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29 December 2009
Putting Your Best Face Forward Part 5: How Skin Creams and Skin Serums Work to Enhance the Skin
Serums are water-based products designed to penetrate deep into the skin. Every serum delivers a different result, and they’re designed with different skin types in mind.
24 September 2009
When Work Hurts: How to Choose a Massage Therapist to Treat Work Related Pain
In a survey of 1200 workers conducted by the Institute for Work and Health (IWH), The Burden of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) , 60% reported experiencing some neck or upper-limb pain in the previous year and 20% reported moderate-to-severe upper limb pain that recurred at least monthly or lasted more than one week.
24 September 2009
Is Technology Making Your Body @che?
Self-Care Tips
We asked Sue Langille, Manager of Massage Therapy at Elmwood Spa in Toronto, to look at some common computer related postures and provide some self-care tips. As some conditions may require specialized treatment, please be sure to ask your own massage therapist, physician or other health care provider whether these tips are appropriate for you.
24 July 2009
Spa safe this summer
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about spa hygiene
(but didn’t quite know how to ask)
Have you ever gone to a spa and wondered how safe it was for the aesthetician to be using those tweezers lying on the counter, but you didn’t want to step on her professional toes and ask?
24 October 2008
Avid Cyclist and Spa Newbie Becomes a Fan after Discovering the Exclusive Royal Siam Massage
Not sure whether to choose a Thai massage or a Siam treatment? Relax; your life just got simpler because the best of both worlds have been combined. The Royal Siam Massage, a regal spa treatment offers a full 105 minutes worth of table-based care for knotted limbs and stiff tendons. It features the energy-line bodywork of a Thai Massage combined with the stimulating heat of an herbal compress, body scrub, and Deep Siam pressure work.
22 July 2008
Ancient healing for the 21st century
From the mystic temples of Thailand, where the sweet smell of spices and herbs drift on warm breezes, to the wild reaches of the Australian Outback, where an Aboriginal population still follows a timeless culture, lies ancient knowledge of the healing power of the land and the elements; knowledge learned by the Spa Care Experts™ at Elmwood Spa and crafted into exclusive signature body treatments that promote the well-being of body, mind and spirit.
20 June 2008
The Benefits of Pure Water
If you were to compare an ordinary glass of water with a glass of water from Elmwood Spa, the difference would be indiscernible. But the unseen qualities are what make our water so special. Water plays a huge role at Elmwood Spa; it is consumed, bathed in, cleansed with, and utilized during treatments. It is one of our defining features.
15 June 2008
Flavonoids, Free Radicals and Anti-oxidants
What are they, what do they do and why is it all so important?
A flavonoid is a pigment in the skin that protects against oxidation and sunlight, such as ginko biloba, grapeseed extract, quecertin and rutin. You’ll also find plenty of flavonoids in tea (particularly the ElmLine teas), red wine, grapes, apples and onions, tomatoes, broccoli, apricots, oranges, pomegranates, cherries… and chocolate.
20 May 2008
Fact or Fiction: Dr. Beatrice Wang Sets the Record Straight about the Sun and your Skin
Article written by Dr. Beatrice Wang, a dermatologist practicing in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Wang is also an Assistant Professor of Dermatology and the Director of the Melanoma Clinic at McGill University.
11 May 2008
What Is Acai and Why Are We Offering Nova Acai At The Juice Bar
The nutritional value of the Açai berry is extraordinary. With twice the antioxidants of pomegranates and three times that of blueberries, loaded with vitamins and minerals and containing a healthy dose of Essential Fatty Acids, Omega 3,6 & 9, açai is being called the most nutritious fruit on earth.
10 May 2008
Putting Your Best Face Forward Part 1: Lift and Plump for Youthful Skin
It’s winter and you might be wondering what you really need for your face – lifting, plumping or both? What skincare regimen is right for you?
The aestheticians at Elmwood Spa can help you design a program of facials that will leave you looking and feeling younger and more vibrant – inside and out.
9 May 2008
Putting your Best Face Forward Part 2: Grapes, Roses or Raisins
In our March issue we shared the thought that a facial is a bit like going to the gym… for your face. First you work your muscles (ElmLine Anti-Aging Facial with Compu-Lift), then you tone up by putting the collagen back into your skin (with an ElmLine DNA facial).
8 May 2008
Putting Your Best Face Forward Part 3: Facials, Peels and Microdermabrasion
What’s so great about the Elmwood Spa Beauté Neuve Facial?
To answer that question, we need to consider the differences between facials, peels and more invasive processes, such as microdermabrasion.
7 May 2008
Best Face Forward Part 4: Your Summer Skin
Across the country, people are intent on getting in shape for summer; hitting the gym or the pavement to shed a few pounds and trim up for the shorts and swimsuit season. But are they also thinking about putting their best face forward; literally? What about getting the skin ready for the warmth and humidity of summer?
5 May 2008
Health Scents: Aromatherapy Massage
‘If it smells good, enjoy it,’ may well be the new mantra for aromatherapy, which is quickly growing in popularity at spas and natural health clinics across the country. Smell is our most enduring sense. It can transform our emotions, evoke happy or comforting memories and promote relaxation. But more than just fragrant scents, the practice of aromatherapy, using pure essential oils from plants, is increasingly recognized as a healing art.
10 March 2008
Exploring Light Therapy
Many of us commute to and from work in cars or busses, on a subway or by train; we work indoors under fluorescent lighting and then when we finally make it home we spend more time indoors doing household chores, helping kids with homework, using the computer, or watching television. Even when we exercise, our workout is just as apt to be inside as it would be outdoors. No wonder we’re light-deprived!
23 February 2008
New Treatments Combining the Benefits of Infrared Sauna, Wild Organic Seaweeds
Using the benefits of infrared sauna, wild organic Seaweeds from the Pacific Northwest and Lava Shells from the South Pacific, the Spa Care Experts at Elmwood Spa are now providing guests with the newest effective and sophisticated treatments for overall well-being and relaxation for mind and body.
22 February 2008
Healing Lifestyles, Wonders from the Sea
Chances are you haven’t given much thought to sea vegetables lately. Indeed, the closest most of us come to adding seaweed to our diets is by occasionally dining out in Japanese and Chinese restaurants. The frequent spa-goer has likely experienced a detoxifying and slimming seaweed wrap, but for many, seaweed, kelp, spirulina, and chlorella are foods that other people eat.
21 February 2008
Detoxification - Why is it Important?
Detoxification has become a popular topic lately, and from a health professional’s point of view, there are both positive and negative aspects of this current trend.
20 February 2008
Benefits of Infrared Sauna
Feeling sluggish?
There are ways to change all that. Fatigue, environmental pollution and poor eating habits can slow you down. That’s where the therapeutic benefits of detoxifying come in.
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