Tord Helsingeng / Shiatsu - japansk massasje

19/06/2025

Forebygging sparer oss for ubehag, tid og penger.

16/03/2025

"Enkel berøring kan være veldig effektivt. Hvorfor det? Fordi huden er utsiden av hjernen." ~ Diane Jacobs, fysioterapeut

02/01/2025

"Alle har flere ressurser enn de tror" - Milton Erickson, psykolog og psykiater

24/09/2024

Dagens epost fra gårsdagens pasient etter to behandlinger pga uro og plager tilknyttet overgangsalder: "Ville bare fortelle deg at formen kjennes veldig bra i dag og stressnivået er lavt, det samme viser klokkens stressmåling, har faktisk aldri sett det har vært så lavt før. " :)

17/09/2024

The 24 best situations for drinking tea

The Chinese scholar and tea connoisseur Xu Cishu 许次纾 from Ming Dynasty describes in his book Tea Report 《茶疏》 these 24 most suitable situations for drinking tea:

1. 心手闲适 when you are idle and relaxing
2. 披咏疲倦 when tired of reading poetry
3. 意绪棼乱 in time of confused thoughts
4. 听歌拍曲 when listening to songs and melodies
5. 歌罢曲终 when the music has finished
6. 杜门避事 when alone
7. 鼓琴看画 when playing qin zither and looking at paintings
8. 夜深共语 during conversations in a late night
9. 明窗净几 when everything is bright and clean
10. 洞房阿阁 in the room of the newlyweds
11. 宾主款狎 when together with the beloved guests
12. 佳客小姬 when hosting distinguished scholars and young beauties
13. 访友初归 when visiting a friend who has returned from afar
14. 风日晴和 when the weather is clear and nice
15. 轻阴微雨 when the weather is cloudy and slightly raining
16. 小桥画舫 when watching the small bridges and the passing boats on the river
17. 茂林修竹 while in lush forests and bamboo groves
18. 课花责鸟 when the flowers bloom in the midst of birds songs
19. 荷亭避暑 in a lotus pond pavilion during the summer heat
20. 小院焚香 while burning incense in a small temple
21. 酒阑人散 when the late tipsy guests leave
22. 几辈斋馆 when several generations gather in the fasting premises
23. 清幽寺观 when visiting a secluded temple
24. 名泉怪石 when enjoying the view of famous springs and strange rocks

29/08/2024

"This systematic review identified 17 cohort studies across the world that investigated the symptomatology of patients suffering from post-COVID sequelae in multiple organ systems. Massage therapy was historically found to provide benefits to patients experiencing similar symptoms to those identified in Long COVID.

Recognizing the need for new approaches to treatment for Long COVID Syndrome, we identify massage therapy as a potential therapeutic treatment to positively impact the organ systems affected by Long COVID, especially the high-incident symptoms, and improve patient quality of life."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082849/

15/07/2024

"When in doubt, give nettles" - herbalist David Hoffman

11/02/2023

"Forty-seven papers met our criteria including 32,866 participants (range 30–4100) with 1−23 years of follow-up."

"Exaggerated stress reactivity at baseline predicted an increase in risk factors for cardiovascular dis- ease and decreased telomere length at follow-up.

In contrast, blunted stress reactivity predicted future increased adiposity and obesity, more depression, anxiety and PTSD symptoms, greater illness frequency, musculoskeletal pain and regulatory T-Cell percentage, poorer cognitive ability, poorer self-reported health and physical disability and lower bone mass."

"Collectively, these significant findings support a bidirectional multi-system reactivity hypothesis."

Acute psychological stress activates the sympatho-adrenal medullary (SAM) system and hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis. The relevance of this s…