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RESTORATIVE
MASSAGE FOR
PAIN RELIEF
By Deborah Karlan, L.M.T.
Restorative massage therapy creates
harmony and balance to your
muscular structure by reducing
stress hormones and detoxifying the
body. The Touch Research Institute at the
University of South Florida has conducted
over 100 studies on the positive effects
of massage therapy on many functions
and medical conditions. They found
that massage therapy diminished pain,
stiffness and fatigue; improved sleep;
and lowered stress hormones, which
translated to lower stress, anxiety and
depression. Muscle pain problems like
post-surgery knee and hip replacements,
trigger points, shoulder referral pain
and neck and back pain and spasms
also respond positively to restorative
massage. Patients
with hypersensitive
responses do well
with lighter touch
Craniosacral therapy
and Manual Lymph
Drainage. Although
fibromyalgia is a
neurologic body
Trigger
Point
inflammation problem that can affect
the entire body, trigger points can
refer pain in a pattern some distance
from the real problem. Neuromuscular
therapy can effectively treat trigger
points such as the typical headache in
the illustration. Some patients respond to
very light manual lymph drainage, while
others get significant relief from deeper
neuromuscular therapy. As you age, it
is important to take care of yourself and
stay active in order to feel good.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Deborah Karlan, L.M.T.
has been a massage therapist and colon hydrotherapist
for more than 40 years. Her Wellness
From Within office is at 2158 Drew St. in
Clearwater. Her information website is dkarlan.
com. For questions and appointments and to
find harmony and balance with massage, please
call (727) 641-8979. FL License MA4487, Est.
MM27138
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Collector’s Circle, center, introduced Dimity Carlson and Susan Taylor, co-chairs for
the group’s gala fundraiser, which took place the following week at the museum,
during a pre-gala reception in Bayfront Tower’s social room in St. Petersburg.
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Cynthia Astrack, president of the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg’s
Elif Fitzgerald of
Belleair Beach was
surprised by her husband
Dr. Joe Fitzgerald, owner
and medical director
of PureLife Medi-Spa
in Largo, with a dinner
party for family and
friends, complete
with dancing on the
waterfront at the
St. Petersburg home
of Julie and Steve
Weintraub, owners
of the Gold & Diamond
Source in Clearwater.
Alain and Elisabeth Cerf
of North Redington Beach
were given a surprise party
by their sons and daughtersin
law, Emmanuel and
Montserrat, and Olivier and
Susan at the family’s Tampa
Bay Automobile Museum in
Pinellas Park, where members
of The Florida Orchestra played
French favorites conducted
by Maestro Michael Francis.
Sea Salt of St. Petersburg’s
Executive Chef Kenny Tufo
prepared dinner, and guests
danced to Nate Najar’s jazz. 9
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