Most of us have had the pleasure of a massage - but it's usually when we feel justified in treating ourselves to a little luxury. That defeats the purpose, massage should be an integral part of normal life to deal with everyday stress.

Researchers from the Miami Touch Institute in the US have ranked massage in equal importance to diet and exercise in creating an effective health regime.

Part of our role as massage therapists is to provide you with a framework for self-improvement. Whilst on- going repeat business is great from our point of view, we prefer that you call us for a massage because you want to and not because you have to! Poor posture is one of the most frequent causes of problems requiring our services.

This article gives a few simple exercises that can be done in one minute that can begin to address the issue of poor posture.

After water, tea is the most commonly consumed drink in the world (despite the attempts of Coca Cola!). More and more studies are demonstrating the effectiveness of tea in promoting health and wellbeing. A recent study has indicated that simply drinking tea may be an inexpensive means of preventing diabetes and the complications that follow.