Balanced Health Massage Therapy

04/08/2025

31/07/2025

What a great night! Working with fantastic therapists and treating our amazing . Good luck I’ll be cheering for you all 👏👏

16/07/2025

The next read. Looking forward to this one 👍

06/07/2025

Loving my new Achedaway heated scraper.

01/06/2025

Busy busy weekend on the tables! Well done you smashed it!!

26/05/2025

Interesting article.

Environmental Stress: Cold vs Hot?.

Cold water immersion can be beneficial for women, but the temperature does not need to be ice, which is typically recommended for men.Women will garner the same benefits as men do, but at 10-16 degrees Celsius (50-60 degrees Fahrenheit). Below that, women's bodies overcompenstate for the cold severe vasoconstriction and the hypothalamus will perceive this as a severe threat. I am not saying do not do CWI as a woman, but moderate the temperature for the best adaptations (and note- individual tolerance applies!).

Now for heat... For women, sauna exposure is great for health benefits (cognitive, metabolic, cardiovascular...) and for performance in the heat and/or at altitude.Women generally sweat less and start sweating later than men. We vasodilate first, then sweat, meaning our internal temperature that kick-starts sweating is higher than men’s. We also have different heat-loss responses across the phases of our menstrual cycle (and a fluctuating internal temperature because of the changes in estrogen and progesterone). In the luteal phase of your cycle, progesterone increases your core temperature and there is a ""reset"" of your thermoregulatory thresholds; you start sweating later during exercise.

Part of the adaptations that occur with heat exposure, and the change in thermoregulation thresholds, is an expansion of total blood volume; the plasma and red cells in your blood increase. This helps increase your body's ability to maintain blood to the muscles AND to the skin to sweat; which makes hot temps feel less overwhelming, and improve your performance at high altitude.

Some research links:
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01/03/2025

An amazing event. An amazing group of leading professionals in the female health space. Let’s keep the education going.

01/03/2025

Let’s go!!!

23/02/2025

Huge weekend! 81 referees muscles to keep functioning and injuries to address. Love working with see you all at seniors

24/11/2024

And don’t forget your massage! Decrease stress, reduce inflammation and pain, and most of all breath and relax. Me time is vital!

22/11/2024

It’s Christmas time! Spoil that someone special with a remedial or relaxation massage. Gift certificates now available 🎄