Wellness 4 Life: April 2018

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How Does a Tens Unit Work on Muscle Spasm- Pain comes from electroechemical impulses relaying the pain message. A TENS unit interrupts this pathway. T.E.N.S stands for Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation. It is often used to treat low back pain and neck pain. Tens units use a low voltage electrical current to induce pain relief. Continue Reading Article

Neck Exercises- Learn effective neck stretches and strengthening exercises for the cervical spine

End Neck Pain by Improving Posture- How Proper Posture Improves Your Spine Relieving Nerve Pressure- How does posture have anything to do with neck pain?--Neck pain comes from pressure on the nerves. How does this happen?--Usually pressure from a misaligned neck spine. When your spine is misaligned (some call that subluxated) it does not move like it should and in turn creates inflammation in that area. Either out-of-alignment spinal vertebrae (spinal bones) put direst pressure on nerves or the inflammation, or built up degeneration causes the pressure. Continue Reading Article

How to Reduce the Chances of Getting A Stiff Neck- A Stiff Neck.... Horrible especially when you wake up in the morning and realize that it is going to be one painful day. You are stiff, your neck hurts, you cannot turn your head, even brushing your teeth hurts. We get questions about how to treat a stiff neck all the time. Continue Reading Article

How To Avoid Neck Pain While Doing Abs- If you do your Abdominal crunches correctly with proper form, there is no reason to suffer from neck pain or sore neck. One of the biggest mistakes that people make is that involve there neck muscles while doing these exercises- that is a NO-NO. Bringing your head and neck forward puts unnecessary pressure on the neck and it is not healthy. So when you do your abdominal crunch look at the ceiling.Continue Reading Article

Saturday, April 07, 2018

Turmeric - the Superfood we All Should Know About

Every Saturday morning I drive over to our local farmers market. To say that something surprises me every time is an understatement. Last week, our farmers market was selling cannabis brownies, touting their benefits on big poster boards. That was eye popping for me.

Fresh Turmeric Root at the Farmers Market on Saturday Morning.

Fresh Turmeric Root at Our Local Farmers Market

Then today a pleasant surprise, as I was checking out the ginger. Fresh turmeric root was on display. 4.99/lb. WOW. I overhead two of the guys who run the farmers market saying " this is the first time we have carried this- I don't even know what it is". Neither of them knew what it was or what is was used for. Well I could have given them an earful, but it was Saturday morning and I need to get home to have my coffee and relax. So I bought 1/3rd of a pound and put two turmeric roots in our morning juice.

People assume that turmeric a yellow powder that gives indian food its glow in the dark yellow color. Sure that is ONE use. But turmeric is much more powerful and a force to be reckoned with.

What are the Benefits of this Superfood we call Turmeric?

Turmeric is a natural anti-inflammatory and a powerful antioxidant.It has potent anti-microbial properties. It has anti-cancer properties and wound healing properties. It protects skin health, and regulates immune responses. It protects us neurologically and benefits brain health. It protects our heart. Turmeric works as a detoxifying agent and protects from heavy metal, carcinogen and drug induced toxicity. It also supports both male and female reproductive health. It is great for oral and dental hygiene. It has pain relieving effect. It benefits in metabolic diseases like diabetes, metabolic syndrome etc. Finally it preserves bone health and protects from arthritis and osteoporosis.