Healing Health & Wellness Complementary & Integrative Medicine (Mother/Daughter Team) By Hima Dalal
Vital Energy Wellness and Rehab Center, conveniently located in Lexington, SC, with its owner Hima Dalal, offers physical/occupational therapy services along with her staff, to help individuals achieve mental, physical and spiritual wellness by blending alternative therapies with conventional occupational/physical therapy.....more

Healing Myofascial Injury With Therapy, By Hima Dalal
Have you ever been in a car accident and experienced whiplash? In the aftermath of such a tragic event, you may have experienced what is called myofascial pain syndrome. Simply described, myofascial pain syndrome is our body's way of reacting when fascia is injured or traumatized....more

Lexington Woman (Vol IV, 2009)– Vital Energy, By Susan Moore.
Fibromyalgia is a very isolating disease. Little is known about it and some doctors still won’t accept it as a disease. As a sufferer, I have found it difficult to find help that works for me. I have spent the last few years in search of doctors, therapists, and medicines that would relieve my pain. I eventually discovered that the physical pain, no matter how devastating, is only a part of the disease......more

Healthy Lifestyles of the midlands (Oct 2009) – Occupational Therapy Program Helps Mastectomy Patients, By Hima Dalal, OTR / L: Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women. Modified radical mastectomy continues to be the most frequent treatment for breast cancer. The diagnosis of cancer of the breast, and the subsequent loss of one or both breasts, can be very traumatic. Plastic Surgeons can offer the option of reconstructing the breast following the removal of cancer. Breast reconstruction serves as one element in emotional rehabilitation, which minimizes the psychological trauma of the diagnosis....more

Lexington Woman (Vol V, 2009)– From Bombay, India to Lexington, SC: Hima Dalal of Vital Energy, By Elaine Samples.
If you are an avid reader of Lexington woman or a person who frequents our fashion shows and other events around town, the name Hima Dalal probably registers some recognition. We featured Hima in a previous edition of her work with fibromyalgia patients, have discussed her work with breast cancer patients and other various forms of cancer. When I met Hima two years ago, it was obvious that she was passionate about her work. She told me of her plans for a new facility and wellness center and over the last two years, I have had the opportunity to watch as she achieved that dream....more

Lexington Woman (Vol V, 2009)– Introducing Sneh Patel of Vital Energy., By Elaine Samples.:
2W: First of all tell us about your educational background?
Sneh: I have a Bachelors Degree from the University of South Carolina with a major in Exercise Science and a minor in Public Health.
W2W: What has your own set of qualifications and abilities brought to the Vital Energy Family?.....more

Women2Women - By Sara Beth Haring
Hima Dalal has been published in more than 100 national and international newspapers, journals and magazines. She has presented lectures and made media appearances discussing therapy, health and healing. Hima regularly conducts workshops on reiki- complementary therapy in medicine, sports fitness and nutrition in the US and India...more

Good News for Bad Backs, By Hima Dalal
To stay alive and healthy, your back need to move every day. The right kinds of motion nourish your back and help keep it flexible and free of pain....more

India
Hima Dalal, OTR/L, AIOTA, has a dream. It is to see the United States and other industrialized Western nations embrace the ancient therapy practices of her native India. “I would like to acquaint the world – Americans in particular- with the heritage of rehabilitation that India has to offer, approaches such as acupressure, yoga techniques that I believe have therapeutic value.” says Dalal. “These approaches have been in existence for 5000 years. The value of using them is that you, the therapist, must become very involved with the patient, providing to the patient considerable personal attention. By contrast, technology cannot deliver the kind of psychological comfort found in human touch.”....more

Posture Please, By Hima Dalal
If clothes make the man, then posture makes the person. Both are the obvious outward manifestations of the inward individual. Expressions of the self, so to say. It is the rare person who will not slouch when scolded by a superior or walk walk taller, straighter when he has had a good day at the office.....more

How To Deal With Stress Effectively, By Hima Dalal
In these modern times, men and women work long hours, eat fast food, travel in rush traffic, stay up late, worry about money, and face many new illnesses which can cause extreme anxiety and frustration. All of these situations may cause numerous physical, mental, and emotional tensions....more

Occupational Therapy Service Now Available, By Hima Dalal
Chronic pain...Arthritis...Learning disabilities...If your life has been disrupted by one of these conditions, Occupational Therapy can help you gain independence and lead a more productive, satisfying life. ...more

The Times of India -Health, Retired Hurt?
As stadiums turn into battlegrounds and players get increasingly competitive, the demands made on their bodies reach unnatural level. Each year, dozens of sports persons are wither temporarily or permanently sidelined because of sports injuries....more

Bhupathi Still Not Fully Fit, Gets Back to Business, By Akshay Sawai
Mahesha Bhupathi left for Paris last night after a two-hour fitness test at the In Shape Fitness and Rehab Centre, Borivali, in the afternoon. The tennis star had suffered a groin injury during the Heineken Open in Singapore earlier this month. The previous week in Shanghai, Bhupathi had aggravated an abdomen injury....more