Marina Village Massage Therapy

12/03/2023

Watch out, some OTC, pain and arthritis products actually contain prescription-only corticosteroids, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and muscle relaxants, without listing them.

Certain products may contain active ingredients found in prescription-only drugs.

01/15/2023

Long Covid is a good reason to protect yourself from Covid-19. It's still a significant issue, much larger than media suggests. It can have very long effects even after "mild" disease. And, some research is also showing that the risks may increase with multiple infections.

Noted in this article: “There are some concerning findings, including that some major neurological and cognitive symptoms do not decrease over time.” Many others symptoms are generally decreasing over time.

The study discussed in this news article is based on medical records - diagnosis codes. This method is useful for it's large size and low cost. But, this method misses patient symptoms that the doctors ignore, don't believe, don't code for, and where codes don't even exist - - potentially a whole lot.

Naturally, studies can't predict how long or permanant some symptoms may be. This and other research reveal that many patients have ongoing physical and cognitive disability. This is also my experience.

Mild cases of COVID-19 can cause patients to suffer long COVID symptoms, and a new study finds that some of those symptoms can linger for more than a year.

12/25/2022

It's not too late. Ho Ho Ho

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09/16/2022

Time to use your remaining flexible spending funds. Need a massage? Or, two? You can use your flexible spending debit card here.

Note: IRS tax rules say you need a letter of medical necessity for massage. Doctors generally happy to provide that when you give them the specifics. See your FSA website for more info.

Relaxed rules during the pandemic let workers carry over more of the pretax money, which must be spent on health costs or forfeited, but they’re expiring.

08/19/2022

It is still better to avoid Covid for many reasons. One reason is the continued high risk of long-lasting, neurological and psychiatric outcomes including psychotic disorder, cognitive deficit, dementia, and epilepsy or seizures.

"This analysis of 2-year retrospective cohort studies of individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 showed that the increased incidence of mood and anxiety disorders was transient, with no overall excess of these diagnoses compared with other respiratory infections. In contrast, the increased risk of psychotic disorder, cognitive deficit, dementia, and epilepsy or seizures persisted throughout. The differing trajectories suggest a different pathogenesis for these outcomes."

This analysis of 2-year retrospective cohort studies of individuals diagnosed with COVID-19 showed that the increased incidence of mood and anxiety disorders was transient, with no overall excess of these diagnoses compared with other respiratory infections. In contrast, the increased risk of psycho...

07/26/2022

Alameda County monkeypox update. As of August 17, there have been 148 cases in Alameda County, not including Berkeley.

This webpage is regularly updated, and includes useful information on risks, precaution, symptoms, and treatment.

As of July 25, 2022 there have been 3,487 confirmed cases of monkeypox from 45 U.S. states and territories. There are 434 probable/confirmed monkeypox cases from California, 50 of which are Alameda County residents (does not include City of Berkeley Local Health Jurisdiction’s case numbers). Repor...

06/28/2022

We are still wearing masks at Marina Village Massage Therapy to protect all clients, their families, and your massage therapist.

06/03/2022

Protect yourself and loved ones! And we will continue to offer safest conditions for your massage.

June 2, 2022: Starting tonight at midnight, Alameda County will again require masking in most indoor public settings to limit the impact that increasing COVID-19 cases has on hospitalizations. Masking provides an added layer of protection against infection from a virus that spreads through the air, protects both the wearer and those around them, and will help slow the spread of COVID-19.

Read the press release:https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/press/press-release-2022.06.02.pdf

Read the full health order:https://covid-19.acgov.org/covid19-assets/docs/hoo/22-02-face-coverings.pdf

05/17/2022

The Bay area is seeing a Covid-19 surge. Please wear a mask in all indoor spaces outside of your home and when in close contact with others outside your family. This can help protect you and the people around you including your massage therapist and other massage therapy clients.

At UCSF, surgery patients without Covid symptoms are swabbed for the virus as a precaution. About 5 percent of those patients are testing positive, which suggests that roughly one in 20 people in the Bay Area who feel fine are infectious with Covid, says UCSF chair of medicine Dr. Bob Wachter.

02/17/2022

The WHO is letting down long Covid patients

Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly

Failure to recognize the scope of the illness will harm countless people around the globe

Failure to recognize the scope of the illness will harm countless people around the globe

02/10/2022

FYI Oncology massage therapist position in position in Miami. I don't know anything aboutThe position for the facility, Just thought it might be worth looking at for someone in the area.