Rocky Mount Wellness

11/11/2025

Living Well Therapies is now Rocky Mount Wellness!

I’m happy to announce my new location inside Erlacher Medical Services, 130 Roundabout Court, Rocky Mount, NC.

You’ll still find massage and lymphatic drainage therapy, and now you’ll also have access to a primary care physician, weight loss and hormone therapy, and Kimberly Med Esthetics for wonderful skin care, all under one roof.

Appointments fill up quickly during the holidays, so please message me or book online soon.
I’ll be taking a few days off around Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s to be with family.

Thank you for your continued support and please help spread the word by following Rocky Mount Wellness on Facebook and Instagram. Also, leaving a quick Google review would help others find me at the new location. I appreciate all my clients.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy holiday season!

Michelle Manning, LMBT, CMLDT

NC states licensed #15551
Massage and bodywork therapist & certified manual lymphatic drainage therapist

10/28/2025

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One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned raising calves is this: stress stacks.

And when it stacks too close together, you start paying for it — in health, growth, and time.

Every stress event — moving pens, vaccinating, dehorning, weaning, hauling, weather changes — hits their system like a wave. Cortisol spikes, appetite drops, the immune system slows down, and energy gets rerouted from growth to just surviving the moment.

That’s why I go by what I call the “at least 72-hour rule.”

When a calf goes through one major stress event, I like to give them at least three full days before another.

Because here’s the thing — their body needs that time to reset.

Cortisol doesn’t drop overnight.
White blood cells don’t bounce back instantly.
And their gut and rumen need time to re-stabilize.

Stack stress too close together, and you’ll see it — calves that don’t bounce back, slower grain intake, off-and-on scours, weak vaccine response, or a pneumonia case that “came out of nowhere.” (Except it didn’t. You just didn’t give them time to recover.)

Think about it this way: if you ran a marathon and someone immediately signed you up for another, how well would that go? Even the healthiest calves need recovery time between marathons.

So, don’t cram it all in at once.
Don’t dehorn and vaccinate the same day just to “get it done.”
Don’t move pens right after a cold snap or hot day.
Give them those 72 hours — and if they’re weak or just went through a big stress event, give them more.

Those quiet recovery days are when their bodies rebuild. That’s when you’re actually setting them up to handle the next stress better.

Because timing matters just as much as technique.

And those three days might be the difference between a calf that gets by… and a calf that thrives.

05/16/2025

It’s shaping up to be a great weekend at Rocky Mount Mills! Join us for a fun-filled lineup of events, live music, coffee, delicious bites, craft beer, cocktails, and so much more! There’s something for everyone to enjoy! 🍻🎶✨

Weekend events! ⤵️
⭐️Friday, May 16
🎉 Hilltop Block Party | 5:30p- 10:00pm | Hosted by Bright Penny Brewing - Rocky Mount , Goat Island Bottle Shop, HopFly Brewing Company , Mixers Cocktail Bar
🎟️ Includes 50/50 Raffle, Music Bingo, Food Trucks, vendors and music supporting a great cause 💓
🎷 Live Music by | 7-10p | Beer Garden
🎵 Open Mic Night hosted by The Mount Collective | 7-9:30pm | Larema Beverage Company
🎶 Live Music with Story Charlemagne | 7-10pm | Koi Pond Brewing Company

☀️ Saturday, May 17
🍅 Nash County Farmers Market in Rocky Mount | 8a-1pm
🎉 Pondapoolza 🎉 | 12noon-11pm | Koi Pond
🎶 Includes live music, vendors, food trucks and more!
🎤 Karaoke Night with DJs Art Rob The Heart Throb and AM Squared | 8-11pm | Larema Beverage Co

🌼 Sunday, May 18
🎶 Live Music with Justin Heter | 4p-7p | Koi Pond
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📸 Preservation Nation - Dustin Van Fleet
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🌟 We can’t wait to see you!