Jessica Hugle Foster

N.C.T.M.B., Certified Massage Therapist

Jessica Hugle-Foster is a N.C.T.M.B. board certified massage therapist. She graduated from the Florida College of Health in 2002, and is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association. Also, Jessica is a member of the Advisory Board for the Massage Program for the Harris School of Business. Over the past four years, Jessica has practiced massage therapy in a spa environment, a medical environment, as well as in-home private practice. Jessica is an expert in:

  • Swedish Relaxation therapy
  • Deep Tissue therapy
  • Neuromuscular (Trigger Point and muscular energy therapy)
  • Pre-natal massage therapy
  • Reflexology
  • Aromatherapy

Jessica is constantly striving to become better educated in an effort to allow her clients to achieve balance in the everyday lives of all her clients. Massage provides relief from daily stress on an emotional, mechanical, and chemical level. This allows your body to more effectively fight off illness, depression and injury. Also, Jessica believes that massage therapy can alleviate the pain associated with conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, complications from old injuries, and low back pain. By improving circulation, loosening fibrotic tissue, and freeing up restricted joints, Jessica can minimize or eliminate these chronic conditions.

  • Tip of the Month

    June 2010

    Abdominal Workouts: Frequency, Intensity, and Duration

    Over the past 15 years, there has been countless advice on how to “properly” train your abdominals, or core.  There isn’t a fitness magazine out there that doesn’t publish a different abdominal workout each and every issue.  Opinions and research may change over time, but there are a few things you should look at before you alter your workout with each Fitness Magazine you read!
    First of all, it is important to know what your overall fitness and health goal is before designing a strength program for any body part, especially the mid-section.  For overall fitness, it is smartest to treat your abdominal muscles as you would any other muscle group.  The tried and true guidelines for most exercise programs is to work specific muscles to fatigue within a 30-60 second set time limit (intensity and duration,) while giving the worked muscle group at least 24-48 hours of rest (frequency) before working it again.  The amount of sets you do in a given workout (frequency again) can vary from as little as 4 sets to up to 12 for the average workout.  The science behind these theories is sound.  While exercising, pushing your body significantly past the 60 second mark without fatigue generally incorporates aerobic energy, thereby not stressing the muscles most efficiently.  And rest is necessary so that your body can properly rebuild the muscle fibers that you have broken down.  Additionally, you want to be at 100% energy levels for your next workout!

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  • Recipe of the Month

    June 2010

    Ham and Cheese Breakfast Casserole

    This healthy update of a traditionally rich ham-and-cheese breakfast strata is made lighter primarily by losing a few egg yolks and using nonfat milk. Gruyère cheese has a delicious, nutty aroma and flavor, which means that with the relatively small amount in this recipe you still get a big impact. To finish the makeover use nutritious, fiber-rich, whole-grain bread instead of white. The results: plenty of flavor, half the calories and one-third the fat of the original.

    4 large eggs
    4 large egg whites
    1 cup nonfat milk
    2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
    1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
    1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
    5 cups chopped spinach, wilted (see Tip)
    4 cups whole-grain bread, crusts removed if desired, cut into 1-inch cubes (about 1/2 pound, 4-6 slices)
    1 cup diced ham steak, (5 ounces)
    1/2 cup chopped jarred roasted red peppers
    3/4 cup shredded Gruyère, or Swiss cheese
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