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Why Influenza Likes Winter Weather

January 11, 2018 by Lisa Townsend

This is a very informative link. The Flu in the Winter The Flu virus thrives in cold, dry air.  That’s why we see an uptick in cases in the winter.  But you can shore up your own immune system and not get sick, even though it’s likely you carry the virus.  We all carry a host of pathogens in our body that our immune system can effectively get rid of on its own if we just support our body. I […]

Categories: food, HERBAL MEDICINE, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, Influenza

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What is Qi? (Chi)

December 26, 2017 by Lisa Townsend

Part of my work at Deep t.Issue Massage Therapy is Energy balancing or Qi balancing.  I use Reiki to do it.  Qi or Ki is Life Force and is intelligent and orderly.  All of nature is intelligent and orderly.  Humans have been aware of it from antiquity, just as they’ve been aware of blood in the body.  It’s a natural force.  Qi is natural to all things around us and in the Universe. Qi has no religion, dogma, no book, […]

Categories: CHINESE MEDICINE, DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, manual therapy, Naprapathy, qi or chi, REIKI, Taoism • Tags: CHINESE MEDICINE, qi or chi, REIKI

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Candidiasis in the Body

December 15, 2017 by Lisa Townsend

I have first-hand experience with this as I was addicted to sugar and baked goods for the first half of my life. Sugars, simple carbohydrates and wheat feed the yeast and it gets overblown in the body.  I was raised to be this way by my family as many of us have been. I’ve only been holistic for the last twenty years so I was out of alignment for thirty-four years. Food habits are taught and modeled. In my family, […]

Categories: candidiasis, fat burning, food, HOLISTIC MEDICINE • Tags: candidiasis, fat-burning foods, healthy eating, yeast

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The Stages of Inflammation and Herbal Treatment

December 14, 2017 by Lisa Townsend

What are the stages of the Inflammatory reaction? The inflammatory reaction is the combination of a number of overlapping reactions within the body. Although a lot of these occur simultaneously a certain order of events may be seen: 1. Tissue Injury Tissue damage may occur from trauma such as a tackle, collision or from an awkward fall. However, quite commonly tissue injury is as a result of overuse, commonly known as microtrauma. 2. Release of Chemicals When tissue cells become […]

Categories: DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, HERBAL MEDICINE, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, Inflammation, manual therapy, soft tissue • Tags: HERBAL MEDICINE, Inflammation, natural healing, soft tissue

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What is the difference between Manual Therapy and Massage Therapy?

December 7, 2017 by Lisa Townsend

The level of education. Professional Manual Therapists are trained in either Naprapathic, Osteopathic, Physical Therapy, or Sports Therapy tradition. I am trained to be a Naprapathic Doctor, but it is only licensed in two or three states in the U.S. I have 2400 hours of training (4 years at Blue Heron Academy) and 25 years of experience. Manual therapy employs tactile assessment, body mapping, soft tissue structure assessment, deep tissue folding, and only liniment to warm the tissue before treatment. […]

Categories: DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, functional scoliosis, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, manual therapy, manual therapy procedure, PT physical therapy, soft tissue, spine • Tags: manual therapy, Naprapaths

My New Book “Healer”

December 5, 2017 by Lisa Townsend

Click here to purchase it on Amazon “Healer” is part memoir pertaining to the first half of my life and part instruction manual. I share my life experiences with the reader and relay how I used my intelligence and training combined with intuition to start my own holistic business and improve my life.  Change is all around us all the time.  Nature sees to that but it can be enjoyable, not something to resist.

Categories: aromatherapy, blood, BOOKS, DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, manual therapy, manual therapy procedure, REIKI, soft tissue • Tags: healing, health care

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Aromatherapy Oils

December 5, 2017 by Lisa Townsend

Mixing botanical oils is one of my favorite leisurely things to do.  I go into underdrive with my intuition and “sense” about botanicals and meander in my rare lalaland. We learned all of the chemical constituents of them as well in my Master Herbalist class, but frankly, your nose can group botanicals in affinity.  I use different ones all the time in my practice. You can get the singles online or at any of the Harvest Health Stores in the area.  […]

Categories: aromatherapy, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, manual therapy • Tags: aromatherapy

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Soft Tissue Focus

December 3, 2017 by Lisa Townsend

I want to make something perfectly clear from an anatomical, factual basis. The first line of treatment in musculoskeletal trauma and disorder is THE SOFT TISSUE.  The soft tissue is muscle, ligament, tendon, and nerve.  What feeds all of your plethora of soft tissue is the blood. Moving the blood with your skin INTACT, not cut, is ideal. There is no front line of treatment that is appropriate for the bones. It makes no sense whatsoever to treat the bones first […]

Categories: blood, bones, chiropractic, DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, manual therapy, manual therapy procedure, PT physical therapy, soft tissue, spine

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Adult Spine Flexibility

October 30, 2017 by Lisa Townsend

Of course, it’s possible to have a flexible spine.  Take a look; And there are ten more pictures of her doing various yoga poses on this site. Yoga Poses Showing Spine Flexibility I’m bringing this up because I’m trying to bring patients in who have functional scoliosis.  As I’ve said before, it’s usually adolescent onset so it’s possible your muscles and the rest of your soft tissue and your spine grew a certain way because of outside circumstances changing your […]

Categories: DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, functional scoliosis, manual therapy, manual therapy procedure, soft tissue, spine • Tags: DEEP TISSUE THERAPY, functional scoliosis, spine

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