Century Massage & Bodywork, LLC

Century Massage & Bodywork, LLC

15 South Grady Way, Suite LL-14

Renton, WA 98055

For a limited time only! $60 for a 90-minute Thai Massage session. This is a value of $100! That's $40 off! Give Lyn a call and set up your appointment today!

Renton, WA - March 1, 2003 - Century Massage & Bodywork, LLC will hold a 3-hour Massage for Couples Workshop on April 17, 2003 in the lower level of the Evergreen Building at 6 PM.

Bring a spouse, friend, significant other, mom, dad, or anyone else with whom you would like to learn massage. Working mainly on your partner's back, shoulders, arms, and legs, you will learn basic Swedish and deep tissue techniques useful at home. Please wear loose, comfortable clothing. Be sure to bring a pillow and towels for your personal use.

Century Massage & Bodywork, LLC offers a holistic and client-centered approach to health care which empowers our clients towards total health and wellness. We offer effective treatment to address specific concerns as well as an overall focus and attention to all factors contributing to the problem. With this expanded awareness and helpful self-care exercises, you can raise your health and vitality to a state of wellness - perhaps to levels you've not yet imagined!

Learn and share the art of healing with loved ones! Be sure to check our website for a list of our 2003 workshop schedule! We also offer Infant Massage and Introduction to Thai Massage workshops!

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The left side demonstrates the vascular system
of arteries and veins. The right side shows the
lymph nodes and direction of lymphatic flow
away from the breast.

The goal of this email is to help in the prevention of breast cancer. It doesn't make sense to leave your health to chance. Even the Self Breast Exam is designed to help you after you get a tumor or breast cancer. This is not to say that you shouldn't regularly check yourself for lumps. Early detection does greatly increase your odds of surviving cancer. However, waiting for cancer rather than actively participating in its avoidance can be detrimental too your health.

Your breasts are essentially structures made up of fat and gland, mounted to the female's chest wall with a delicate system of ligaments. The circulation in the breast is much the same as the rest of the body consisting of arteries,veins, and lymphatic vessels. In short, the arteries bring fresh blood too the cells carrying along with it the nutrition that the breast and its tissues need for proper health. The veins bring the blood back from the cells along with cellular waste and toxins. The lymphatic system is designed to return the toxin and other waste materials that lie in the intercellular fluid between the cells.

Toxins are believed by many to be the local beginnings of cancerous tissue.It is imperative that these toxins be continually removed through the body's veins and lymphatic vessels. When these toxins are unable to exit the body properly, the possibility of cancer increases.

A recent study* of 4,700 women found that women who wore brassieres had an increased chance of acquiring breast cancer. It is very possible that the constant pressure that the bra puts on the breast is limiting the flow of toxins that need to be released, resulting in the increased cancer rate. Any more than a gentle amount of pressure can flatten the lymphatic vessel and stop the toxic flow from the breast.

The Study found the highest rate of breast cancer in those who wore bras 24 hours a day, and the lowest rate in those who never wore bras. The study suggested that women should wear their bra less than 12 hours a day.

* Singer, Sydney Ross. Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras, Garden City Park, NY: Avery Pub. Group, 1995

Self Care

Now that you have a better understanding of your breasts, it is important that you apply this knowledge to your health. The four-step procedure shown on this page will give you a simple massage technique that can be done, by yourself,in the privacy of your own home. Although almost any gentle massage technique will be of benefit, these four techniques should be a part of your personal regimen.

The purpose of these techniques is to flush fluids from the breast, (both venous and intercellular), bring nutrition to the tissues and specifically remove the toxins via the lymphatic system. Also, these techniques will enhance the health and elasticity of the support ligaments, which will in turn provide you with better breast support.

More specifically, step One is a gentle draining motion designed to drain the breasts lymphatic system and is possibly the most important of the four steps.Steps number Two and Four are to assist in the movement of venous fluids. Feel free to experiment with these to movements and find what is comfortable for you. Step Three is simply to help keep your support ligaments in good health and assist in the fight against gravity.

This procedure should be done at least twice a week. It can be done on bare skin, but you may find that using some vegetable oil may be more comfortable. Stay away from mineral-based or scented oils.

Step One: Use your fingers to gently smooth away from the nipple. These movements travel from the nipple and directly away using no more pressure than what you would apply to your eyelid. Any more pressure would flatten the lymphatic vessel and stop the flow of toxins and fluids. Also, make this stroke slow, not fast, for it to be effective. Step Two: Gently massage the breast with a kneading-like motion, using lifting and pressing movements.Step Three: Slowly and carefully use your hands to twist the breast in a clock-wise and counterclockwise direction, being careful not to put too much tension on the breast.Step Four: Use both hands as shown to apply several, moderate pressure,compressions to move out more pressure fluids.

A good breast massage should be gentle and nurturing. The gentle stimulation of the breasts and chest area may release some emotional feelings. During massage, many people experience joy, peace, or sometimes a release of previously-repressed emotions from past events (positive or negative, including possibly crying) followed by a more deep relaxation. This emotional release is also a very normal, human part of the massage experience. For most women, the enjoyment of breast massage is a natural, sensual pleasure and very relaxing.

For those who may not wish their breast massage to be as pleasurable or arousing, the type, speed, and pressure of the strokes can be regulated if necessary to control this sensation of pleasure and arousal. Again, individual preferences and sensitivities vary; for example, some may find firm strokes to be arousing while others may find light caressing to be overly erotic.

Your massage therapist will be able to assist you in how to properly apply the self-care techniques mentioned above, if needed.

About Breast Cancer in Men

Breast cancer in men is rare -- less than 1 percent of all breast carcinomas occur in men.

* About 1,300 new cases will be diagnosed in the United States in 1998, and about 400 men will die of the disease.

* The average age at diagnosis is between 60 and 70, although men of all ages can be affected with the disease.

                              Century Massage & Bodywork, L.L.C.

• Up to 90% of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related complaints.
• Up to 80% of industrial accidents are due to stress.
• Over 50% of lost work days are stress-related.
• 14% of workers say stress caused them to quit or change jobs in the previous two years.
• Worker's compensation awards for job stress threaten to bankrupt the system in some states.

• Relieve stress
• Improve employee morale
• Increase productivity
• Lower health care costs
• Show staff you care

• Comes to your workplace.
• Is given by a professional massage practitioner.
• lasts from 10 to 30 minutes, uses little to no oil, and takes place with the employee fully clothed.
• Usually covers the head, neck, shoulders, back, arms, and hands and can be adapted to special needs.
• Leaves employees feeling relaxed, refreshed, and ready to return to work.

• Assign a contact person.
• Provide a space to do the massage.
• Encourage employees to use it.