health tips you start in the morning where you wake up the morning to go get a glass of water directly warm.Before you must drink deep breath in, and continued to drink warm water.Do during for that.I'm sure you will feel changes in your life when enjoying the warm water after a guard from sleep early morning.Also good for lumbago, breath, tired, and your various problems.
If your body feeling tired, the wind always be in our body, if too many wind not good, therefore, find ginger, punch to rupture, soak with hot water for 10minit, during which a drink can, there is a change in life you, trying to secure a good tips from me.All the best life.
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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّد وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ
Monday, October 19, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
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Sore throat, shortness of breath, colds, sinus, asthma, allergies, abdominal pain, gastric, syndrome, hemorrhoids, wounds, bruises, burns, infected oil or hot water, on skin itch, lumbago, nerve problems, numb - numb feet.
Insyallah, with the consent thereof, medicine specially formulated from herbal extracts selected for various health problems and can cure diseases, all .. if you want more info, please contact me,or E-mail
Herbs in the form of oil for all age levels for various health problems and disease .Only apply and absorb it quickly and easily stored and carried.100% natural herbs and no alcohol.
Approved by the Ministry of Health Malaysia MAL 06061648TC
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Improve Mental Health - Learn How To Manage Stress

Learning how to maintain good health can be a great challenge in our current society. There are many stresses that we put ourselves under that can cause us to become sick. Stress has been shown to have many negative side effects to your health. It is important to learn how to manage stress in order to maintain optimal health.
An interesting study found that the majority of heart attacks occur at around 9am on Monday morning. What does this mean? Well most people are usually heading off to work at this time and most people unfortunately dislike their jobs so their jobs become a source of great stress. Learning how to manage stress can make a significant impact to your health and wellbeing.
It is important to find an occupation that you truly enjoy. This is a difficult task so be patient and give yourself time to find a job you enjoy. Find out what you really like and figure out a way to get paid to do that. Sometimes we focus on the wrong things even about our current job and this can cause great stress. By simply changing your mental focus you can reduce stress greatly.
Ask yourself what you like about your current job and choose to focus on that while you perhaps seek another job that is better suited to your interests. There are many other ways to manage stress. Deep breathing exercises can help to reduce stress. Simply take a few minutes each day and take 5 to 10 slow deep breaths. Laughter can also be very effective at reducing stress. Make it a point to watch more comedies on television or when you go out to watch a movie. Laughter can indeed be a very effective at improving your mental health and many doctors use laughter therapy to help their patients get better.
Regular exercise can also be useful at lowering stress levels in addition to helping your overall health in many other ways. Make sure to live an active lifestyle. There are basically 2 kinds of exercise and that is aerobic and strength training. Aerobic exercise usually involves either light jogging or walking for thirty to sixty minutes each day three to five times a week. Consider buying a good piece of aerobic equipment that you know you will like and use regularly. The recumbent exercise bike can often be a good choice as it is comfortable to use.
Weight training simply involves lifting weights to train your muscles in order to build and maintain their strength. Either purchase some free weights or a weight training home gym system or consider joining a gym. Pets can also be great at helping to reduce stress. Of course make sure that you have the budget and the time to take care of a pet as it is almost like getting a new family member. Dogs have been shown in many studies to be effective at relieving stress.
Yoga or meditation can also be very good for stress reduction purposes in addition to providing many other potential health benefits. The best way to define meditation may be that it is the pursuit of a quiet or silent mind. Many people that teach meditation believe that an overactive mind produces great stress. You can even tell this statement is accurate from experience because any time you worry too much or think too much you tend to experience a lot of discomfort. Learning to minimize your thoughts can really make a big difference to helping you feel better.
A simple meditation exercise involves concentration on the breath. This involves focusing on your inhalation and exhalation and the key is to only think about your breathing. If other thoughts try to enter your mind then simply return your focus on the breath. In time you will find that it will get easier to get to that quiet state of mind and you will experience fewer distractions. Use some of these strategies to lower stress and improve your mental health.All the best..
Improve Your Health: 5 Quick Tips

Health is not just about your fitness levels, or how quickly you can run 100 metres..
Improving your health really means changing negative habits and lifestyle choices, changing negative or ‘can’t do it’ attitudes, and beginning to make good choices with regards to your health and fitness. If you are in a position where I have been previously, and are not happy with your current state of health, today is the day to make some changes!
To get started, here are 5 quick ways to begin improving your own health:
1. Get more sleep. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? You might be interested in knowing if sleep is really that important. According to Harvard Health (www.health.harvard.edu), sleep helps your body in many areas - most notably:
* Learning and memory: In studies, people who’d slept after learning a task did better on tests later.
* Metabolism and weight: Chronic sleep deprivation may cause weight gain by affecting the way our bodies process and store carbohydrates, and by altering levels of hormones that affect our appetite.
* Safety: Lapses due to lack of sleep may cause falls and mistakes such as medical errors, air traffic mishaps, and road accidents.
* Mood: Sleep loss may result in irritability, impatience, inability to concentrate, and moodiness. Too little sleep can also leave you too tired to do the things you like to do.
* Cardiovascular health: Serious sleep disorders have been linked to hypertension, increased stress hormone levels, and irregular heartbeat.
* Disease: Sleep deprivation alters immune function, including the activity of the body’s killer cells. Keeping up with sleep may also help fight cancer.
2. Get some exercise. The benefits of exercise are well known - getting started and ‘baby steps’ is the key! Make a decision to start with some easy exercise, don’t have unreasonable or unrealistic goals or expectations. You can start with a 10 minute walk for instance. Before you eat breakfast tomorrow, grab your ipod and walk while you listen to 4 songs… then turn around and walk back.
3. Change your diet. Begin with some basics here - for this week, commit yourself to cutting out some of the unhealthy snack foods from your diet. Sweets, lollies, chips, ice-cream, soft drink, donuts… leave them alone this week! If you are hungry between meals, eat a banana! Have some low fat yoghurt. Drink some water, munch on a carrot - you will find after a week of cutting bad snack foods out, it’s easy to continue making healthier food choices.
4. Appreciate yourself. Take some pride in how you groom yourself, look and dress. Appreciate your uniqueness and self worth - the road to healthy lifestyle choices begins with liking yourself and looking after yourself.
5. Pray. Pray for the health and well being of your family and friends. Pray for yourself. Be specific - cast off your cares and concerns, ask for provision where you have needs. See here for more.
Making changes to your health and lifestyle begins with you deciding to change! Get started today on these 5 quick tips, and get yourself on the road to healthy living.
All the best..
Benefits of drinking water:Find out how water improves your health

The other day I finished reading a captivating book named "Your Body's Many Cries For Water". What impressed me the most from reading this book, is that the author establishes a clear link between the benefits of drinking water and our overall wellness.
Besides the other very interesting facts which stress the importance of drinking water, the author makes special reference to some common ailments that almost all of us suffer from now and then and shows that their most probable cause is dehydration. Below, I give you some examples:
When our head hurts
We all suffer from headaches, or even worse migraines from time to time. Some of us more and some others less severely. What you might find surprising to learn, is that more often than not, we should blame ourselves for not drinking enough water.
You see, three quarters of our brain consists of water and when it senses that there is shortage of it, it releases histamines which cause pain and fatigue. The intention is to make us slow down our activities, so as to preserve the minimum water quantity that will allow our brain to function properly.
So, the next time you think that your head will explode from a splitting headache, resist the temptation of taking an aspirin and do this: Drink a full glass of fresh, pure water and then sit back and unwind for half an hour. More often than not, you will be amazed. Your headache will just go away!
Back Pain
According to statistics, one out of four adults experiences at least once in his lifetime the pain and anguish associated with a sore back. As the author claims in his book, another one of the benefits of drinking water is that it helps mitigate our suffering.
Permit me to be more clear on what I mean.
The discs which our back consists of, have a hard external surface while inside they are filled with water. Provided that the quantity of the water is maintained at an adequate level, then the discs are performing their function well. This meaning that they are robust enough to help our backbone support the weight of our body.
When we move our body, then pressure is exerted and released on the discs depending on the type of movement. This creates a suction which allows fluids in the body to enter the disc, thus keeping them properly hydrated.
You should begin to understand now what causes this process to break down. When our body is deprived of water, then there is not enough of it to enter the discs. In consequence, the outer shell of the discs is no longer supported from the inside. So, all weight of the body is shifted on them, leading to excessive pressure. The symptoms are all too familiar: Pain and distress!
Hypertension
Water also plays a vital role in the biological process associated with high blood pressure.
As experts on internal medicine claim, one of the leading causes of high blood pressure is low blood volume. As the basic constituent of the blood is water (83% of our blood to be precise is just plain water), then you can understand that when we deprive ourselves of this valuable fluid, then the blood volume goes down.
Our body's internal mechanisms have the ability to monitor the level of our blood volume. When there is an alert that this volume has fallen below acceptable limits, then our body switches into an emergency mode, directing supply of blood only to active organs switching everything else off. This redistribution of the circulatory system more often than not leads to hypertension.
In conclusion, these are only a few of the examples that clearly demonstrate that by drinking enough quantities of water can dramatically improve your health.
One word of caution: In order to benefit the most and avoid any adverse effects on you health, both yours and your family's, make sure that the water you consume at your house is top quality. Considering now that, based on reports and statistics issued not only by private but also by government bodies, it is widely acceptable that both tap and bottled water quality leaves much to be desired, I should advice that time investigating your options about what you can do, will be time well spent.
All the best..
Back Pain Nerve

The spinal cord is the main part of the body's central nervous system.It conveys signals from the brain to the nerves throughout the body. Spine is one of the strongest parts in our body. It is made of solid bony blocks joined by discs to give it strength and flexibility. It is reinforced by strong ligaments and surrounded by large powerful muscles to protect.Simple back strains do not cause any lasting damage.
Your back nerve pain could be the result of a back or neck injury, so it is necessary to take care of spinal cord. It is the spine that keep us up right and give us support to get through our daily activities .
Most of us experience back pain sometime or another and the most back nerve pain will go away in a few weeks with some basic self-care. However repeated chances of getting back pain is still there. If the pain is severe or lasts a long time better to consult a doctor.
Back nerve pain is usually caused by overuse, strain, or injury. For example, people often hurt their backs while playing sports, working in the yard, from being jolted in a car accident or lifting something too heavy.
For some people, back nerve pain is the result of arthritis, osteoporosis, illness, or it is hereditary. Only a few people may need back surgery.If you have a slipped disc, or back pain with symptoms of nerve damage (such as numbness in your legs), even in these cases, most people can improve without surgery. Surgery does not always guarantee that the pain will disappear. so it is better to get a second opinion before deciding about surgery.
If you do decide to have surgery, events in your life will change drastically even after your back nerve pain surgery. Adopting new lifestyle changes to accommodate your back issues isn't easy, but with patience and motivation,you will get your life back.
Lumbago - Low Back Pain

Lumbago is a seldom used term to mean mild to severe low back pain. The pain can be acute or chronic and affects young and old people.
Lumbago is a common symptom of musculoskeletal disorders or of disorders involving the lumbar vertebrae and related soft tissue structures such as muscles, ligaments, nerves and intervertebral discs. It can be either acute, sub-acute or chronic in its clinical presentation.
Years ago doctors associated lumbago with rheumatism seemingly brought on by exposure to cold damp surroundings. Poor posture, sudden movement, coughing and sneezing were also thought to inspire episodes of lumbago. Not to discredit the reputations of yesterday's doctors, but medicine has since greatly advanced and the term lumbago has been replaced with accurate diagnostic terms.
Causes
There are many things that cause low back pain or lumbago. Listed below are some of the more common conditions
Herniated Disc (sometimes called a slipped disc)
Osteoarthritis or Spondylosis (spinal arthritis)
Osteoporosis (brittle bone disease, spinal fracture)
Rheumatoid Arthritis (progressive, sometimes destructive arthritis)
Scoliosis (abnormal curvature of the spine to the left or right)
Spinal Stenosis (compression of the spinal nerves)
Spinal Tumor (benign or malignant/cancer)
Symptoms of Lumbago
Listed below are common symptoms of lumbago. Keep in mind that the primary symptom is low back pain.
Low back pain may radiate into the buttocks, back of the thigh, into the groin.
Back pain (lumbago) may be aggravated during movement. Pain from bending forward, backward or side-to-side may limit activity.
Spinal muscle spasms cause the back to feel stiff and sore.
Back pain and muscle spasm can be so acute that posture is affected. The patient may appear to be listing to one side.
Lumbago may cause tingling sensations to be felt in the low back, buttocks, and legs.
Rarely does lumbago cause serious symptoms that require immediate medical care. However, the following warning signs are good to know:
Loss of bladder or bowel control
Leg numbness
Loss of leg strength.
Treatment
Conservative treatment is the most likely course of action for most patients. Treatment options include rest, Traction, Short wave diathermy, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications, weight control, and steroid injections in step by step order.
If a patients does not get relief after 8 to 12 weeks of conservative therapy surgical intervention is considered.
As per Ayurveda Lumbago is called as Kateeshoola, with “Kati” referring to the lower back and “Shula” referring to pain and is classified under Kateegraham or Prustashoola. Vitiated ‘Vata’ is considered to be the principle dosha involved and the treatment in Ayurveda is aimed at to bring the vitiated 'dosha' back to the state of equilibrium.
Treatment comprises of three approaches, Elimination (Sodhanam) of the accumulated toxic products of digestion, metabolism and the disease process, Pacification (Samanam) and correction of the entities responsible for altered functioning and Rasayanam (Rejuvenation) of the bodily tissue to regain and maintain natural strength and vitality.
The strength of Ayurveda in the area of spinal ailments is globally appreciated. Since it addresses the root cause of the issue the results are better than surgical procedures.
The therapies like Abyanga swedam, Pathrapotala swedam, Choornapinda swedam, Pizhichil, Kativasthy, Navarakizhi, Vasti (Kashaya and Anuvasana) etc. are done as per the necessity and severity of the condition. These therapies are directed towards relieving the inflammatory changes, releasing the spasms and nerve compressions in the affected area, strengthening the supportive tissues holding the spine/joints, nourishing the joints through improving the circulation. Usually the treatment period is 3 – 5 weeks according to the severity of the disease.
Apart from medical management Diet, Life style modifications and Yogasanas if required are advised according to the necessity.
In four to six weeks, the majority of patients find their symptoms are relieved without surgery. If patient can come for the treatment in early stages, even total cure without recurrence is also possible.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Benefits Of Full Body Massage

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Friday, August 7, 2009
The Benefits of a Good Exercise Routine

The 5 Key Benefits of Body Massages

Massage – Types and Benefits

Types of Massage
Relaxation Massage: A smooth, flowing style that promotes general relaxation, improves circulation and range of movement, and relieves muscular tension.Remedial Massage: A paramedical treatment that helps to restore function to injured “soft tissues” (muscles, tendons and ligaments. In addition, you may be asked perform some activities at home to assist the process of recovery.Craniosacral Therapy Via a gentle, non-invasive manipulative technique, this therapy encourages your own natural mechanisms to improve the functioning of your brain and spinal cord to dissipate the negative effects of stress, promote good health, and enhance resistance to disease.Here are a few disorders that benefit from regular full body massage:Depression Infertility Eating disorders Post-operative recovery Autism Immune-suppressed systems Diabetes High blood pressure Sleep disorders Cancer related fatigue Low back pain Spinal cord injuries When you choose full body massage, you choose a non-invasive procedure. In addition, full massage therapy, which is relatively safe, can be a complementary treatment to other medical treatments.Eases stress because it:• Gives you more energy• Improves your outlook on life• Reduces injury and illness• Relieves asthma, anxiety, and insomnia• Provides supportive therapyOther BenefitsPain Relief: All kinds of pains and muscular aches can be eliminated through massage therapy. It is beneficial in curing rheumatism arthritis, headaches, migraines, chronic back pain.It helps relieve muscle tension and stiffness.Improved Circulation: Its most important application is that it increases blood circulation, increasing life span and general sense of well being.Stress Relief: Massage is a great way to reduce the stress in your life. It helps in curing tension-related headaches.Reducing Blood Pressure: Massage is helpful in decreasing blood pressure in people with hypertension.Better Sleep: Massage therapy induces a sound sleep for some days.Regular massage relieves mental stress. Increased circulation of blood and lymph systems improves the condition of the body's largest organ - the skin. - Relaxes and softens injured and overused muscles- Reduces spasms and cramping- Increases joint flexibility. - Reduces recovery time, helps prepare for strenuous workouts and eliminates subsequent pains of the athlete at any level.- Releases endorphins - the body's natural painkiller - and is being used in chronic illness, injury and recovery from surgery to control and relieve pain.Benefits of Pre-natal massageEmotional support through nurturing touch to the pregnant woman. Improves outcome of labor and eases labor pain, that is it prepares muscles used during childbirth. Helps with relaxation and insomnia A recent study states that it may even reduce the risk of premature births. Improves the mother's sleep and eases depression. Massage by the partner gives him a better bond with the wife and the child. Childbirth experts say that when dad-to-be massages mom-to-be during pregnancy, both partners become more relaxed and more involved with the baby. Assists in maintaining proper posture.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Managing Your Pain in Three Easy Steps

When you are in pain you are basically involved in a dialogue with your body. Your body is screaming for help. At first it is confusing, but once you understand that all you need to do is respond to your body's cries for help, then you can begin working towards managing your pain.
Of course, chronic pain isn't easy to alleviate. This sort of pain, usually linked to a debilitating illness, is a symptom of the illness itself and that may not be curable. Pain resulting from such illnesses is difficult to handle because it often causes other problems, like fatigue (making you less inclined to act) and depression (making you too unhappy to act). But remember, you can manage your pain.
Step 1: Change your mind
Managing pain begins in the mind. Whatever the pain, however severe it is, you need to alter the way you think about it, first. Positive thinking is one way of doing this. Including positive thoughts in your life is vital. You may choose to collect some positive thoughts or affirmations from a favorite book or from an Internet search. You may write these in a notebook or pin them up around the house or say them out loud each morning in front of the mirror. Anything that makes you laugh, be it a sitcom on the television or a funny friend should be included in your life on a regular basis. Laughing does wonders to our heatlth. A belly laugh a day is absolutely vital.
Step 2: Change your habits
Eating well and exercising regularly are also vital ingredients for a pain-free life. Consult your doctor or a nutritionist and ask to be put on a diet. Learn about the types of foods and the impact they have on our physical health and wellbeing. As a pain sufferer you'll find that most physical exercise is far too difficult. But even a stroll around the block is a vital addition to your life. Physical exercises improves your mood, improves your sleep patterns, and strengthens muscles. On the other spectrum, relaxation also helps in managing your pain. Relaxation in combination with massage therapy can help. But even relaxing on your own can work wonders. Simply find a nice quiet spot in the house and spend ten to twenty minutes alone.
Step 3: Find alternatives
Start introducing back into your life the things you forgot about at around the time of your illness. If you enjoyed reading, but now find it difficult to be comfortable holding a book in your hands for prolonged periods of time, try purchasing audio books to listen to as you rest. Always look for alternative ways of doing the things you loved to do before pain changed your lifestyle. You'll find there are many ways to do the things you once loved to do.
Of course, chronic pain isn't easy to alleviate. This sort of pain, usually linked to a debilitating illness, is a symptom of the illness itself and that may not be curable. Pain resulting from such illnesses is difficult to handle because it often causes other problems, like fatigue (making you less inclined to act) and depression (making you too unhappy to act). But remember, you can manage your pain.
Step 1: Change your mind
Managing pain begins in the mind. Whatever the pain, however severe it is, you need to alter the way you think about it, first. Positive thinking is one way of doing this. Including positive thoughts in your life is vital. You may choose to collect some positive thoughts or affirmations from a favorite book or from an Internet search. You may write these in a notebook or pin them up around the house or say them out loud each morning in front of the mirror. Anything that makes you laugh, be it a sitcom on the television or a funny friend should be included in your life on a regular basis. Laughing does wonders to our heatlth. A belly laugh a day is absolutely vital.
Step 2: Change your habits
Eating well and exercising regularly are also vital ingredients for a pain-free life. Consult your doctor or a nutritionist and ask to be put on a diet. Learn about the types of foods and the impact they have on our physical health and wellbeing. As a pain sufferer you'll find that most physical exercise is far too difficult. But even a stroll around the block is a vital addition to your life. Physical exercises improves your mood, improves your sleep patterns, and strengthens muscles. On the other spectrum, relaxation also helps in managing your pain. Relaxation in combination with massage therapy can help. But even relaxing on your own can work wonders. Simply find a nice quiet spot in the house and spend ten to twenty minutes alone.
Step 3: Find alternatives
Start introducing back into your life the things you forgot about at around the time of your illness. If you enjoyed reading, but now find it difficult to be comfortable holding a book in your hands for prolonged periods of time, try purchasing audio books to listen to as you rest. Always look for alternative ways of doing the things you loved to do before pain changed your lifestyle. You'll find there are many ways to do the things you once loved to do.
5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Family Health

1. Get more exercise. If you walk more, and join a gym, and are generally trying to get fitter, then your children are more likely to follow your example. Encourage your children to walk more, or to ride their bikes to school and to friends' houses. Get off the bus or train a stop sooner, so that you walk more, or make a point to go for a walk at lunch time or in the evening.
2. By eating healthier you will help to improve the health of you and your family. You can prepare meals yourself from scratch using recipes, rather than eating lots of unhealthy ready meals and other processed foods. Make sure that you get your daily 5 portions of fruit and vegetables, and try and cut down on fatty and sugary foods.
3. Stop smoking as soon as you can. Not only will it beneficial for your health, it will save you money too. Why not put the money you save towards a holiday or other sort of treat for the whole family? By quitting, and explaining the reasons why, you will hopefully convince your children not to start smoking in the first place.
4. Don't drink as much alcohol. If you cut down on nights out, or drinks with meals you'll be preserving your liver and saving money too. If you have teenage children, they are likely to want to experiment with alcohol. By showing that you don't need to be drunk to have a good time, you can encourage them to drink responsibly.
5. You can improve the health of yourself and your family by trying to reduce stress. Perhaps there are situations around the home that make you mad, or things that happen at work that put you in a bad mood. By trying to work round, or avoid these situations, you are less likely to be stressed. If the home is calmer, then your children are more likely to be calmer too. This will help to create a much nicer homely environment for all of the family.Now you how easy it can be to improve the health of your family.All the best..
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
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Leg Exercises

What kind of leg exercises you do will of course depend on your goal. Are you trying to build massive thighs or heart-shaped calves? Do you want to build strength, increase running endurance or improve balance and flexibility? Are you a weight-lifter, a jogger or a ballerina?
Naturally, not all goals are mutually exclusive. Building strength can combine well with improving balance, for example. Having toned, strong leg muscles helps keep joints stable and improves appearance.
Remember that any strenuous exercise should be done only after a warm-up period that includes stretching.
Spinning
One of the best exercises for toning and strengthening leg muscles is 'spinning', using a stationary bike. Using an ordinary bicycle is good too, but the exercise is less controllable and involves a lot of other muscle groups.
A 15-minute spin will help tone the calves, hamstrings and quads, improve joint flexibility and (sometimes) reduce cellulite and fat. It's also a great cardiovascular activity so you get two for the price of one when you spin.
Knee Exercises
If you want something a little less vigorous, say you only want to help strengthen the knee, here are a couple of options.
This first one is really good for those who suffer from conditions such as chondromalacia patella. That's a roughening of the cartilage underneath the kneecap, sometimes as the result of the bones not sitting properly in the 'V' of the knee joint.
Sit in a chair, back straight but not tensed. Your leg should be bent at 90 degrees, the thigh parallel to the ground, the lower leg vertical. Tense the thigh, hold for 5 seconds then release. Switch legs and repeat. Do 10 reps for each leg. Easy, huh!
Be sure to breathe normally during the exercise.
Another exercise does a little more to build strength in the muscles that control bending at the knee.
Sit up straight and breathe normally, then cross your legs at the ankle. Push forward with the rear leg and back with the front leg. (A little tricky at first, but think about it!)
Switch legs by reversing the direction of the cross. If the right leg was in front, move it to the rear. Repeat the exercise 10 times for each position.
Calf Burns
Now for something a little more strenuous.
Depending on your balance and the surface you're standing on, you may need to do this on a mat or carpet, or on a wooden floor. Avoid using a cement or metal floor.
Stand up straight, heels together, toes slightly apart. Make sure you are well balanced.
Lift the heels, balancing on the balls of your feet. Imagine a string attached to the center of your head pulling you up. Hold for 5 seconds, and then lower slowly. Repeat 10 times. Over time, as you build strength and balance, increase the length of time you're on the balls of the feet.
Vary the action by bending slightly at the knee while you still have the heels raised. This will bring the thighs (quadriceps or 'quads' and hamstrings) as well as the buttocks into play. Straighten up, and then lower the heels. Repeat 10 times.
Among the many health benefits of strong, flexible legs there is one that is especially important for the older crowd. Many falls lead to broken hips, one of the leading causes of severe health problems for the elderly. A long-term practice of keeping the legs in shape will help prevent this later in life.
Naturally, not all goals are mutually exclusive. Building strength can combine well with improving balance, for example. Having toned, strong leg muscles helps keep joints stable and improves appearance.
Remember that any strenuous exercise should be done only after a warm-up period that includes stretching.
Spinning
One of the best exercises for toning and strengthening leg muscles is 'spinning', using a stationary bike. Using an ordinary bicycle is good too, but the exercise is less controllable and involves a lot of other muscle groups.
A 15-minute spin will help tone the calves, hamstrings and quads, improve joint flexibility and (sometimes) reduce cellulite and fat. It's also a great cardiovascular activity so you get two for the price of one when you spin.
Knee Exercises
If you want something a little less vigorous, say you only want to help strengthen the knee, here are a couple of options.
This first one is really good for those who suffer from conditions such as chondromalacia patella. That's a roughening of the cartilage underneath the kneecap, sometimes as the result of the bones not sitting properly in the 'V' of the knee joint.
Sit in a chair, back straight but not tensed. Your leg should be bent at 90 degrees, the thigh parallel to the ground, the lower leg vertical. Tense the thigh, hold for 5 seconds then release. Switch legs and repeat. Do 10 reps for each leg. Easy, huh!
Be sure to breathe normally during the exercise.
Another exercise does a little more to build strength in the muscles that control bending at the knee.
Sit up straight and breathe normally, then cross your legs at the ankle. Push forward with the rear leg and back with the front leg. (A little tricky at first, but think about it!)
Switch legs by reversing the direction of the cross. If the right leg was in front, move it to the rear. Repeat the exercise 10 times for each position.
Calf Burns
Now for something a little more strenuous.
Depending on your balance and the surface you're standing on, you may need to do this on a mat or carpet, or on a wooden floor. Avoid using a cement or metal floor.
Stand up straight, heels together, toes slightly apart. Make sure you are well balanced.
Lift the heels, balancing on the balls of your feet. Imagine a string attached to the center of your head pulling you up. Hold for 5 seconds, and then lower slowly. Repeat 10 times. Over time, as you build strength and balance, increase the length of time you're on the balls of the feet.
Vary the action by bending slightly at the knee while you still have the heels raised. This will bring the thighs (quadriceps or 'quads' and hamstrings) as well as the buttocks into play. Straighten up, and then lower the heels. Repeat 10 times.
Among the many health benefits of strong, flexible legs there is one that is especially important for the older crowd. Many falls lead to broken hips, one of the leading causes of severe health problems for the elderly. A long-term practice of keeping the legs in shape will help prevent this later in life.
How to Build Neck Size and Reduce Neck Pain

Participants were assigned to three intervention groups: those who did supervised specific strength training (SST) exercises for the neck and shoulder muscles, those who did high-intensity general fitness training (GFT) on a bicycle ergometer, and a control group that received health counseling but no physical training. Both exercise groups worked out for 20 minutes three times a week for 10 weeks. "The results showed that the GFT group showed a small decrease in neck muscle pain only immediately after exercise, while the SST group showed a marked decrease in pain over a prolonged training period and with a lasting effect after the training ended." The authors then concluded with an important statement: "Thus specific strength training locally of the neck and shoulder muscles is the most beneficial treatment in women with chronic neck muscle pain." This is interesting because it basically reinforced something that I discovered years ago through trial and error. I found that in order to make significant improvements in neck strength and performance, we must utilize some specific neck strengthening protocols (like the ones shown here). Just doing general stuff like cleans, snatches, presses, and kettlebell swings alone won't do it.
Reason #3: Improved Posture and Alignment Even though your spine is classified by three different sections, it's a single interconnected unit. Because of this, when one part of your spine is out of alignment, the other parts also move out of alignment to compensate. You'll never see anyone with perfect alignment at their pelvis, lumbar, and thoracic spine who has bad alignment at the neck. Like the tooth fairy, it just doesn't exist. Sometimes coaches get so caught up with the position of the pelvis and lumbar spine that they virtually ignore the neck position in movements like the plank, birddog, and deadlift. As Paul Chek says, "Your core is what would be left if you had no extremities (arms and legs)." This further reinforces the fact that it's just as important to train your neck as it is your abdominals, back, and hips. You could even classify neck exercises as "core training," if you're so inclined. Now that you understand the importance of training your neck.
Advice On Hamstring Injuries

The hamstring injury usually results in locking your leg knee down and bending may be rendered impossible beyond 40 degrees. Make sure that the athlete or sports person has a medical 'all-clear' before carrying out the exercises. This exercise is meant to relieve your hamstring injury and strengthen the muscle to its past glory.
Causes: A Hamstring injury can be caused due to
• Poor flexibility
• Shortage of strength in the muscle
• Muscular imbalance
• Differences in lengths of legs OR
• Poor warm up procedures
Treatments: Hamstring injuries generally need rest. In serious cases, a rest of 2-3 weeks is advised with cold ice compression and leg elevation. After the pain and swelling caused due to the hamstring injury subsides, a stretching regimen is recommended to rebuild damaged muscle. Make sure you consult a therapist or a doctor before you embark on any exercise.
Recommended Exercise (Bicycle leg swing): Bicycle leg swing is a very good exercise to overcome a hamstring injury and strengthen the hamstring muscle. To do this:
• Stand on your left leg with the total weight on it (you could take support with your right hand by placing it against a wall or any fixed structure).
• Slowly raise your right leg from your hip to the knee, so that it becomes perpendicular to your body (90 degree lift). • Once your thigh is parallel to the ground, begin extending your knee until your leg is straight.
• Now start swinging your right leg in a slow arc downwards and to the back of your body and back again. Once this movement is coordinated slowly, it will simulate the slow stride action.
• Once you can do this at the rate of 75-80 swings per minute, do it in sets of two with 20-25 repetitions each for each leg.
• Fasten the pace with time. After you become comfortable with the exercise, try to do the exercise by restraining your ankle with rubber tubing at knee level in front of you. This will facilitate in strengthening your leg. Tighten the restraint over a period of time to build strength.
Always perform this exercise after a little warm up by jogging or cycling.
Prevention of Hamstring Injury:
To prevent a hamstring injury, one needs to take certain precautions:
Warm up: Always warm up thoroughly. Hamstring is the most important muscle that needs warm up prior to heavy exercise.
Stretching: Once you finish the exercise or work outs always remember to stretch out to prevent any possible hamstring injury.
Hurry: Never try to do too much in too little time.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Healthy Lifestyle and Eating Habits

and eating. There are healthy eating habits or things we ‘should have’ done or want to do in the future, such as start baking our own bread, start juicing fruits etc. Healthy eating has benefits we know are essential such as preservative free drinks or good wholewheat natural bread with fibre and wheatgerm that is known to be cancer and illness fighting foods. Obesity in most countries has come to be due to unnatural refined foods that have all the carbs, but no nutrition, being the food of choice. Hey, if it tastes good, it okay right? Well, how about if it’s healthy and tastes good. Nowadays, healthy food takes time and money to prepare, versus healthy convenience food such as fast food. We have to start asking ourselves the question, at what price will we neglect our responsibility to our families to give them the correct nutrition. We need to invest the small amount of time needed, to make healthy food at home, such as homemade bread, juice, dried foods, canned foods etc. The benefit will become apparent when you realize that you have 6 months worth of food stored in your pantry, without the need to spend money on a daily basis for food essentials, and having saved hundreds of dollars on your food bill, not to mention the convenience of natural, healthy homemade foods. If all this seems a little overwhelming, the payoff is huge and the health benefit enormous. Let me ease your anxiety here. Preparing your own healthy cooking and foods is not as difficult or challenging as it may appear. In a modern society we have more advanced tools and gadgets that can help us prepare healthy food fast and easily. We can buy grain from a farmer or supplier and store it in a dry moist free space which could feed generations or just your family for the next year or two or more, depending on the quantity you want to store. Grain storage has always been the solution to starving nations since ancient Egypt. A handy grain mill will take care of your daily flour needs by easily grinding grain into healthy and wholesome flour you can use for cooking, baking or sauces. Remember to start your vegetable garden in that backyard space not being used for anything and start growing healthy fresh and natural vegetables and fruits for your healthy families daily consumption. You will discover the wonder of fresh produce and the taste they bring to you. With any excess vegetables you could can them for storage and consumption at a later date, eliminating spoilage etc. Even if you have too much, use excess and overproduction for your compost heap which will generate healthy mineral and oxygen rich food for your vegetable garden which will ensure good production and growth for the future. Imagine you can produce fruit or vegetable juices on demand, that will be healthy and vitamin rich with absolutely no preservatives or additives. How about all that fruit you may have that may spoil, you can easily use a food dehydrator to turn that into fruits you can eat at anytime in the future, eliminating food spoilage. You can turn that into jelly or into sauces as well such as fruit chutney.We have an obligation to ourselves and to our families to engage in healthy cooking and enabling our families to eat healthy. The benefits far outweigh the time invested in setting up new healthy eating habits. The benefits to having a healthy family is very important from controlling weight gain to fighting illnesses. Most healthy eating habits are essential to living a healthy lifestyle. Visit us at www.saintsvalley.com to explore our healthy lifestyle products.
Painfulness

Neck,Shoulder,Back-Teres minor or Teres major,Pectoralis major-Pactoralis minor,Trapezius,Latissimus dorsi,Thoracolumbar fascia,Triceps and Biceps-Brachioradialis,Pronator teres,External oblique,Hamstrings,
This is the point where painful in your body.
NECK-For those people who suffer from cervical spondylosis, it can become a real neck pain
as it mainly emerges because of the degeneration of padding with those disks situated in the cervical spine in the back. This type of arthritis in the neck is the most predominant reason of the neck pain and is mostly observed in the elder generation. It is estimated that 75 % of the patients above the age of 60 suffer from some variant of arthritis in the neck. Although the ageing procedure is thought to be the most common reason for such problem, neck injuries occurred previously can also become the cause of arthritis in the neck.
The Neck Supports Your Head I'm going to make this one real simple. Your brain controls your entire body. In order for your brain to communicate with your body, it must go through your neck. If something isn't right at the neck, it can affect everything your brain is trying to tell your body to do (or not do). In other words, your neck is an essential crossroad to your body!
shoulder-There are several structures that can cause a painful shoulder. Injury to these structures can lead to the common diagnosis of shoulder tendinitis or a rotator cuff injury. This is not always the case and the source of the pain may not be the shoulder muscles and tendons at all.Possible pain generators of the shoulder.
The most recognized way for pain to develop in the shoulder is through trauma. This could consist of something obvious like falling onto your outstretched arm causing your shoulder to jam or trying to push or pull on a stuck object. A less obvious traumatic event could be forcefully using the muscles of the shoulder over time and then pain occurs. This could happen during activities such as chopping firewood, hammering, or exercising in a repetitive fashion. The first traumatic event is identified as a macrotrauma meaning it's a large and obvious event. The second situation is termed a microtrauma meaning it's less obvious and occurred with repetitive insults to the muscle tissue. One does not necessarily occur more than the other, but both can cause significant injury and pain.
Pain in left shoulder blade may be caused by some inflammation of the tendons or sinews in the left part of the shoulder blade. Strained and overworked muscles or torn tissues in the part of the left shoulder blade may also account for moderate to acute pain in left shoulder blade. If the large muscle called the trapezius becomes spastic in the left shoulder blade area, then one will feel pain in the left part of his shoulder blade. Spastic muscles may be due to trauma or overuse.
This is the point where painful in your body.
NECK-For those people who suffer from cervical spondylosis, it can become a real neck pain
as it mainly emerges because of the degeneration of padding with those disks situated in the cervical spine in the back. This type of arthritis in the neck is the most predominant reason of the neck pain and is mostly observed in the elder generation. It is estimated that 75 % of the patients above the age of 60 suffer from some variant of arthritis in the neck. Although the ageing procedure is thought to be the most common reason for such problem, neck injuries occurred previously can also become the cause of arthritis in the neck.
The Neck Supports Your Head I'm going to make this one real simple. Your brain controls your entire body. In order for your brain to communicate with your body, it must go through your neck. If something isn't right at the neck, it can affect everything your brain is trying to tell your body to do (or not do). In other words, your neck is an essential crossroad to your body!
shoulder-There are several structures that can cause a painful shoulder. Injury to these structures can lead to the common diagnosis of shoulder tendinitis or a rotator cuff injury. This is not always the case and the source of the pain may not be the shoulder muscles and tendons at all.Possible pain generators of the shoulder.
The most recognized way for pain to develop in the shoulder is through trauma. This could consist of something obvious like falling onto your outstretched arm causing your shoulder to jam or trying to push or pull on a stuck object. A less obvious traumatic event could be forcefully using the muscles of the shoulder over time and then pain occurs. This could happen during activities such as chopping firewood, hammering, or exercising in a repetitive fashion. The first traumatic event is identified as a macrotrauma meaning it's a large and obvious event. The second situation is termed a microtrauma meaning it's less obvious and occurred with repetitive insults to the muscle tissue. One does not necessarily occur more than the other, but both can cause significant injury and pain.
Pain in left shoulder blade may be caused by some inflammation of the tendons or sinews in the left part of the shoulder blade. Strained and overworked muscles or torn tissues in the part of the left shoulder blade may also account for moderate to acute pain in left shoulder blade. If the large muscle called the trapezius becomes spastic in the left shoulder blade area, then one will feel pain in the left part of his shoulder blade. Spastic muscles may be due to trauma or overuse.
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