage Therapy - WHO REFERS</image:title>
      <image:caption>Providers that typically refer for massage include: Physical Therapists Chiropractors Medical Physicians, such as General Practice, Orthopedic, Osteopathic, and OBGYN doctors Mental Health Professionals Dentists</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journey Well Blog - How to Talk to Your Physician About Massage Therapy - UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS OF MASSAGE</image:title>
      <image:caption>Be a proactive participant in your health care. Not all physicians are familiar with the many benefits of therapeutic massage, so you will want to research the possibility that massage therapy is a good choice for treatment for your particular condition(s). If it is not a well-known or recognized treatment for your condition or injury, your doctor may be hesitant to give you the go-ahead to pursue massage therapy as a prescribed treatment. There are many conditions for which research has found massage therapy to be beneficial, including pain (e.g. back, neck, headache, carpal tunnel, post-operative, fibromyalgia, arthritic pain), muscle tension, stress relief, improved sleep, improved blood pressure, increased range of motion, improved quality of life (3).</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journey Well Blog - How to Talk to Your Physician About Massage Therapy - TALK TO YOUR MASSAGE THERAPIST</image:title>
      <image:caption>Many massage therapists are trained in specific massage techniques. You should ask the therapist what types of techniques they offer and discuss a treatment plan that is right for your injury or condition. Not all massage therapists are able to directly bill for services, so you may have to claim the therapy yourself through your insurance company. Journey to Wellness, Inc currently does NOT bill insurance directly but we are able to provide you with a detailed receipt that will include your name, dob, the providers license, NPI, and tax ID, providers address, treatment codes, and cost of treatment received. This receipt along with a copy of your medical massage referral with diagnosis codes from your physician should allow your session to be considered a medical necessity, and more likely covered by your insurance provider.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Journey Well Blog - From Everyday Stressors to COVID Stressors: Why We Need to Cope With and How to Manage the Physical Effects of Stress on Our Bodies - WHAT IS STRESS?</image:title>
      <image:caption>Stress is a natural response or defense mechanism of the body that everyone experiences at one point or another. Enjoyed a thrill ride on a roller coaster or downhill ski slope? Been in an argument or disagreement with someone? Faced a deadline for work or school? Faced challenges with childcare? These are all examples of routine life stressors.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The stress response from everyday stressors such as these is not always a bad thing though. Release of stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol, is the body’s way of managing or preparing the body to “fight or flight”. This response can cause an increased pulse, increased respiration, a tightening of muscle tissue; as well as result in slowing less crucial body systems to the stress response such as the gastrointestinal and immune systems (1). When functioning optimally, the stress response can help motivate during an interview or test situation and/or prepare your body for more seriously stressful situations in the future like a job loss, accident, illness or death of a loved one, or potentially even navigating through a pandemic.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Park et. al., researchers at the University of Connecticut, conducted a survey earlier this year in which respondents categorized the coronavirus pandemic stressors as 1) stress related to the virus, 2) stress related to changes in daily routine, and 3) financial stress (2). Respondents rated loss of job or income as the most stressful followed by risk of a loved one’s illness (2). Ninety seven percent of respondents reported that reading or hearing about the severity and contagiousness of coronavirus was the most common stressor (2).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Ideally, these situations of life stress whether routine, sudden, or traumatic will eventually lessen or come to a resolution of some kind. However, continual instances of acute stress and long-term, chronic stress are not good and can have a multitude of negative effects on the body by causing or worsening present health conditions and eventually resulting in very serious health risks and disease.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>In addition to muscle tension being a common physical stress response, the worsening of tension or addition of pain can contribute to an increase in stress and vice-versa. Researchers beleive that finding ways to better manage stress to minimize the cortisol levels in the body can have a direct impact on the management of chronic or recurent pain (4).</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Clinical auricular acupuncture session using the 5-point NADA protocol to calm the nervous system, reduce stress, ease anxiety, reduce cravings, and support substance recovery at Journey to Wellness.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Therapeutic abdominal massage at Journey to Wellness to release a tight diaphragm, ease deep muscle tension, support digestive function, and address pelvic or women's wellness concerns.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Customized clinical bodywork session at Journey to Wellness in Hoffman Estates, IL.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Thai bodywork session at Journey to Wellness to improve flexibility, rlease deep muscle tension, and restore healthy functional movement.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Targeted Thai bodywork including leg and hip stretching to relieve lower body stiffness, ease chronic pain, and balance the nervous system in Hoffman Estates, IL.</image:caption>
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