Q: Healing touch is an energy healing technique that relies on gentle physical touch. Practitioners believe that healing touch works by balancing the natural energy fields in and around the human body. Research suggests that healing touch can be helpful when used in combination with standard medical practices to: Promote relaxation and a sense of wellbeing, especially in patients dealing with stressful or difficult conditions and treatments Reduce symptoms of acute and chronic pain Reduce fatigue Promote wound healing Improve sleep Boost the immune system Relieve the symptoms of chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia and chronic headaches There are 2 major professional organizations that offer healing touch training and certifications. These are Healing Touch International and the Healing Touch Program. Look for certified instructors in your area to begin the training process. You can find qualified teachers through Healing Touch International here: https://www.healingbeyondborders.org/index.php/find-healing-touch?st=sinstructor The Healing Touch Program offers a list of qualified instructors here: https://www.healingtouchprogram.com/find-an-instructor In order to become a certified healing touch practitioner, you will need to complete a program consisting of several courses and a period of professional practice. The courses typically take 2-4 days to complete. During the advanced part of your training, you will work closely with a qualified mentor who will train you and observe you during your period of professional practice and development. Mentorship training lasts at least 6 months. Learn about the Healing Touch Program's training curriculum here: https://www.healingtouchprogram.com/classes/class-program-information. A full training package, including all training courses and certification, is available for $2,797 USD. Find out about the Healing Touch International Certificate Program training course here: https://www.healingbeyondborders.org/index.php/education/hti-healing-touch-certificate-program/course-objectives-and-descriptions. Contact individual instructors for information about course fees. Once you have completed your training, you can apply for certification with your professional organization. In addition to completing coursework, mentorship training, and professional practice, you may also be required to pass a certification exam. Healing touch practitioners must renew their certification every 5 years. Learn about how to apply for practitioner certification with the Healing Touch Program here: http://www.healingtouchcertification.com/practitioner Find out about certification requirements with Healing Touch International here: https://www.healingbeyondborders.org/index.php/education/certification/become-certified Certification through the Healing Touch Program costs $275 USD, with an additional $200 fee for the HTCP Entry Level Proficiency Exam. The certification fee through Healing Touch International is $325 for non-members, $250 for members. In order to renew your certification, you will be asked to submit evidence of an active Healing Touch practice and continuing education (e.g., records of classes you have taken and professional work you have done). You must submit a renewal form through your certifying organization. Renewal fees range from $125 USD-$200 USD. There may be an additional fee for late renewal submissions. Healing touch is meant to be used in conjunction with other forms of healing and therapy. Consider incorporating healing touch into your practice if you are a nurse, physician, physical therapist, counselor, psychotherapist, or other type of healthcare professional. Work or volunteer with an institution or facility that offers holistic approaches to medicine and healing.
A: Get familiar with healing touch therapy. Find healing touch classes in your area. Complete a training program. Apply for certification. Integrate healing touch into your therapeutic practice.

Q: Once the injury is essentially healed and you are trying to regain former flexibility, your stretching exercises should involve dynamic motion once every other day, with the leg swinging during the stretch. If you feel pain, stop and return to gentler stretches. Here are a couple examples, but consult a sports injury specialist for advice specific to your needs: Stand on your uninjured leg and gently swing the injured leg forward. The leg should stay relaxed, but swing out as far as is comfortable for you. Do this in three sets of ten reps. Lie on your back and bring your hips into the air, supported on your hands. Cycle your legs upside down. There are many ways to strengthen your hamstrings, and a doctor or sports trainer can tell you which methods are best for your purpose. Try performing hamstring curls by lying on your back and lifting your ankle with ankle weights on, eventually progressing to seated hamstring curls, then standing hamstring curls. If you exercise your quadriceps, add these hamstring strengthening exercises to your regular routine. Quadriceps that are much stronger than your hamstring muscles increase the risk of another strain or tear. To minimize the chance of re-injury, aim to increase the intensity or duration of your exercise routine by no more than 10% each week.
A: Stretch dynamically and with full range of motion. Use more powerful strengthening exercises. Return to your regular routine gradually.

Q: Try tucking the side of the sheet under your body before you go to sleep. That way, your partner won't be able to pull it all the way off you. If you move around too much to hold the sheet down yourself, or if your partner is much stronger than you, try tucking both sides under the mattress. This will create a pocket you can both sleep in. You can even buy special products to secure your sheets! Many people find sleeping in tucked-in sheets confining, so check with your partner before trying this. Cuddle up close to your partner and pull the blanket over both of you. If you're close by them all night, it will be very difficult to take the it from you! If you wake up without sheets or a blanket, try just gently tugging them back until you're covered. This is a good option if your partner doesn't usually take the blanket, or if you want to avoid waking them up. If your partner has taken too much of the blanket for you to gently pull back, you may need to get up and readjust the entire thing. Stand up and gently unfurl it, then get back into bed. Don't whip the entire blanket off the bed--it will wake your partner and may start an argument.
A: Tuck part of the sheet under you. Tuck the sheet edges under the mattress. Cuddle your partner. Pull the sheets back gently. Get up and straighten the blanket.

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Start with a small block of soft wood (pine, basswood or balsa) 1" wide by 1" tall, 4" long. Mark on the wood with a pencil the trace lines as shown in the image. Chisel cavities on both sides of the outlined ball. Turn the block over and repeat. Cut the slivers from the ends of the block. Carefully whittle the slivers from the ball until it can roll freely within the frame.