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"  Cocktail-Party Calves: The twinge you get from hanging out in heels.    The spa source: The well-heeled clientele at the Spa at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, CA, loosen their legs with the High Heel Appeal treatment.  The soothing steps: Put a few drops of essential oil with citrus, like the Body Shop Total Energy Essential Oil, $20, into a bowl of warm water, suggests spa director Daisy Tepper. Take two damp hand towels and put them in the microwave for a few seconds to heat up. Using a salt scrub \u2014 at the spa they use the ESPA Detoxifying Salt Scrub, $52 \u2014 give your legs and feet an invigorating massage. Then take your hot towels and wrap each leg from the knee down to gently remove the salts.  Shopper&amp;#039;s Shoulders: The aches you get from schlepping so many bags.    The spa source: Close to a bevy of outlet stores, the Cliff House Resort &amp;amp;amp; Spa in Ogunquit, ME, sees many of its guests coming back to the premises with packages... and pains.  The soothing steps: Pop in the Cliff House CD, The Sounds &amp;amp;amp; the Place on the South Coast of Maine, $16, to hear the crashing waves. Loosen up your muscles with a microwave shoulder wrap, like Earth Therapeutics Anti-Stress Microwavable Neck Pillow, $15. Then do a few shoulder stretches: Reach both arms overhead and breathe deeply. Wrap your arms around your body and clasp your shoulder blades; pull the blades away from the muscle. Then pull each arm across the front of your body, pressing your arm into your chest. Now, on to the massage! Use your right hand to squeeze your left shoulder using deep, constant pressure. Bring your fingers underneath your shoulder blade and make small circles. Then move your right arm under your left underarm and use your fingers to &amp;quot;walk&amp;quot; around the muscles just past your pit. &amp;quot;Those are the muscles you use every time you throw your handbag back over your shoulder,&amp;quot; says spa director Mary Weisheit. Do the same using your left hand on your right side. Finish with an ear-to-the-shoulder stretch on each side, keeping your shoulders down and relaxed.  Gift-Wrapper&amp;#039;s Wrist: The cramp you get from folding and taping... and folding and taping... and folding and taping.   The spa source: At Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico, the spa offers a Happy Hands &amp;amp;amp; Feet treatment, ideal for repetitive-stress injuries.   The soothing steps: Relax the muscles in your hands and wrists with self-heating mitts, like the True Blue Spa Suddenly Sauna for Hands, $15. Then limber up your digits by pulling each of your fingers, one by one, says spa director Tere Ochoa. With your arm extended and your wrist at 90 degrees, pull your fingers toward your body, then push wrist downward, fingers toward your body. With arms still extended, pull each finger again. Finish by making circles with your wrists, three times clockwise, then counterclockwise.  Family Fatigue: The woozy feeling you get from too much quality time with the relatives.   The spa source: Clear your head with the Scalp Tension Reliever from La Prairie at the Ritz-Carlton Spa in New York City.   The soothing steps: &amp;quot;You need to try to hypnotize yourself so you feel like you&amp;#039;re leaving your life for a few minutes,&amp;quot; says the spa&amp;#039;s aesthetician, Lori Klamner Wood. Cover your eyes with a lavender eye pillow, like the Barefoot Yoga Silk Eye Pillow, $16.50. Lie down with your head on a soft surface and use your thumbs and big fingers to find the places on your scalp that are calling to you. You don&amp;#039;t have to press hard \u2014 unless you want to \u2014 to release the tension. Pull on your ears and earlobes, rub along your jawline, then down your throat to the clavicle. &amp;quot;These are the muscles that ache when you&amp;#039;re smiling and trying to be cheerful,&amp;quot; Klamner Wood says. Finish by scratching your head really, really fast, then stopping. Then do it again. And one last time. Ahhh.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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