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 Chris Vincent and his
wife Betty own and operate the Pura Vida Spa in Cabo San Lucas. They offer a
health-wise alternative to the Cabo Pub Crawl for residents and visitors alike.
In my 10 yrs of practice in massage therapy, this is the one question I hear
constantly; "Why do Muscles Hurt?"
We stretch, eat right, take supplements, work out, and receive
health care, so why do we still hurt? Some say age, its inevitable, or there’s
nothing you can do its all genetics.
I’m not a doctor, nor do I have the "answer" for you.
What I offer is my own experience. There is a good possibility
that what worked for me will not work for you.
At 24, severe disabling sciatic pain manifested in my left back,
hip, leg. After training in massage therapy and additional tutorial in related
therapies the answer was painfully clear...RESPONSIBILITY I could never recover
from my condition until I faced the simple fact that the condition of my body
was the direct result of my choices in accumulation of the following
FOOD
MOVEMENT {BODY-MECHANICS}
THOUGHT
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ALTERNATIVE #3 THOUGHT
THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING (TO WASTE)
Let's start with flaky new age blah, blah blah. There, now that
we have that out of our system let's try this one:
Do 12 push-ups, exclaim the word 'Hate" at the end of each
push-up. Nothing else, just say the word "Hate" out loud. Not "I hate this or
that" Just "Hate" Rest 10 minutes and repeat the exercise substituting the word
"Love"
Toxic thoughts build and become corrosive to the physical body.
Yes, the mind affects the body and the body affects the mind and not in some far
off remote way. In fact there is no separation between the two. In sessions I
have experienced first hand as the muscle releases so does the emotion that has
infused itself into the muscle. Crying too can surrender defensive and angry
tissue.
THE ANSWER
Stop thinking, start yoga.
"I found I choose my pain. I am thankful for it, it is the Master
Teacher"
"All possibility inhabits the same place, choose carefully."
Massage therapy can free the body of adhesions in the fibers,
flush toxicity, stimulate the healing response, and influence a needed calm, a
quiet healing silent peace. I utilize deep tissue pressure in my work. I
work off the bone to release the
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By now I typically loose about 75% of the curious and am left
with the serious readers. The hospital is the first place I go for a broken arm,
and the last place I go for relief for the common cold. Like amputating a
stubbed toe you might want to investigate other "ALTERNATIVES" first...
ALTERNATIVE #1 - FOOD
"GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT"
 We are addicted to our heroin and refuse to admit it by
reasoning its "only a little". People knowingly consume poison 3 times a day or
more...Why? Simple, it makes you high, so you don’t have to feel pain, we self
medicate with grub. Haagen-Dazs ice cream after the break up with the ex to
triple cheeseburger soda fries after we saw the commercial because were bored.
Does the food we consume makes us elated? Then drop us down into a fog followed
by headaches, depression etc... Addictions take multiple forms. Processed foods,
chemical additives, and negative food combinations, irradiated foods,
genetically altered foods, sugars, caffeine, acidic foods, heated oil, canned,
ANYTHING BEYOND THE WAY FOOD IS NATURALLY FORMED ROBS THE NUTRITIONAL
VALUE AND IMPEDES THE BREAKDOWN AND ABSORPTION PROCESS IN THE BODY. This toxic
sludge accumulates in all organs, muscle ,bone, blood. The amount is
overwhelming and taxes the body’s ability to function at its peak performance.
This sludge builds in the body for it is unable to be BROKEN DOWN USED AND
THROWN OUT SO IT STAYS AND IS IN THE WAY AS STONES AND SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES ETC........
Thus affecting all systems; functions, physiology and showing, as well as
expressing itself as symptoms. Like leaves on a tree that become diseased we can
prune them or look at the root system.
THE ANSWER
a) Stop eating fast food
b) Clean house -Detox your body with assistance via Colon
Hydro-therapy and organ detox i.e.: the liver and kidneys.
c) Ingest food based organic nutritional supplements.
ALTERNATIVE #2 - MOVEMENT
HEALING BODY-MECHANICS
Four men lift a log, 2 are 5 foot 5 and the other 2 are 6 foot 6
who will have back pain first? If you move from the center of the body out you
use the entire musculoskeletal system evenly, thus no one group of muscles work
more than the other group. This enables the workload to be dispersed evenly.
Like a good foundation, is important for a safe structurally correct building,
so is the body. Example the leaning towers base is off a fraction, but at the
apex it is off by feet. The quality of breath will determine the basin of our
foundations levelness. A full inhale and exhale slow and with purpose, not
shallow and frantic determines the muscles response.
THE ANSWER
Yoga, pilates, rest or sleep, walks in a relaxing setting such
as the beach or mountains.
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connection
between the muscle and the bone as well as working from the peripheral to the
center backing up the blood and chi to activate the auto reset button of the
subtle energy body.
The yoga practiced is 1 hr 15 min or more of fluid moving
routines designed to induce a deep sweat and fluid breath while balancing the
body’s weight evenly throughout the frame.
The most beneficial of any technique I have found is being
detached from a particular outcome and performing the work in absolute present
time.
There are mountains more info related, this is obviously a
simplistic overview.
I specialize in the musculoskeletal body and work with and refer
clients to these other disciplines.
CHIROPRACTIC
ACUPUNCTURE
COLON HYDRO THERAPY
NUTRITIONISTS
`All of these healing modalities represent a slice of the healing
pie and not the whole. All aspects are required for healing.
I love my part of the healing process and am happy to respond to
your questions. Email or call today.
Chris Vincent
Pura Vida Spa
Click here to request more information
from Pura Vida Spa
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Massage techniques available at Pura Vida Spa:
Deep tissue
Physio Therarpy
Reflexology
Shiatsu
Equipment integrated with massage:
Morf Am vibrating massager
Chinese cupping, used to activate and move your chi (body’s energy)
Gua Sha (use of bone scrappers to activate the chi)
Quantum light for deep heat
Infr-Sound equipment that use light and sound spectrums to provide deep
relaxing gentle nerve and muscle release
Yoga classes
M,W,F 9-10am, $10.00 USD, or by private appointment
Pura Vida Spa
Massage Therapy & Yoga
Touristic Corridor Northbound in Cabo San Lucas
Across the Hwy from Costco
044-624-114-6425
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