“There are moments when one feels free from one’s own identification with human limitations and inadequacies. At such moments one imagines that one stands on some spot of a small planet, gazing in amazement at the cold yet profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable; life and death flow into one, and there is neither evolution nor destiny; only Being.” - Albert Einstein
Cool.. I’ve just added ChamoFix to SNOmobi… a mobile phone resort directory.
October 1, 2009
If you are a local in Chamonix Mont Blanc, then inter-season is your chance to RE-ENERGISE for the forthcoming winter 2009/10 season. Between the dates of 9th October and 12th November 2009, ChamoFix offers a Chamonix Massage Fix “three hours for the price of two hours”. So whatever you pay for two hourly sessions of Holistic / Swedish Massage, Hot Stones Massage or Deep Tissue Therapeutic Massage, you’ll get a third hour thrown in.
Continue September 28, 2009
For those who don’t stretch regularly, chances are, if you’ve been hiking, biking, running and riding up and down the mountains trails of Chamonix, you will, whether you realise it or not, have an Iliotibial Band that’s so tight it’ll be pulling your toes out when you lie on your back. This is how I immediately notice a tight IT Band before even starting the massage on skier clients on holiday or at the start of the season. A taught IT Band can cause knee pain and generally lessens your flexibility when performing sports.
While a sports massage will help, and self massaging up your legs in a warm arnica-infused or salt bath is an excellent way of loosening the muscles and shifting lactic acid, here’s a good everyday stretch for the IT Band:
- Sit tall with legs stretched out in front of you
- Bend the right knee and place the right foot on the ground to the left side of the left knee
- Turn your shoulders so that you are facing to the right
- Use your left arm against your right knee to help ease you further round
- Use your right arm on the floor for support
- You will feel the stretch along the length of the spine and in the muscles around the right hip
The iliotibial band stretch is part of an excellent list of stretches found online at Brian Mac personal trainer website.
Keep an eye out on the ChamoFix website for more details about Chamonix’s yoga classes and advice from the fitness and flexibility gurus based in Chamonix!
September 25, 2009
Often the mind is willing but the body is basically exhausted.
ChamoFix recommends four easy ways to keep ahead of the game and feel that buzz of health and general well being… not just through massage, though massage, of course, is a good step to rejuvenation Fix!
Continue July 31, 2009
I’m particularly interested in the medical science surrounding both myofascia release and trigger point therapy.
Myofascia is a 3D web of microscopic hollow tubules that extends uninterupted from top to toe, surrounding (to a cellular level) every bone, muscle, organ, blood vessel and nerve. This relatively thin, filmy tissue gives shape and support to the body’s musculature, as well as providing non-stop instant communication between all the cells in the body. The hollow myofascial tubules contain continuous fibres of elastin and collagens surrounded by a fluid called “ground substance”.
Fascial restrictions can result from traumas (accidents, injuries or surgery) or repetitive stress situations (such as poor postures & over-use). Any of these traumas can cause the fascial tissue to change consistency, often hardening, in order to support and make up for the stresses on the body parts.
July 30, 2009
To put it crudely, a myofascial trigger point is a localized area of intense pain (when triggered) caused by over-contracted muscle fibres, starved of oxygen & creating a localized energy crisis, where neuroreactive biochemicals are released to sensitize nearby nerves, which, in turn, act on the central nervous system to initiate the motor, sensory, and autonomic effects of myofascial trigger points.
Continue July 8, 2009
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