Useful Contacts and Links.
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VIP SKI: Offering a distinctive selection of chalets in 7 of the Alps best loved resorts. Private nannies, fine food and wine, stylish accommodation and exemplary service. |
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RTM Snowboarding: British Snowboarding Instructors based in Courchevel and the 3 Valleys in France. |
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Fish and Pips: Ski chalets in Meribel and Val d'Isere with friendly service and award winning food. Catered and self catered ski chalets in Meribel and Val d'Isere. |
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Ski Beat: Offering a selection of excellent value chalets in Meribel, La Tania, Les Arcs, Val d’Isère, La Plagne and La Rosiere. Flights to Chambery at civilised times. |
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Snow Brainer: Quality lo-cost ski & snowboard rental over 700+ Shops located in 450 Resorts situated in 10 Countries. |
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Alpine Action: Providing Quality Catered Chalet Holidays in Meribel & La Tania for 18 years.
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Ski Club of Great Britain: Skiing information website offering snow reports for hundreds of ski resorts. Ski Resort guides, snow forecasts for ski and snowboard enthusiasts. |
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Snowbound Transfers: Transfers to Courchevel, Meribel, La Tania, Val Thorens & Across The 3 Valley from all the airports, Geneva, Lyon, Chambery & Grenoble. |
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Val d'Isere Location: Fresh and innovative approach to luxury self catering apartments and chalets. We believe in delivering high levels of quality service to our clients. |
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Alpine Escape Ski: Independant luxury catered chalet company in La Tania, The Three Valleys |
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Highlife: Regarded as Ireland’s foremost ski chalet specialist, the company offers a superior chalet holiday experience in Méribel, Morzine and Val d’Isère. |
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Alpine Infusion: Reassuringly exclusive ski holidays at some of the most sought after ski chalets in Meribel at the heart of the 3 Valleys. |
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Alpine Ethos: We offer independent catered chalet accommodation in Meribel, heart of the Three Valleys, providing quality catered ski holidays and snowboarding holidays in the French Alps. |
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The Oxford Ski Company: We have been offering the ultimate in luxury tailor made skiing holidays since 1998 across the Alps. |
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Ski Higher: Five shops, Courchevel 1850, Le Praz, La Tania, Les Allues and Meribel and a mobile ski rental service to any resort in the Three Valleys. |
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SKILINK Courchevel Chalets: Superior ski holidays in Courchevel and the 3 Valleys, exclusive chalets in superb locations for the perfect winter holiday. |
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Snowhounds Meribel: We will track down the right holiday for you whatever your requirements or budget skiing in Meribel: chalets, hotels or apartments. |
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Three Vallee Transfers: We offer airport and train transfers to the resorts of Courchevel, Meribel, Mottaret, Val Thorens, Les Menuires and La Tania. |
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Tyrone Power: Personal Chef, catering to villas, yachts, chalets & private homes. |
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Independent Luxury: We offer the ultimate flexibility within chalet holidays, the height of luxury whilst in the privacy of your home from home. |
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Shared Helicopter Transfers: Shared helicopter transfer services to: Courchevel, La Plagne, La Tania, Meribel, Motterat, Morzine, Tignes, Val D’Isere, Les Gets. |
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Aktiv Experience: Catered Flexible Chalet stays during Summer and Winter in Meribel in the center of the French Alps. |
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Supertravel: Superb chalets and first class hotels. We have some of the best chalets and hotels in top class ski resorts worldwide. |
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Ski-Val: We specialise in catered chalet holidays to Val d'Isere, Courchevel and St.Anton. |
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Coastline: Luxury villas with private pool and within easy reach of the beach, in Corsica, Ibiza and Mallorca. |
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Chalets in Les Gets: Catered Ski Chalet Holidays to Les Gets in France. Owners run from resort, we will look after everything for you on your next chalet holiday. |
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Evasion Alpine: Based in the world famous French ski resort of Courchevel.
We are specialists in small group travel. |
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Ski Blanc: A a small, very personal company with 6 warm & comfortable chalets in Meribel sleeping 8-17. We offer exceptional value for money ski holidays with great service. |
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ChaletGem: A fantastic selection of some of the world's finest, independently owned and managed ski chalets located in alpine resorts around the globe. |
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Alpine Chef: We are a freelance catering company based in the Portes du Soleil operating across Morzine, Les Gets, St Jean D'Aulps and Avoriaz.
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Whitetracks Helicopters: Private helicopter transfers in prestige helicopters to and from the 3 Valleys, Les Portes du Soleil, Espace Killy and all services the airports. |
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Powder White: Specialists in providing Chalet and Hotel Holidays in the leading ski resorts of Courchevel, Meribel, Val d'Isere, Verbier and St Anton. |
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My Courchevel: Courchevel resort information and what's on quide. |
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Alpine Action: Providing catered chalet holidays in Meribel & la Tania for 18 years. Superbly located chalet, professional service with fantastic cuisine and wine. |
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The Ski Bug: Airport Transfers to Three Valleys ski resorts, chalet & apartment cleaning, ski holiday accommodation & services. |
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The Ski Basics: Stress-free catered skiing chalet holidays in Meribel, providing great value catered skiing chalet holidays with an emphasis on friendly service. |
Useful Information about Treatments:
Massage is derived from the Greek word meaning "to work with the hands, as in kneading dough". Massage is the practice of manipulation of the soft tissues of the body in order to fulfill any of several physical, functional/mechanical, and/or emotional goals. This may be achieved via structured, unstructured, stationary, and/or moving pressure, tension, motion, or vibration — manually or with mechanical aids. The target tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other connective tissue, as well as, lymphatic vessels, and/or organs of the gastrointestinal system. Massage can be applied with the hands, fingers, elbows, forearm, and feet and there are over 80 different types of massage. In 1997 there was an estimated 114 million visits to massage therapists. Massage is the most used CAM therapy at 78% in hospitals in the United States and the most cited reseasons for introduction was patient demand and clincal effectiveness. Theories behind what massage might due include, blocking pain signals to the brain (gate control theory), activating the parasympathetic nervous system, stimulating the release of endorphins and serotonin, preventing fibrosis or scar tissue, increasing the flow of lymph, and improving sleep. Possible benifits include flexibility, treating fatigue and tension headaches, temporomandibular joint dysfunction, muscle tension, strain, spasticity and/or contractures, and freeing restrictions between layers of myofascia. Massage can be performed by a professional Massage Therapist, or by other health care professionals, such as Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Athletic trainers, and/or Physical Therapists. Massage therapists work in hospitals, nursing homes, sports and fitness facilities, spas, private offices, and travel to private residences or businesses. Contraindications to massage include, deep vein thrombosis, bleeding disorders or taking blood thiners such as Warfarin, damaged blood vessels, weakended bones from cancer, osteoperosis, or fractures, and fever.
In professional settings, massage involves the client being treated while lying on a massage table, sitting upright in a massage chair, or lying on a pad on the floor. Except for modalities such as Acupressure, Shiatsu, Tui Na, Thai Massage, or Barefoot Deep Tissue, the massage subject is generally unclothed or partially unclothed, also referred to as disrobed, and their body would be "draped" with towels or sheets. The practice of covering the parts of the body that are not being massaged is referred to as draping and its practice varies from one part of the world to another. The client and therapist should discuss the type of treatment expected which includes the intention of the massage (relaxation,invigoration, etc.), preferred techniques, areas to be massaged and to be avoided, and the amount of pressure that is comfortable. Professional massage therapists often gather the patients medical history, informed consent, and data on their current physical condition. There were 15,500 spas in the United States in 2007 with about third of the visitors being men. The number of visits rose from 91 million in 1999 to 136 million in 2003, generating a revenue that equals $11 billion.
The reasons people cite that they use massage are to relieve pain from musculoskeletal injuries and other causes of pain, reduce stress therefore inhancing relaxation, rehabilitate sports injuries, decrease feelings of anxiety and depression, and increase general well being.
Many types of practices are associated with massage they include Bodywork (alternative medicine), manual therapy, and Energy Therapy. Other names for massage and related practices include hands-on work, body/somatic therapy, body-mind integration, and somatic movement education. Body-mind integration techniques stress self-awareness and movement over physical manipulations by a practitioner. Therapies related to movement awareness/education are closer to Dance and movement therapies. Energy therapies such as Therapeutic touch utilize little touch and often work with energy fields around the body. Massage can also have connections with the New Age movement and alternative medicine as well as being used by mainstream medical practitioners.
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