Fast Stress Relief - Calm Down Quickly
Regain your cool even quicker than you lost it with these simple techniques.
By Kelly Mickle
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the December 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine 
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The International Journal of Neuroscience reported that a 15-minute chair massage twice weekly can lower stress, likely by calming the sympathetic nervous system. The at-home approach is an effective alternative. "Simply rolling a tennis ball over muscles with the palm of your hand can trigger a similar response," says Tiffany Field, PhD, director of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine. |
