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Sue Hitzmann

The stress eats away at you. You're tired, worried, overwhelmed. You'd love to figure out a way to de-stress, but how do you find the time for one more item on your To Do list?

Enter a 10-minute solution called the MELT Method developed by Sue Hitzmann, a New York City manual therapist and connective tissue specialist. The MELT Method, which stands for Myofascial Energetic Length Technique, offers a simple, proactive approach to maintaining a healthy, pain-free, active lifestyle. A natural self-treatment solution, the MELT Method can help anyone who wants to feel better, regardless of age, gender, or current activity level. The Melt Method provides stress relief, lower back pain relief and joint pain relief.

Just 10 minutes of MELT three times a week is all you need to reduce the effects of accumulated tension and stress caused by daily living.

Using specialized techniques, a soft body roller (you can roll a bath towel to create a roller), and four different small balls, MELT rehydrates the connective tissue, rebalances the nervous system, and restores space to compressed joints.

MELT improves:

• flexibility


• alignment and posture


• the results of exercise


• joint mobility


• sleep and digestion


• overall well-being

MELT reduces:

• aches and pains


• wrinkles


• cellulite


• tension and stress


• headaches


• the risk of injury

The repetitive stress of daily living literally gets stuck in our connective tissue which surrounds every joint, muscle, nerve, bone, and organ. “Stuck stress” accumulates and causes dehydration in the connective tissue, which interferes with the nervous system’s ability to regulate itself, slowing down the body’s natural healing process.

Our aches and stiffness become our neck and low back pain, headaches, insomnia, digestive problems, and injury. Accelerated aging and chronic health problems can follow, leaving us with limited options such as medication, surgery, and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle.

When the connective tissue is hydrated and free of stuck stress, our body functions more efficiently as natural healing occurs daily. MELT directly addresses the problem of stuck stress and slows down the aging process by rehydrating the connective tissue and rebalancing the nervous system. No other approach directly treats these two systems--including nutrition, exercise, or meditation.

A natural pain relief, MELT is so gentle that you can do it every day. Yet all it takes is just 10 minutes, three times a week, to experience immediate and long-lasting benefits. Drink a glass of water before and after you MELT to achieve the maximum results.

For more information, including information on how to purchase a MELT Method kit, visit http://www.meltmethod.com/.

Watch Sue, after her appearance on an episode of "The Rachael Ray Show," demonstrate an easy MELT facelift technique.