Did You Know That…
• People generally read from
paper 25% faster than from a
computer monitor.
• Every half square inch of
the human skin has about 100
sweat glands, 10 hairs, 15
sebaceous glands, and just under a
meter of blood vessels.
• The average adult skin has an area of about 2 square
meters and weighs about 2.5 to 4 kilograms. The
entire skin system has about 17 kilometers of blood
vessels and 72 kilometers of nerves.
• Blood is about 78% water.
• The human heart weighs less than 454 grams.
What people are saying
Ted - Manitoba
Ted received a severe blow to the back of the
hand which quickly became dark blue and
purple. Swelling and pain restricted his use of the
hand. Within minutes of the accident, Ted began
receiving the Fast Aid (BodyTalk’s “first aid”) and
Cortices techniques. After just 5 minutes of this,
the colour was almost completely normal in the
affected area and he noticed a slight reduction in
pain. A few days after the incident, he had mild
bruising on the hand, and only moderate
swelling.
Stacey - Manitoba
After sustaining an acute injury to the front of the
lower leg, Stacey immediately began performing
the FastAid and Cortices techniques on herself.
The bruise, promising to be a lump 5 inches in
diameter and a lovely shade of navy, was already
fading to yellow within 24 hours. After two days,
Stacey could rub over the area without cringing
and the bruise was virtually invisible!
Paris - USA
"Paris developed an intense phobia of choking to
death after witnessing my mother choke very
badly during a mealtime. We spent two months
bouncing to twice weekly appointments with a
psychotherapist and occupational therapist all
the while she was subsisting on chicken broth
and ice cream. She lost over twenty pounds
during this time and it was very stressful and
scary. Being only ten she was not a great
candidate for acupuncture; so we were referred
by a friend to BodyTalk. We went to our first
appointment feeling unsure but open minded.
Paris was very comfortable with the practitioner
and the body talk session; she found it to be
relaxing. Within an hour of leaving our
appointment Paris felt comfortable eating semi
solid food for the first time in over two months."
Stay Tuned! Upcoming Course!
BodyTalk Access is an energy-based BodyTalk
method that helps the layperson to maintain
health and to manage everyday health
challenges . The Access program includes the
FastAid technique that can be performed in any
acute situation.
Step Ahead is bringing this
amazing course to this area in the near future!
Date is yet to be determined.
“The most common way people give
up their power is by thinking they
don’t have any.”
-Alice Walker
Upcoming Events
Stay tuned! BodyTalk Access training is coming soon to the area!
Check out our website: stepaheadphysicaltherapy.weebly.com
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If you have any information or upcoming events that you would like to share in the newsletter, or if you
have any questions or comments, we would be delighted to hear from you!
August, 2014
email: [email protected]
204-331-6285
Newsletter August, 2014
Louise Sanders BMR PT, CBP
Elaine Sanders BN, BT, CBP
301-191 Kimberly Rd, Winkler
204-331-6285
Now doing BodyTalk for animals! Book sessions for pets, livestock, herds, and flocks, to
help with health and behavioural issues.
What’s happening at Step Ahead?
The end of the ice age! The vast majority of us have
been taught to ice an injury as soon as it happens.
We have been mistaken. The principles of RICE
(rest, elevation, compression and elevation) never
Consider this…
Every animal has only two needs:
safety and comfort.
Most
behaviours are based on these
two needs.
“Behavioural issues” are
easier to understand in this context.
Animals use aggression and fear
behaviours to satisfy their need for safety.
To be comfortable, the animal often seeks to
please the human, but will seem to be
“stubborn” or “lazy” or “bad” as they try to
communicate their discomfort to their human.
For example, if sitting is painful, the animal will avoid it.
applied. After further research, professionals on this
topic now say that METH (movement, elevation,
traction and heat) is more suiting. Dr. Gabe Mirkin,
a former assistant professor at the University of
Maryland, and the man who coined the RICE term,
has changed his mind and says “there is no data to
show that ice does anything more than block pain.”
He continues, “And there is data that shows it delays
healing.” The main reason to ice an injury is to
reduce pain and swelling by constricting blood
vessels, thereby decreasing blood and lymph flow to
the area. However, it is this same blood and lymph
that is needed to remove the waste products from
cellular clean-up and heal the injury. So by applying
ice, we decrease the initial swelling but also decrease
the healing. We recommend that the next time you
or someone you know sustains an injury, remember
Cortices, movement, elevation, traction, heat and or
C-METH for short. (Learn the Cortices technique at
Step Ahead or at www.bodytalksystem.com)
The Small Intestine
Every part of the body has a special role that is a combination of Western and Eastern views.
This month, let’s look at the Small Intestine.
Western view
Eastern view
discerns which nutrients to
absorb and which to let pass
discerns what information we
read and hear is useful to hold on
to and what should be let go
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
August, 2014
email: [email protected]
204-331-6285