by Kristin Schwengel | Feb 14, 2018 | Self-Treatment
This year’s cold and flu season has been a rough one all around (and may not have even peaked yet) – it seems that everyone’s either been sick or knows someone who is. Other than hibernating until spring, how can you help keep yourself as healthy as possible? While...
by Kristin Schwengel | Dec 7, 2017 | Education
During the winter cold and flu season or as the seasons change, many of us experience some degree of nasal congestion and sinus pressure. Unfortunately, that pressure can often hang around, long after other signs and symptoms of the cold have disappeared. Recently,...
by Kristin Schwengel | Oct 10, 2017 | Education
When you come in for a session at Natural Balance Therapy, what do you mention to your therapist? When you start self-treatment at home, what do you look for in your body? If you’re like most of us, you probably talk about your symptom patterns, or whatever function...
by Kristin Schwengel | Aug 28, 2017 | Self-Treatment
Feeling sluggish or run-down? As we get closer to the seasonal change many of us need a boost for our lymphatics. Here is an exercise from Kristin Schwengel, our Lymphatic Drainage therapist, that combines stretching with physical movement to open up the lymphatic...
by Kristin Schwengel | Aug 14, 2017 | Education
Just as we all have certain patterns of actions and positions as we go through our daily activities, our bodies will have patterns of how they respond to those actions and positions. For most of us, strain patterns and symptoms will tend to appear more regularly on...