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Break and enters Waterioo Regional Police report the folâ€" lowing break and enters for the week Jan. 31 to Feb. 6. Bearinger Rd., entry unknown, stereo and TV taken. Castlefield Ave. entry via rear door, cash and jewelry taken. Regina St. N. entry via front door, cash taken. Regina St. N. entry via front door (three premises) nothâ€" ing taken, Regina St. N. entry via front door, cash taken. (The local chapter of the Ontario Heart Foundation presents this third in a fourâ€" part series on heart disease and stroke to inform the public of the progress being made to combat this 20th century health hazard.) THE SILENT KILLER During the past few yvears, many efforts have been made to aleri Canadians to the dangers of unsuspected high blood presâ€" sure. Newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations have all played a part in publicizing the need for blood pressure to be checked and for high blood pressure to be controlled. In addition, the Canadian Heart Founda:â€" tions and others have conducted communiâ€" ty screening programmes to help identify people with elevated blood pressure and persuade them to check with their docâ€" tors. The importance of this campaign lies in the fact that high blood pressure is the single most important and identifiable factor contributing to heart attack, stroke and kidney disease and is also a factor in more than half of the deaths due to heart disease. About two million Canadians have high blood pressure, half of them don‘t know it and many of them will risk premature death and disability unless their blood pressure is reduced. Of those who know they have high blood pressure, only half have it treated and, of those, only a small percentage cooperate with their doctors in the longâ€"term control of their condition. High blood pressure is an insidious problem and can occur at any age. It usually produces no symptoms until it‘s too late: hence its description as the silent killer. In most cases, the cause is unknown and it cannot be prevented. Obviously, therefore, everyone should have a blood pressure check regularly. The test is simple, painless and inexpenâ€" sive and if your doctor should diagnose high blood pressure, it can be controlled in most cases by drug and diet therapy. While the means of controlling high blood pressure are readily available, the incentive to seek out and continue treatâ€" ment is too often lacking in those who have it. This despite the fact that it doubles the risk of heart attack and increases the chance of stroke by four times. Data based on longâ€"term studies has shown that control of high blood pressure may prevent. stroke. Therefore, the most promising key to prevention of stroke is the early detection and control of high blood pressure. For free detailed information on high blood pressure, contact your provincial Heart Foundation. For these reasons, the Canadian Heart Foundations are continuing, their proâ€" grammes to alert Canadians to the dangers of high blood pressure and the advisability of having regular blood presâ€" sure checks. Attack and Stroke. Know â€" your heart Next week: Reducing the Risk of Heart There were five apartments broken into on Regina Street as reported above. Apartâ€" ments are frequently the targets of crimiâ€" nals. Tenants do not get to know one anâ€" other and therefore are not suspicious of strangers. As a tenant of an apartment, be come concerned and protect yourself and others by observing criminal activities and reporting them to poâ€" lice has Don‘t let me be fi misunderstood {§;. ® Rick Campbell Chronicle Staff Curiosity may very well have killed the cat. But last Friday it provided the impetus which allowed me to reach that most natural of natural highs â€" the feeling of total relaxation. on cne Souit a e e In fact, in less than an hour‘s time under the skilful supervision of massage therapist Ann Ruebottom, not only did I experience a mellow euphoria, I also became more cognizant of my body and its responses and reactions to the touch of a professional‘s hand. Turns out I‘m great friends with my left shoulder, and with my neck, behind the ears. However, there‘s work to be done to get on good terms with my outer thighs. A strange ticklish sensation was created there, prompting an urge to withdraw from contact. Ruebottom was not surprised. _ C "“"-'.I.'h;wt.‘i-;s'trtf;irâ€"llz;virrlrymhands have to do is become good neighbors with your body, why should it trust something it has never experienced before?" she askgq. Butv rr;nn;:lgsâ€"l:;ter a wonderful sensation enveloped my entire being, a most satisfactory feeling â€" and one that helped ward off stress‘ ball and chain for several days. 7 8 Touens 2 [3 & m qo l n ce "”"‘Wia'i â€"a'r-e -y_m; fe;lmg" Ruebottom asked rhertorically. "You‘re feeling yourself, you‘re feeling life â€" as it should ‘"Some people turn to massage seeking healing â€" with you, the drive was the curiosity to see how it works, the drive to experience relaxation. Without that drive, it just wouldn‘t work." * # * To be truthful, I wasn‘t handspringing to Hollywood in anticipation of experiencing the firstâ€"person benefits of massage therapy. Never one to derive much satisfaction from those motherly leanâ€"againstâ€"theâ€"couch neckâ€"clenching episodes of youth, I remained a skeptic â€" until a delightfully enlightening conversation with Ruebottom, and subsequent perusal of two of her publications on the subject, peaked my curiosity. For the past yearâ€"andâ€"aâ€"half a postâ€"graduate student at the two local universities, Ruebottom is a Toronto native who earned her B.A. degree at McGill in 1965 prior to successfully completing her RMT (registered massage therapist) course at the Canadian College of Massage . With a selfâ€"admitted insatiable quest for knowledge, any knowledge, and the vast experience of 14 years in the massage therapy field to draw from, Ruebottom has acquired a veritable arsenal of information. Much of it is present in her major publications, Massage in the Treatment of Stressâ€"based Complaints (1978), Massage and Physiotherapy (OMTA Journal, 1980) and her latest publication A Profile of the Current Massage Profession in Ontario, which she finished in December as a B.Sc. undergrad thesis in the Department of Health Sciences at Ann Ruebottom is dedicated to exposing the myths and exploring the realities of massage therapy U TT . Ruebottom, who currently is attempting to establish a greater clientele and referral liaison locally, is also earnestly interested in tutoring, consulting, teaching, making any contribution she can make to improve the understanding of her chosen field. It is the widespread ignorance of the benefits of massage therapy, combined with preâ€"conceived, oftimes erroneous notions and a prevalent, yet undeserved association with the unsavory ‘"bodyâ€"rub" industry that motivated Ruebottom‘s latest study. o 1 hve ow m neco en t n t d 4n 1@ vECSt SEA â€" Essentially the compilation of a questionnaire mailed to RMT‘s provinceâ€"wide and answered by slightly under half of those, the study attempts to identify just who is practising registered massage therapy in Ontario, and exactly what they do. The results, useful both internally and to the general public, are readily interpreted by the author. "It‘s amazing the number of people who consider massage therapy a ‘luxury‘,"" said Ruebottom. "Why? Is it a luxury just because it makes you feel good?" 1 9 s 7 i TL W# Aâ€"scvass itram theo on o mite Smss e . t According to Ruebottom, the path of massage (from the Greek ‘massein‘, to knead) through history, especially in recent times, has bred many of the superficial attitudes surrounding it. R io e o o M sw iee eQPPPUIHUIUE CC Documented in use extensively by the Greeks, Romans, Chinese and other Europeans as a method of relaxation, societies training tool and healing technique, massage therapy has been licensed under the Drugless Practitioners Act in Ontario since 1925, legislation that also regulates physiotherapists. naturopaths, chiropractors, chiropodists and osteopaths. A wide variety of conditions are currently ‘It‘s amazing the number of people who consider massage therapy a luxury. Why? is it a luxury just because it makes you feel good?‘ massage (from the WATERLOQ CHRONIC treated by RMT‘s, who in 1935 split from a group opting for university education, the hospital as workplace, and electrical machines and exercise as preferred modalities, according to Ruebottom in her latest study. That group has become known as the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, and when OHIP began covering the cost of physiotherapy in 1964, the role of the masseur was "relegated in limbo." ethe average massage therapist in Ontario is North Americanâ€"born, between the ages of 26â€"45, is equally likely to be married, single or ‘"other‘"‘ and chooses to live in a city with a population of at least 1q.ooo. L L o dolibc dn inbndanindndi e the average treatment lasts about 50 minutes and course of treatment averages about nine months, at an hourly average cost to patient of $21, dependent on socio/economic circumstances, and extended medicare programs. -"ER;&&E;Vfi@Mbm's survey can‘t help but improve that state. Some of the more interesting facts she uncovered indicate: PyR oo We m e en en ees es ie Eie o e he/she treats an average of 22.6 patients each, per week, mostly for muscle problems and stress. L & PV e e o c h Licids d ind Ailntn datindcadoodortanbile . xucind t dn e 77.6 per cent of massage is directed to back and neck problems. I NC . sB on PsP L asiiwen 99 $ 4) o d ud 021442 004 1 21 1 4 Aricl A t inb uc e id ntn on ns sns .. 2 e patients are predominantly adults earning more than $15.000 annually and are referred by other patients or a wide variety of health practitioners. T 5 L2 i solg en d The struggle for massage therapists to assert themselves as viable agents of the healing process has been further compounded by an inability of their profession to perceive itself as a unified force, with positive direction. hi ctetahiatse. Mb eiiciintbas e skdneinn d iniiene e RMT‘s appear to have a significant and valuable role in the health care delivery system. _ Besides Ruebottom, there are right now seven RMTs and two clinics listed in local Yellow Pages. She says that the Kâ€"W area is relatively wellâ€"represented, but that an area like Cambridge is completely untapped. e es e o e d c "I‘m not only interested in building my practice, I‘m very interested in giving talks to groups, I‘d love to get a call saying ‘hi, we‘ve got a ladies group, come and tell us all about massage therapy‘."‘ While admitting that in some ways massage therapy hasn‘t changed in over 5,000 years, Ruebottom says the key to success is therapist/patient interaction, and RMT‘s "sixth sense‘‘ in spotting tension and how to react to it. ‘"For some people, the key to unlocking tension is simply massaging the scalp, or the jaw. With Jesus the healing process dealt with the laying on of hands â€" for some people today, the ultimate relaxation might be staring for an hour k Audval" th M w hi ob fltns n aoma h enc m n unds j at a bowl of goldfish. A massage therapist has to discover these things."‘ â€" _ +0 _ One of Ann Ruebottom‘s greatest joys comes when a patient opens up freely to the idyllic phenomenon â€" touching â€" which is conspicuously absent in much of North American society today "My greatest satisfaction comes when people just absorb what 1 have to offer. I consider my work to be reaching people, and if that happens even in the smallest way, or even if it takes a year or more to happen, then I have succeedâ€" (Anyone wishing more information on registered massage therapy may contact Ann Ruebottom at 884â€"5791). LE. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Ann Ruebottom 1983 â€" PAGE 5