Know the difference: 1) Diplococcus: very small, can cause gonorrhea 2) Diplodocus: very large, cannot cause gonorrhea (so far as scientists have been able to test so far).
See also: Why STIs Are On The Rise In Older Adults

In today’s email we cover the walking adjustment that delays the need for knee surgery, aging skincare “down there”, and remedial massage therapy.

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This book is a guide to exactly what it says in the title, and is quite comprehensive at that. We learn about how to use massage therapy to fix and/or improve our health, in the context of sport and/or conditions that require attention.

So, if the only sports you participate in include such events as the middle-distance grocery-carry, the vacuuming and bedsheet-change biathlon, or ranked competitive gardening, then this handbook has you covered too.

By “comprehensive”, we mean that it includes:

The style is quite old-school instructional manual, and the illustrative photos used throughout do date it rather, though they’re clear enough to be serviceable.

Bottom line: if you’d like to be able massage yourself and/or a loved one to avoid/fix many ailments, then this book can help with a lot of that.

Click here to check out Sport & Remedial Massage Therapy, and learn to do it yourself!

Wishing you a peaceful Sunday,

The 10almonds Team