Health and Fitness with Jake
By JACOB GLASER | Dec. 2, 2012It's finals time, ladies and gentlemen, and you know what that means: Time to spend hours on end cramming for your exams, putting the finishing touches on your final class projects and writing up that 10-page paper at the last minute, because, hey, a month ago you had all the time in the world to get it done, so of course you didn't get it done then. It's go time. With all of this studying and shouldering of the immense burden that accompanies the preparation for finals week, the amount of stress we dutiful students endure is at an all-semester high as the dreaded days draw to a close. Couple these immense stress levels with countless hours sitting hunched over your computer or pouring through your textbooks and you have created the perfect storm to wreak havoc on the muscles in your neck, back and shoulders. These painfully constricting knots and kinks are practically incapacitating, and will continue to plague you long after you've gone home for the semester, that is, if left untreated. What can you do to alleviate yourselves of these wearisome aches and pains, you ask? The answer is simple, folks: you need to get a massage. I'm not talking about having your significant other rub your neck or back for a total of five minutes as they try to "make you feel
