Playful ways to release stress during rugby match

A stress ball is an object that meassure approximately 3 inches in diameter. This is used for the therapeutical treatment of stress. All that one has to do is to repeatedly squeeze with your fingers. The repeated squeezing of the stress ball and maipulating the stress balls apparently gives a feeling of relief from emotional stress and muscular tension. Stress balls may come in the shape of a round ball, but these days they come in a big variety of shapes.

For rugby, there are even rugby shaped stress balls. There are a number of basic colours in rugby stress balls. Colours are white and black rugby stress balls; white and red rugby stress balls; white and blue rugby stress balls; white and red rugby stress balls.

Where you are taking your clients to the Currie Cup for the Tri-nations, rugby shaped stress balls are a fun and inexpensive rugby gift for you and your clients.

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New Bokkie Mascot

The South African Rugby Union New Bokkie Mascot has scored its first major successes even though it was only officially launched on Monday.

The animated super hero has become SA's first annimation to go 3D and has taken pride of place on T-shirts and a range of products accross the land.

FIFA Rapped Over Junk Food

How interesting that for The Beautiful Game the primary sponsors are related to junk food. Soocer athletes are at the peak of thier performance and are icons to many young people. Yet for the World Cup we are faced with the dilema that our children and nation as a whole associate quick fix options to what is actually a long term goal.

But all the blame can not be placed in the fast food outlets and cooldrinks of the world. For where are the healthy options in sponsorships. Perhaps it is rather like the chicken and the egg concept. If the healthy fast foods were more popular, perhaps they would have bigger budgets for sponsorships.

Personally, I can hardly wait to see a Nando's logo next to the FIFA logo. But sadly for the masses, fast food options like MacDonalds are simple cheaper than the healthy options. So what are the alternatives.

Well certainly companies can encourage their staff, by asking canteen staff to prepare healthier options. Why not buy all the staff a sports shirt, soccer shirt or a good old fashionaed golf shirt and start a lunch time execise session. With the Diski, what a fun way to get the heart pumping byt teaching your staff the diski.

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Step your way to Health

If you are 20kg heavier than you were when you were 18 years old, then you have doubled your risk of cancer. A shocking reality!

In January I decided that it was time to work off some of the extra weight I have accumulated during my working career. Sitting at a desk 80% of the day does nothing for the figure, so in January my husband and I started Healthpointe 2.0. This is not some fad diet, where the long term effects have not yet been seen. No this is a tested method of rectifying metabolism that has been around for 30 years.

One of the components is to increase your daily steps by 10 000 steps per day. So if you are concerned about the mental and physical health of your staff, consider getting them pedometers as a gift and encouraging corporate health. Awareness followed by action produces pleasing changes. For those who wish to find a Healthpointe ditributor, contact kim@belleregalo.co.za

This skipping rope is fantastic for any active person because of its unique features. This skipping rope counts the amount of skips you do and also works out the calories lost from your skipping session. This is a great fun gift to give to someone who is either serious about fitness or who is only starting their wellness journey. Why not do a “company wellness” drive and give each person a skipping target.

This corporate gift is available in Red/white or Royal blue/white and the dimensions are 3 meters

The measurement is a sure way to check if they are really participating. There are numerous fitness gifts that you can use to improve not only the health by the attitude of your staff. For more gifting ideas please visit www.belleregalo.co.za

Are Vuvuzelas damaging to your hearing?

I simply had to add this insert for the fans. It is an extract from an article on www.iol.co.za. I know a few people who may definitely agree to the contents. But we could write off all the frequent visits to ear nose and throat specialist and the increase in headache medication and hearing aids as one of the many economic benefits of 2010.
Personally I find that noise levels do tend to escalate in all walks of life. I am waiting to find an article of the damaging effect on hand driers, particularly those that blast you away at the Johannesburg international airport.

Here is the article:
“A debate is raging over whether braying vuvuzela plastic horns that have taken over South African soccer damage the hearing of spectators.Football authorities have dismissed as "pure speculation" claims that the noise may permanently damage hearing. They say there is no scientific evidence to prove this.But Sean Kierman, head of brass studies at the University of Cape Town's College of Music, said vuvuzelas were "dangerous" and might damage the hearing of those nearby, either permanently or temporarily. He proposed mutes be inserted in them to reduce the noise.The brightly coloured vuvuzelas blown by football fans in the stands have been described as South Africa's unique sporting icon but have angered many and have been labeled as "torture, raucous and highly offensive to the ear".

Self Massage

If you are like me, you spend a lot of time in front of the computer. This can wreck havoc on the circulations and make you more susceptible to feeling the cold.

At a recent appointment with Davina Toale, a Wellness Consultant, Davinia promised me a few techniques to help me with my legs.

Here is a quick self-massage technique you can do for your legs to liven them up and also warm them up.

SELF-MASSAGE TECHNIQUES FOR LEGS

Sit on the floor and effleurage (stroke) over your leg from the foot up, then knead the thigh. Effleurage, then pummel front and outside of your thigh.

Massage around your knee with your fingers, using circular pressure. Finish with gentle upward strokes behind your knee.

Lastly, knead your calf muscles with both hands and finish with effleurage.

BASIC TECHNIQUES FOR MASSAGE

EFFLEURAGE – simple stroking movement with your fingers leading. (Think of doing breast stroke in a pool) Hands together, then moving them together – up and outwards and then back together again.

BASIC KNEADING – just like kneading dough, place both hands on the leg with the fingers pointing away. Press down with the palm of one hand, grasp and push it towards the other hand. Release the flesh and grasp it with the other hand.

PUMMELLING – Make your hands into loose relaxed fists and bounce the side of your fists lightly on the skin.

Davina Toale can be reached via

Tel: 011 452 4150

Fax: 086 697 1236

Cell: 083 315 8648

davina@katannuta.com

www.katannuta.com

www.pressurepoints.co.za

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