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Rehab Your Asanas By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT When first practicing breathing, one should learn how to align the spine properly to maximize the free flow of energy and the proper muscle activation for breath control. Our spine has 3 natural curves: cervical, thoracic, and lumbar. We lose these curves over time with prolonged standing, sitting, and poor sleeping postures. Your breathing patterns can also become disrupted. A lot of us tend to be chest-only breathers, which limits the ability to fill the lungs. When you address spinal alignment and base all of your physical movements on the correct posture, […]
Road to Wellness, Part 2, Finding Nutrients By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT Getting the most nutrients out of food can be a challenging job when what you eat needs to provide your body with the substances that will allow it to function at an optimal level. Just what is functioning at an optimal level? It has a variety of meanings; to me it reflects achieving internal balance and managing a gene to keep its influence under control. Learning a food style is a big part in learning to manage a disease process. Your genes can control what types of food […]
Road to Wellness, Part 1. Are You A Foodie? By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT A “foodie” is a person who has a refined interest in food. A foodie seeks new food experiences as a hobby rather than simply eating out of convenience or hunger, says wikipedia.org. Agreed Wikipedia, I am a foodie! I have a refined interest in food to supply me with the right nutritional content and chose to eat out of a need for those reasons rather than convenience. And so should you! With summer on its way, many people are looking forward to upcoming bikini beach days […]
Yoga Rehab Designed To Prevent Injuries Yoga Rehab is a one of a kind workshop designed to prevent injuries by developing your poses through proper spine and joint positioning. According to yoga experts, injuries can happen any time. Most yoga injuries develop gradually over years of consistent over-stretching and misalignment. In this workshop, you will learn joint range of motion limitations and best modifications for you on a variety of poses to keep your spine and joints healthy. On May 28th, Sensory Intuition’s Kim Burns will explore variations/modifications for standing poses, along with breath practice and best poses for your […]
Yoga Rehab Designed To Prevent Injuries Yoga Rehab is a one of a kind workshop designed to prevent injuries by developing your poses through proper spine and joint positioning. According to yoga experts, injuries can happen any time. Most yoga injuries develop gradually over years of consistent over-stretching and misalignment. In this workshop, you will learn joint range of motion limitations and best modifications for you on a variety of poses to keep your spine and joints healthy. On May 14th, Sensory Intuition’s Kim Burns will explore variations/modifications for floor poses, along with breath practice and best poses for your […]
Improve Your Health Through Your Style: Using Your Body’s Senses By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT Your style is your approach to how you view the world. The effects of your choice of styling may be adding additional stress to your life. Heavy necklaces and filled purses can continuously put a strain on your spine even if they are that perfect shade of turquoise that matches your outfit so well…Dang! STYLE to me is representative of who I am and what I am passionate about. I choose accessories for weight, size, ease of getting on and off, as well as color, […]
Accessorize . Accessorize . Accessorize . The Sensory Intuition Way By Becca Z. Towery As we move into 2016 we are all wanting to freshen up our wardrobes. My REAL Style readers, I have just three words for you … “Accessorize, Accessorize, and Accessorize”! Nothing updates a wardrobe or changes a look of an outfit more than a few chunky chains and bracelets, a hip belt, a colorful handbag or a pair of this season’s most fashionable shoes. Instead of spending a lot of money on outfits every season, you are better off buying some classic pieces, and then setting […]
Compression Therapy: A Natural Pain Management Alternative By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT Compression is the force of pressure used for reducing volume. Compression therapy utilizes this concept through applying material to your body that has a specific gradient pressure to compensate for any impairment the circulatory or lymphatic system may have. Its purpose is to provide an appropriate force to influence fluid to return to these systems rather than remaining in the skin. Your blood pressure is a commonly known diagnostic tool that is an indicator of how much strength your heart and circulatory system have to move blood freely. […]
Holiday Detox: Use Your Lymphatic System For Better Health By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT Starting a new year usually means starting a diet or exercise routine. Choosing which route to take or what activities are going to be right for you can be daunting. With so many fad diets and exercise routines out there, why not try a new routine of influencing your body though its immune system. The lymphatic system is a crucial component in health and wellness It is involved in all aspects of your body’s inner workings and carries out your body’s immune responses through channels that […]
Gluten Gluttony: Surviving The Holidays By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT Living gluten free is challenging enough under normal daily circumstances. When you add on the holidays and events, you have a prescription for disaster. Gluten free living continues to grow in popularity and more stores and restaurants are becoming increasingly more aware of the need for gluten free foods. That’s not usually true of holiday parties and the numerous events that take place in season. What is frequently served are the staples of any party, cheese and crackers, baked goods, desserts and oh the pastas! Who doesn’t want to indulge […]
Keeping An Open Mind “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.” ― Albert Einstein By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT Life is ever changing yet when it comes to bad habits, we tend to have difficulty changing. We can get stuck in a routine that’s hard to break free from. You try all the things that you know or believe work to help break a habit yet still it lingers. When nothing you try works, it may be time to step out of the box. Having an open mind means you are receptive to new ideas or arguments. Your […]
Finding Balance Could you benefit from Manual Lymph Drainage…AKA Lymphatic Massage? By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT Balance can have a great many meanings. It can be balancing a check book, balancing your tires, work-life balance, nutritional balance .Sometimes we need to look at how our body is balanced. Our blood, organs and tissues all have a certain amount of fluids, oxygen, blood, etc. that they require to keep them working properly. When there is too much or too little of those substances, systems can become burdened. For those of us who find our systems lacking in balance by feeling too […]
Kimberly Burns Of Sensory Intuition Joins REAL Exclusive Magazine. REAL Exclusive Magazine announces that Kimberly Burns Of Sensory Intuition has joined the print/online media publication as a sponsor. Getting the best and most appropriate healthcare and wellness needs can be a difficult process. That’s why having a personal healthcare consultant is so beneficial. I can help you understand your what your personal needs are for pain management, disease management, staying healthy and fit as well as for weight loss or addiction. Having a healthcare consultant researching and advocating for your healthcare needs will help you improve your quality of life […]
Discovering Health: What’s In Your Tool Box? By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT Most everyone has a toolbox of some sort. A tool box is generally thought of as a physical area that we keep special tools that you use around your home to maintain and repair household items. It contains different unique tools that you use alone or in conjunction with other tools. A therapist’s tool box may consist of different tests, a variety of therapeutic interventions such as different exercises, knowledge and other tools that we call modalities that we will use to help with a patient’s injury or […]
Inflammation By Kimberly Burns, OTR/L, CLT Inflammation ….. Latin “inflammo”, meaning “to set on fire, to torch, kindle”…. If you’re living with inflammation, these words have great meaning. Ancient Greeks describe it as the “internal fire”. Imagine walking over burning coals. Now imagine that feeling all over your body. According a MedicalNewsToday.com article, “Inflammation is the body’s attempt at self-protection; the aim being to remove harmful stimuli, including damaged cells, irritants, or pathogens – and begin the healing process” We can recognize inflammation after a cut or injury because the area becomes reddened, hot and often painful yet inflammation isn’t […]
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Tuesday, November 15, 2016
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