Here’s another health post.  I know, you’re probably thinking, ‘stick to the beauty stuff salon owner!’  But there is such an urge to help people with valuable information I’ve learned about health issues that has made a difference in so many lives.  And once again, beauty and health are definitely interrelated.  They go together in many ways for sure.

I have a customer who is a nurse and who struggled with Fibromyalgia for years.  So this is a shout out to Rachael, who has done a ton of research, has gotten well and now leads a support group with people coming who now have great success conquering this malady.  The book she recommends that has totally changed her life, along with many other’s lives as they follow it’s protocol, is called ‘What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia…’ and it’s available on Amazon for a great price here.

Please contact us at Hair Naturally if you are local and would like more information about Rachael and her support group.

Again, Hair Naturally is all about healthy natural options for health and beauty, which are totally interrelated in every way.

And so, I just want to share what I’ve learned about chronic UTIs or Urinary Tract Infections from listening closely to many customers and friends.  I personally do not struggle with these, but from those who do, they can be at the least, uncomfortable and at the most, terribly painful.  And if they are chronic, it sends the sufferer over and over to the doctor for guess what?… Yet another round of antibiotics, which have their own troubles and side effects if taken too often.

To get to the point, what has been proven to work fantastically if you continue in it’s use is the supplement, D-Mannose.  One customer in her 80s wrestled with chronic UTIs for many years until she found out about this supplement, which she now takes every day and with that, has not had another UTI in over 20 years.  A little tip here… another friend heard about this and started with D-Mannose and also found that she did not have another UTI…  UNTIL she stopped taking it, thinking she would be fine.  Well, then what?  Yes, she got a UTI.  So the point being, you do have to take it daily for the rest of your life as both ladies, along with many others, testify.  And yet, this is a small price to pay for the fact that they never experience another UTI with it’s pain, multiple doctor appointments, and many many prescriptions for antibiotics and their side effects, ever again.  D-Mannose has no reported side effects, is natural and healthy and will keep you out of the doctor’s office.  If you are interested in purchasing this product, please click here and find out what over a 1000 other people have experienced in the reviews.  This brand is the most effective, best priced I could find.  Be UTI free forever!

Hello Again!

Sometimes the answer is there right under our nose (or our back) and we just can’t seem to find it.  I like to share even little things I learn about natural health and beauty as they may help someone out there, which makes me happy.

So just last summer, it seemed all of the sudden that I began having a lower back ache.  I could not imagine what could be happening.  I went down many roads for about a month trying to figure out what I could have changed that brought this on.  Was it something about my work, the way I walk, my hormones or menstrual cycle?  Should I get a massage, take a supplement or go to the chiropractor?  Well, I prayed about it and decided to go to my favorite body workers I’ve mentioned before at Ohana Bodywork in Templeton, Ca.  We got to talking about it and thought of an idea, I tried it and all the lower back pain is gone.  It was that my bed had worn out a bit and had a dip in it right where I sleep and because my body was wrestling all night to lay flat and properly as it needed that suppport, it caused lower back pain.  The solution could have been that I needed to purchase another bed or even sleep on the floor as this would have been more proper support as it is a stable flat surface.  But, thanks to God, since my bed is a queen size, all I had to do was sleep on the other side.  One, I could not flip it as many can, because it’s a pillow top only on one side and it doesn’t work to flip it and two, yes I could spin it but that wasn’t working anymore either.

And so, I want to share this as there may be people out there that a simple bed flip, spin or changing of sides to sleep on could resolve issues of pain you are having.

Hey Friends!

Today I have to give a shout out to dear friends in Templeton California, Elise and Thomas McMasters, who introduced to me an amazing therapy that has taken away 90% of my pain and kept me in the career I love.  Their business, Ohana Bodywork & Massage Therapies helps many many people and they even work on pets too!

It all started about six months after I bought and opened my salon, Hair Naturally.  I was experiencing, after many years being a hair stylist, chronic pain in my shoulder/neck area.  I’ve decided to share my findings because I know many people work in careers that use the same muscle sets over and over, such as those who work long hours on computers, construction workers, even those who sit and drive all day, plus many more… even those with muscle issues not related to their work.

So, I had experienced pain off and on for years, but massage would help and it mostly went away.  But at this point, it continued day in, day out for months and I thought I may have to quit my career.  I prayed to God at this point and said to Him basically that I was ready to change careers if He would just show me the way, what He wanted me to do.  Literally within one week, I was talking with some friends at a ranch I volunteer at about this and they mentioned the McMasters and their business in Templeton.  I called and made an appointment and within four visits and a plan for exercises to do at home, 90% of my pain was gone.  What I loved so much about this is that I was not then beholden to going to them every week or month for the rest of my life.  With integrity and care, they taught me all about Somatics, which is a way to contract and slowly release your own muscles so as to release tension, almost like you had just gone and gotten a massage, so that I could do it at home and not have to continually put out money for chronic pain.  Yes, I do go every now and then for tuneups and to catch up with them, but I don’t have to go regularly and for this, I am grateful.

If you are interested in this practice, there is a wonderful book about it by Thomas Hanna, who is the founder of this type of therapy.  You can purchase it here and/or find a practitioner in your area.  I hope you find therapists as thoughtful as the McMasters.  You will not regret it.

Hey Friends!

Just wanting to put a post out there for anyone who deals with Vertigo, which is often times an inner ear problem that causes such extreme dizziness that it throws some people down onto the floor.  You see, I love finding all things natural when dealing with any kind of body issue and awhile back, I learned some things that may help people with this condition.

A dear friend of mine dealt with Vertigo on and off for a few years.  He went to the doctor and learned things that helped him temporarily.  One of which was the epley maneuver.  This helped for awhile and yet it kept coming back and then eventually nothing seemed to work.  He kept hearing from various friends and customers about alternative treatments and so he finally relented in desperation.  He, along with many others who advised him, now uses 3 things daily that have kept his vertigo under control ever since.  One is a Manganese Supplement and then also a Lipo Flavanoid and he takes one of each a day.  Then he also wears a magnetic bracelet called Power Balance by Performance Technology.  Click on these links to find them on Amazon.

I’m hoping this will help someone out there who struggles with this very difficult condition.