Are you one of the millions of Americans who suffer from neck pain? If not, it’s very probable that you know someone who does. Indeed, neck pain is a very widespread problem because the head and neck area is very susceptible to several stresses. Besides, neck pain can be produced by muscle strains, osteoarthritis, herniated intervertebral discs. In fact, something …
Massage Therapy Helps Fight Back Pain
I originally thought that massage therapy would be a gentle, soothing massage that would lessen the ever-present tightness in my shoulders and lower back. I was wrong. I made an appointment at the insistence of my boss because the neck pain I had experienced since adolescence was becoming more intense from the way I sat at my computer. I was …
Pain Relief With Exercise and Diet Therapy
To avoid needing pain relief most people usually avoid engaging in strenuous activities and vigorous movements of the body. However, inactivity may actually worsen the condition and result in more pain in the long run. Since the human body is designed to be in motion regardless of your health condition, making your body inactive will lead to muscle degeneration. Through …
Shoulder Pain And Gym Exercises
It’s funny how you don’t notice shoulder pain until it starts giving you problems. Imagine this, you use your arms every day and connected to your arm is your shoulder which mostly moves with your arm. Now all of a sudden somewhere along the line you hurt your shoulder. You’re not exactly sure when or why, but something is different. …
Arthritis Pain Eased With Food and Exercise
Does Arthritis pain have you out of joint? Concerns culminating in the withdrawal of several selective Cox-2 inhibitors, like Vioxx, have many arthritis sufferers turning to the supplement aisle in search of relief. Could diet and exercise provide more reliable solutions? Here’s a roundup of recent research into those foods that help support healthy joints: * Pineapple: Bromelain is an …
Natural Detox Cleansing For Body and Mind
Natural detox cleansing will flush out pollutants. When we hear the word toxin, we mistakenly think of poison in a labeled bottled. Indeed, toxins are poisonous, but they are not necessarily labeled when they enter our body in many and perhaps unthinkable ways. Imagine how minute and invisible microbes are and that they can penetrate into our pores. And everyday …
Arthritis Pain is Eased With Exercise
The prevalence of arthritis pain is projected to increase by more than 50 percent in the next 25 years. Experts are urging Americans to get moving. Doing so could prevent or control joint pain and arthritis. Arthritis pain is the nation’s leading cause of disability, affecting 66 million Americans. It strikes people of all ages, including 300,000 children. For the …
Your Heart Needs These Superfoods
Guard your heart. Heart disease is number one killer among both men and women in the United States. And though we all realize that eating nutrient-dense healthy foods help reduce the risk, we may not know which foods are the best choices to battle this deadly disease head on. The key is stepping up fiber and choosing unsaturated fats. Eating …
Junk Food Will Poison You
Try this, just for the heck of it throw away your junk food. Once you’ve started incorporating raw foods into your food plans, keep adding them in and reducing the number of cooked and processed foods from your diet. Especially things like fast food, chips, cookies and snacks. After you’ve done that for awhile, have a junk food day. …
Super Bones Need Super Foods
Many people who want super bones believe that the primary cause of osteoporosis is the lack of calcium in their diet. However, in the overall picture, calcium is only a small piece of the puzzle. Though calcium supplements can certainly help, there are other dietary concerns that need to be examined. Actually, the primary dietary cause of osteoporosis is …