Intro: Message from Helen – Christmas is a Busy Time!

Quick Tips: Tip# 4:  Are You Low on Vitamin D?

                     Tip #27:  Are Your Arms Cramping and Feeling Weak?

Feature Article: “Mums, Are You Feeling a Little Run Off Your Feet?”
5 Steps to Release Stress, Pain and Anxiety

Talk About: Pregnancy Massage

Helen Recommends: Looking After Your Body with Massage – Playing Sports and Massage

Tell A Friend: Moving to a New Place

Welcome: New Readers to the Chelsea Massage Community

Massage Gift Vouchers: Christmas is a Good Time to Get a Massage Gift Voucher for Your Family Members or a Loved One!

Dates: “Empowering You & Your Family” book is now here

Message From Helen

Christmas is such a busy time, and at this time family can be pulled apart or pushed together by life.

This year our whole family is catching up for breakfast from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. lunchtime.  It is such a lovely time of the day, and the grandchildren are happy and well rested.  The grands are always up early and so everybody should be!  It doesn’t matter if you see family on different days, it’s about spending time together, having fun.

Some years flow and others have trauma and huge stress.  When we sit down for lunch I always say hi to my grandparents and Dad that are not with us.  For me, it is a lovely way to remember them in a happy way.  We all have our ways to remember the ones we lost; let this be a happy thought of who they have been for you.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Quick Tips

Helen

Tip #4:  Are You Low on Vitamin D?

Summer is here and it has not gotten really hot yet.  We have had up and down days with the weather; two days hot and the next day rain.  It is time to spend a little more time out in the sun.  Doctors recommend going out in the morning for 15 minutes.  Read the paper and have breakfast out in the morning warmth with family.  Working inside all day, the body gets low and stops taking in the sunlight.  You need balance for your body’s health.

 

Lara

Tip #27:  Are Your Arms Cramping and Feeling Weak?

We use our hands for everything we do.  The muscles in the lower arms do all the movements in your wrists, hands, fingers and joint muscles.  Some common problems include cutting vegetables all day, every day; hammering; writing, like students in exams; being on the computer using your finger on the keyboard; and more.  Over a long period of time they become tired.

Overloading all the muscles cause cramping, weakness and pain.  The remedy is to have a massage, plus run cold water over the area.

Feature Article

“Mums, Are You Feeling a Little Run Off Your Feet?”

Are you finding you have to go to this party and that party, including friends in your children’s school?  It is becoming a bit much!

You know you could run around and go to everything you’ve been invited to, which on one level is real lovely to be invited.  Then there’s the guilt of not going at all and having to make an excuse.  But what is the real reason?

You are so tired, you can feel it is getting on top of you, but you feel like you better go.

Have you noticed that the parties are not all in your local area; some are where you have not traveled to before?  You’re not sure where it is and you have to find it, it’s not the best traveling by yourself with all the kids because they can get a bit… awful.

Do you go because you should or for the kids’ sake or do you save yourself a lot of STRESS and anxiety, and stay home when you know where everybody is and it would just be easier?

When the level reaches the boiling point and you are about to blow, this is anxiety and it will hit you like a ton of bricks!  Some think the pain in their chest is them having heartache or worse, they feel very sick, hot in the face and become confused.  It is a scary place to be!

What should you do?  Stop!

5 Steps to Release Stress, Pain and Anxiety

1. If you are driving a car, pull over, off the road safely.  Calm yourself down, have a small drink of water, lock the doors to stay safe and keep children in the car.  If you are not far from home, just drive carefully.
2. CALL your husband/partner/Mum/Dad/someone to talk to.
3. See a doctor as quick as you can and let someone else drive.  The doctors will access you and do what they do to see what is going on.  If it’s anxiety, every little upset will make you feel worse.  Settle down and stay quiet.  You will feel confused, heavy over the heart and chest, and you’ll feel foggy in the head.
4. Have 2-3 massages.  They calm the fatigue down in the muscles from how tired you are.  This will also relax your mind from confusion.  Think through what set you off.  If you’re doing too much, look back where you should have stopped but you kept pushing yourself past your alarm bells.  What upset you and made you feel uncomfortable?
5. Children are very aware of what is happening so talk to them.  Your children will base their behaviour on the way you feel.  Children usually are the opposite of quiet.

About The Author: Helen Brougham

Helen Brougham has been professionally massaging clients for over 19 years. She has a holistic approach to therapeutic massage, using her coaching expertise to teach people how to successfully make changes in their health and personal lives.

Myofascial Cupping was recently added to her practice.  Instead of using a flame to make the suction, myofascial cupping is a suction-type action which is much more gentle but still very powerful in releasing tension.  Her passion is massaging and teaching Mums how to be calm and positive with themselves and with their children using the same massage techniques she uses in her Chelsea Massage clinic.

Practitioner: Lara Brougham
Lara has been professionally massaging for over 10 years. She specialises in ankle, back and shoulder injuries as well as healing clients with lower back pain. Even the oldest of our clients, who is 96 years old, down to the youngest such as 5 year old children, have aches and pain problems. Lara makes a huge amount of difference so they can sleep at night and start enjoying life again.

Pregnancy Massage

Many pregnant mums have swollen, hot and sore wrists, fingers and feet from being pregnant.  What we do during our massage session is relieve all that suffering.  January can get very hot and this is when you will feel the heat the most.  You don’t have to put up with these problems anymore; many just don’t know what is available and that it can be relieved so easily.

You don’t have to give your name when you complete the survey.  I can only help you by you sharing what is happening for you:  http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9K2TNXJ

Helen Recommends

Looking After Your Body with Massage – Playing Sports and Massage

When I started massaging 19 years ago in the country, there was not remedial massage places to go for treatment like there are today here in Adelaide.  The health fund did not have massage at all on their list for good health.

When I was a sports trainer and did sports massage, they would line up before playing football to get their stiff back loosened.  There was always this tough guy that put the deep heat on his legs himself and then wondered why he couldn’t catch the ball.  Deep heat has a numbing affect when applied to the skin.  One day he injured his hamstring (the back of his leg) and the muscle was badly damaged.  Now his 3 sons have regular massages!

Stretching is good while your muscles are young, the fibres are open and before injuries start happening.  When the muscles are physically working hard or you sit down for a long period of time, the pressure builds up.

Pilates are great if you are not restricted with aches and pain.  Often they say it’s the answer to everything but if you are very tight and are not using massage and Pilates together, this will cause more problems and injuries.  Then you think, well that doesn’t work!  Many of the football players that are now 80+years old like to have a massage so they can play golf, and bend while playing lawn bowls.  Their wives never had a massage so they don’t know the benefits of any massage.

Tell A Friend

If we have helped you, please feel free to forward our newsletter on to other Mums and Dads.  When I came to Adelaide from the country, I didn’t know where the right places were to go.  Guess what?  I would ask you, my clients where you went.  Who do you go to for the butcher, tire people, to find clothes, which vet, which doctor, and where are they?

All the past newsletters are to the right so you can catch up on previous months.

 

Welcome To The Chelsea Massage Community

Lara and I would like to welcome all our new readers to the Chelsea Massage community! We are delighted you’re now a member of our fast growing community. This community values their mind, body, health and vitality. They want to know how to make more money, feel relaxed, feel contented within themselves, enjoy life with ease, work less, have more fun in their business, and enjoy time out with their family.

Go to the newsletter page and to the right you’ll find past newsletters that you can catch up on from previous months.

Welcome!

You can connect with us below on:

Facebook: chelseamassage and click “Like” to get your free gift

YouTube Channel: ChelseaNow

Website: Chelsea Massage Clinic

Massage Vouchers

When you give a massage Christmas gift voucher, it’s a really nice thing to do! When the person comes in they are excited, a little nervous, but they know they are in good hands because you come here too, so it’s like you said, “This is the place and you will feel great just like I did!”

Check out our Gift Vouchers Page now to order over the phone and we will post the Gift Voucher out to you or send as a present to your family member, or you can come into the office and pick up your Gift Voucher for a loved one.

My Book is Now Here!

I have 8 more books left for you.  I also have a Bonus Free Sticker for the back window of your car.  I am offering this to you first!  There is no mention of this up on the website yet because we want our clients – you — to have a sticker first, which is becoming popular for the back window.

For more information about “Empowering You and Your Family”, have a look on the http://www.helenbrougham.com.au/ website and check out our Facebook page to find out how to place the sticker on your car window.  I have not used Twitter much before, so will you please help me get going and tell me what you think?

Buy a book for yourself and the Mums in your life.  Remember, Christmas is not far away!

“Empowering You and Your Family”
The Down to Earth Approach
To Love, Peace and Joy for Mums

New website is www.EmpoweringYourFamily.com.au is now up and running!

The Chelsea Massage Clinic will be closed for the holidays.
Make an appointment anytime from 6 a.m. – 10 p.m.; 7 days a week.

Open 28/12/11 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
29/12/11 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

 

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Intro: Message from Helen – “Empowering You and Your Family”

Quick Tips: Tip# 34:  What is a Migraine and What Should You Do to Fix this
Problem?

Tip #25:  Party Shoes for the Party Season

Feature Article: “What’s Happening in 2012?”

Talk About: Pregnancy Massage – Awareness of Fatigue Before and During                    Pregnancy

Helen Recommends: Looking After Your Body with Massage

Tell A Friend: Share to Help Others

Welcome: New Readers to the Chelsea Massage Community

Massage Gift Vouchers – At Christmas, People Love Receiving a Massage Gift Voucher Better Than Socks!

Dates: Pre-order Your Book, “Empowering You & Your Family”

Message From Helen

“Empowering You and Your Family”

In my massage room, it is one-on-one with a client.  For me it is special to be able to help people that have pain, feel stressed, stuck, fatigue and trauma.  Others need relaxation, and some need help at a deeply emotional level and we can do that.

Massage is one way for me to make a difference and I love my massage work.  As a young mum with 4 little kids, life was hectic.  The day I had my first massage was the day I felt so good that I thought to myself, if all mums could have massage they would all feel good too!

Three months later I went to Adelaide on my own to learn professional massage.  I started my own massage business and became busy very quickly.  Every time I went back to Adelaide I always learned more about myself and would go home inspired.

Helping my family and helping my clients was fabulous and the more I learned, the more I found ways to help others.  One-on-one is fabulous but I want to help more; I want to help everybody!  Then my book “Empowering You and Your Family” came to life so now I can give this to you too.

Some of you will not be ready yet and that’s ok.  Others will take it on and will want more.  I can give you more if you want your freedom!  This comes from my experience over the last 19 years.  Now my book is a reality and is at the printer!

I have been writing my book over the last 12 months, as you may be aware.  The last 19 years of experience is where all my inspiration has come from, and massage and coaching are the perfect match.

The muscles hold the physical and emotional stress in the fibres.  Have you noticed that when you are stuck you find life difficult and so hard to move forward?  This happens because often the body is in pain, fatigued and overwhelmed, along with headaches.  Is blaming others a common complaint?

Some great feedback is coming through after reading my book and asking for their input.  They asked if the part you talked about in the book was what we talked about, and yes, that’s right.  I now understand more about why I saw my life that way and why I felt like crying after the session.  It was a release, built up after many years of suffering.  So the book is not to tell you it is this way, but more about opening your heart and mind to what is really important to you.

For people that had done coaching with me, this is a way to keep letting go of what you don’t want, getting a deeper understanding of why you do what you do.  The way we think is the way we act.  At the new website (coming soon — you’ll be the first to hear when it goes live) EmpoweringYourFamily.com.au, you can get your copy by pre-buying your book, and it does come in a PDF format so you can read the book right now!  You can also stay connected by going to Chelseamassage.com.au and HelenBrougham.com.au to read the blog.

Quick Tips

Helen

Tip #34:  What is a Migraine and What You Should Do to Fix the Problem

Many who get migraines come from stressful jobs, have muscle tension, trauma or often have had an accident.  Remedial Massage unlocks the muscles that have become restricted.

It is not just one leg or the right shoulder, but an overall holistic approach of what is happening in your body.  Looking at the overall you, not just what happened last week, but looking at your whole life; what you have been lifting and shifting, traumas, stresses in your life.

The built up tension can come on very quickly and over time becomes harder to control.  Stop when you feel them coming on.  Don’t have a massage when you are in the middle of the migraine as driving can be dangerous.  It can limit you in being able to see well so please stay at home in a dark room, which is better.  After the migraine has passed, this is the time to come and have your massage to unlock the muscles.

Lara

Tip #25:  Party Shoes for the Party Season

It is the beginning of the party season!  Are you wondering what you can do to keep your feet from aching?  If you want to wear those shoes, let’s make that happen.

You want to prevent damage to your cuff, twisting and going over onto your ankle, pain in your arches, and sores under your toes.  What really helps when you’re wearing high heels?

When your centre of gravity is in balance, it helps you look and walk taller and more elegantly.  Massage releases the tension in the muscles so muscles stay strong and it helps to prevent leg and foot damage, as well as releases your lower back and helps your tummy to stop sticking out.

Another fashion is the very flat sandals with hard soles which have no cushion for the muscles, causing the bones to get very tender.  The lower legs, after having a little bit of heel during the week in walking shoes, can cause pulling and causes a jarring into the knees.  Time to get those muscles relaxed so you can have a great time!

Let us know of all the ways we can help you by completing this important, short survey that can be found at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7G73X56

Feature Article

“What’s Happening in 2012?”

I am on a Mission!  I have done lots of courses around creating income to be debt free, have money in the bank, and no more worrying about that big bill coming in.  Is Money working for me or am I working for it — Money?

This week I have taken another LEAP forward to a new higher level program with my coach and mentor in 2012.  I will be writing more on Facebook and asking you what else I can help you with.  I have also been online with my 2 main websites for a few years.

I have had many of you ask when I was going to start my own coaching program and some have asked for an online program.  We now have Kajabi, which is a membership program that is easy to access and you have one place you can go to anytime to see all the information in one area.

I have bought many programs over the years, received emails every week and they get lost.  Trying to find that email from months ago with that program you wanted to read again is hard to do.

This is my way of keeping it all together under one area with easy access.  Where you can ask questions on massage and muscle problems.  I’ll keep you posted on what happens with my Kajabi membership site.

Chelsea Massage will be growing and is a lovely place to be!

You don’t have to give your name when you complete the survey.  I can only help you by you sharing what is happening for you.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7G73X56

Go to the ChelseaMassage.com.au website and then click on the Facebook icon if you would like to share what you experienced or what problem you have that needs solving.  Or you can email us at chelseamassages@live.com.au. Be on the lookout in the next newsletter for more information about our Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel which are now up and running. I look forward to your comments! This Newsletter is to share with anyone you think might benefit from reading it, where we can help, and please keep the emails coming in! On the Facebook page there is a “Like” button that you can click on and you’ll find something else, just for you, there too!

About The Author: Helen Brougham

Helen Brougham has been professionally massaging clients for over 19 years. She has a holistic approach to therapeutic massage, using her coaching expertise to teach people how to successfully make changes in their health and personal lives.

Myofascial Cupping was recently added to her practice.  Instead of using a flame to make the suction, myofascial cupping is a suction-type action which is much more gentle but still very powerful in releasing tension.  Her passion is massaging and teaching Mums how to be calm and positive with themselves and with their children using the same massage techniques she uses in her Chelsea Massage clinic.

Practitioner: Lara Brougham
Lara has been professionally massaging for over 10 years. She specialises in ankle, back and shoulder injuries as well as healing clients with lower back pain. Even the oldest of our clients, who is 96 years old, down to the youngest such as 5 year old children, have aches and pain problems. Lara makes a huge amount of difference so they can sleep at night and start enjoying life again.

You will not find this information in a book, it comes from my experiences. Lara and I would like to find out how we can help you by asking you to take this short survey by clicking here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9K2TNXJ

Thank you to the many of you who have filled out the survey. Please, any others who would like to complete the short survey, we would appreciate your thoughts. This is the way we get to more of what you really want and need.

Pregnancy Massage

Remember that we also specialise in Pregnancy Massage.

I know remedial massage releases the aches and discomcomfort in your upper body but also soothes your aching feet, all while relaxing and energising you, leaving you feeling lighter and more comfortable.  It’s all about having a relaxed, easy-going, fabulous experience being pregnant, and having a natural, relaxed and easy birth — until you have experienced this level of fatigue and tireness it is hard to believe.  And this gives you a sleeping, 8 hours a night, happy and healthy baby and Mum!

This is not meant to alarm you but I have seen and heard many mums that are not coping well.  All the dreadful stories from TV are talking about how parents are not coping; the professionals know and can see all these reasons why, using big words for all the problems they have.  In the UK health system, these mums are getting massage once a week after birth.  What about Australia’s mums?

If you are fatigued before and while pregnant, you’ll be fatigued when you’re going home from the hospital.  You’re leaving yourself wide open to baby not sleeping, not feeding, sickness, being traumatised, a screaming baby and a worn out mum.  You’ll not be coping well — and this is all preventable.  Getting that low is a real struggle to pull yourself out of this hole, and others are told to take tablets but it’s just a Band Aid.

From my experience as a mum of 4 children, watching many, many mums over the last nearly 20 years as a professional massage practitioner, and massaging pregnant mums all the way to mums with small children, adult children, my own 3 grandchildren at their start in life, and many of my friends and family members — regular massage turned around these Mums’ recovery very quickly.

Go to our Contact Page now to book a Pregnancy Massage or give a gift voucher to someone that needs it.

Hey, I know you have been working really hard and if it’s important to keep your body from becoming tight and in pain, when you start to get uncomfortable and are not able to sleep then we need to address it asap… otherwise you will be in for real trouble!

Those sore shoulders, tight back, neck and pain down the outside of your legs are not going to go away.  Rolling over wakes you up, stiff legs and cramping feet can become an all-out nightmare of injuries.  After-care massage is important too — the last thing you need is to have what they call the baby blues, fatigue or be stressed!

Here’s the deal; if you’re feeling tight or sore, give us a call and come in.  We will give you a tune up and have you feeling like a 21 year old again!

Helen Recommends

Looking After Your Body with Massage

Your mission is to contact us to schedule your remedial massage appointment at Chelsea Massage. Get rid of all the tightness and muscle pains in your neck, hip, shoulder, back, ankles, and many other places. Those niggles at the gym won’t get better by doing more stretching and weight lifting. You may not have you noticed that you need some massages to loosen up the fibres in your muscles so the muscles will stretch instead of tear. Injuries stop you from doing everything you want. It’s time for you to get your remedial massages and then you can keep doing what you love!

When you are relaxed, happy and comfortable you make better choices each day, you become more productive, and get what you want done quickly and more easily because you have energy, not PAIN.

Tell A Friend

We always appreciate you telling others about our Newsletter. Please feel free to forward our Newsletter to family and friends — anyone who you think would benefit from information about Chelsea Massage.

Welcome To The Chelsea Massage Community

Lara and I would like to welcome all our new readers to the Chelsea Massage community! We are delighted you’re now a member of our fast growing community. This community values their mind, body, health and vitality. They want to know how to make more money, feel relaxed, feel contented within themselves, enjoy life with ease, work less, have more fun in their business, and enjoy time out with their family.

Go to the newsletter page and to the right you’ll find past newsletters that you can catch up on from previous months.

Welcome!

You can connect with us to learn more and keep up to date with the latest information by going here:

Facebook: chelseamassage and click “Like” to get your free gift

YouTube Channel: ChelseaNow

Website: Chelsea Massage Clinic

Massage Vouchers

When you give a massage Christmas gift voucher, it’s a really nice thing to do! When the person comes in they are excited, a little nervous, but they know they are in good hands because you come here too, so it’s like you said, “This is the place and you will feel great just like I did!”

Check out our Gift Vouchers Page now to order a Gift Voucher for a loved one.

Pre-Orders are Being Taken Now!

Coming Soon: My Book is at the Publisher!

Released early December 2011.  Buy a book for the Mums in your life.
Christmas is not far away!
“Empowering You and Your Family”
The Down to Earth Approach
To Love, Peace and Joy for Mums

 New Website www.EmpoweringYourFamily.com.au (coming soon — you’ll be the first to hear when it goes live)

“Helen’s passion for empowering families comes through clearly as she writes like she’s sitting on a lounge with you, sharing honestly her thoughts and experiences like a wise friend.  If you’re a mum, this is the perfect ‘gift to self’ — if you know a mum, she’ll thank you for giving her this book!”

Kerri Phipps, Author, Coach and Speaker

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