Tag: Waste

  • Constipation

    Constipation is a gastrointestinal disorder characterised by slow and/or irregular contractions of the large intestines so that the waste is not able to move through the tract and be expelled as it should, one to three times per day; the result of a high fat/low fibre and fluid diet. We can compare this to what…

  • Dry Brushing

    Namaste After all the talk about ethics I find myself brushing one of my clients, for about 15 minutes before each massage.  The scandalous part is that he is 94 years old.  I figure that Peter is on annual leave so no one is allowed access to the pearly gates at this time.  But, someone…

  • Massaging HIV/AIDS Clients

    Namaste When I think of HIV/AIDS red ribbons and African faces flashing across the television screen come to mind.    Words like retroviral, cocktails, discrimination, safe sex, latex condom, get tested, etc. are some of the words I recall, never is the word ‘friend’ associated with the disease.  Yet I have had a few friends who…

  • Injury Management

    Namaste I was not there last week when some of the students were doing post-event massage for members of a cricket club, but I learnt that one of the players had a severe groin strain, so much so that the best of efforts at massage almost seemed futile as there was still much tension in…