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Toxic Chemicals in Every Day Products
Do you know what’s in the deodorant that you smear into your armpit each day? How about the soap, shower gel, lotions and myriad of products that you slather on to look and feel your best each day? We have all learned to read labels on the food we eat. However, many of us do NOT read labels when choosing personal care and home cleaning products. What you put ON your body can affect your health just as much as what you put IN your body. Our skin is our body’s largest organ! According to Dr. Samuel Epstein, (Former Head of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and author of TOXIC BEAUTY) it is more dangerous to put a product on your skin than to ingest it. Our bodies detoxify what we eat. Chemicals in products placed onto our skin are directly absorbed into our bloodstream.
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Tennis Elbow Injury
Tennis elbow is an injury that usually occurs in the tendon that attaches to the elbow. Despite the name, tennis elbow doesn’t only affect those that play tennis. While tennis players are at risk for this type of injury, other sports that involve repetitive motion, such as baseball or golf, also carry the risk of […]
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Happy Occupational Therapy (OT) Month!!
April is National Occupational Therapy (OT) month. I love being an OT. Since I am now up in the proverbial Foundry blog rotation it seemed like the perfect opportunity for me to promote my chosen profession. I think the best way to do that is to simply explain what Occupational Therapy is (and does) and why it such a unique profession.
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