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Foot Reflexology Sampler

Do your toes burn or tingle from uncomfortable shoes? Are your feet throbbing from too much standing or walking? With a network of over 7,000 nerve endings on each foot, your extremities are not just walking tools. By transmitting sensory information to the brain, your feet are constantly trying to tell you something. Come to Be Here Now Yoga, located in Flemington, on Saturday, November 28 from 12-3pm to learn more about the art of foot reflexology and experience it for yourself.

Foot reflexology not only feels great, but also benefits the whole body. Both feet mirror the entire body with reflex points corresponding to glands, organs and body parts. Using gentle but firm pressure with the thumb, fingers and hands, foot reflexology stimulates and clears neural pathways, improves circulation, minimizes pain and induces a state of deep relaxation. The cost of the reflexology is $10 for 10 minutes.

Our feet connect and ground us to the outside side world. Foot reflexology can show you how to use them more efficiently and with less discomfort every step of the way. Location: Be Here Now Yoga, 63 Main St., Ste. 202, Flemington. Register: [email protected]. For full sessions: Main Street Massage in Flemington; call 908-806-0266 for appointments. For more information, call 908-642-0989 or visit BeHereNowYoga108.com.

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Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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