A Practical Guide for Pilates Beginners By Sabine Fischer Pilates continues to be a favourite exercise regime not only among Hollywood stars and athletes but also among people like you and me. What makes Pilates so popular is because the practice helps you become more aware of your body. Pilates improves muscle tone, balances musculature, [...]
By Paola Bassanese Looking at a sample of 65 clients who presented in 2011 with various conditions and requesting manual lymphatic drainage massage, there is some correlation in inflammatory conditions and their symptoms. Taking external factors like stress out of the equation, 52 cases remain which can be categorised according to body systems: [...]
Conversations with… DJ Fabrizia By Paola Bassanese DJ Fabrizia is a London-based well-known female DJ playing tech and tribal house and producing her own records. Website: www.fabrizia.biz Q: When did you first realise you wanted to become a DJ? A: I’ve always had a passion for music and I spent most of my weekends going [...]
By Paola Bassanese This infographic represent the main conditions presented by clients in 2011 when having manual lymphatic drainage. Source and copyright: Paola Bassanese and Energya Ltd The most frequent condition was water retention at 17%, followed by sinusitis at 11% and oedema at 9%. Bloating, stress and liposuction were also quite common. Sydromes related [...]
Link between histamine production, allergies, inflammation and lymphoedema By Paola Bassanese In 2011 I performed 300 manual lymphatic drainage massage sessions and have come across some cases that triggered questions about inflammatory conditions. When you see clients with similar patterns you start asking yourself questions as a therapist. Histamine seems to be the common denominator [...]
Opinion piece by Paola Bassanese To be able to get coverage and visibility in UK media, health and beauty experts tend to get interviewed by journalists only if they have celebrity clients. Why? Why would a therapist be better than anyone else just because he/she has famous clients? I wanted to investigate this further. [...]
