Archives for September 2018

Hi guys, it’s Tricia with LiveFree Massage, and today I want to share with you one of my
favorite restaurants that I go to pretty frequently. I’m on my lunch break right now and I work
in the Perimeter area in Atlanta, and when I want to stay healthy and eat right, this is the
place I go to, it’s called Tropical Smoothie Café. It has a ton of options to eat, and it has great
tasting smoothies. They have wraps, and bowls, and salads, and pressed sandwiches, and
flatbreads, and they’re all really good. And you can install an app on your phone and order
online and just go pick it up and be on your way. So if you’re in a hurry and you want to eat
right, try out Tropical Smoothie Café. I’ll see you next time.

Hi, I’m Tricia from LiveFree Massage. Do your thumbs hurt a lot because you use your phone
too much to browse the Internet and text a lot? If so, you could be developing chronic pain
from that repetitive use, so today I want to show you three ways that you can reduce your
pain. Number one, try using your fingers instead of your thumb. Hold the phone with one
hand and you can use your fingers with the other hand to text, or to browse up and down. And
if you want to text, try using the “Voice to text” function, it’s pretty accurate.Number two,
stretch your thumb muscles that can get tight. Do this by making an “L” with your hand.
You’ll feel the stretch in those thumb pad muscles.Number three, massage and release trigger
points in the muscles. These muscles are tight and can harbor trigger points that radiate pain
into your thumb and hand, like in this picture. There are trigger points in your hand area as
well as your forearm, so check and release them all. Just feel for the tender spots, then hold
and release. I hope these tips help you with your thumb pain, and I’ll see you next time.