Lifting improperly can cause strains and injury to the back muscles. If you are planting, keep the plants close to you so that you do not reach out very far before you lift the plant. This will help avoid simple strains. If you are planting trees or something heavier, use your legs to help lift. And if, after a day of planting, you still have aches and pains, come in for a good neuromuscular massage to relieve the aches and pains.
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When you eat too fast, you do not begin to feel full until after you have overeaten.
Drink a full glass of water before you begin eating.
Then spend 30 minutes eating slowly, tasting each bite.
People who eat slowly eat fewer calories during each meal, than those who rush.
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Gardening Injuries
With the summer upon us shortly, most of us like to give our gardens a good tidying, and without realizing it, can stretch and strain our knees, backs and shoulders. Don’t end up with gardeners’ back, weeders’ wrist or pruners’ neck. Here are a few tips for avoiding and remedying gardening aches and pains:
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Digging, raking and weeding can cause repetitive strain and overuse injuries to the back muscles. Taking regular breaks can help prevent repetitive movement injuries. If, however, you still feel back pain after gardening, come in for a good neuromuscular massage to loosen the muscles in your back.
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Tennis elbow results from an inflammation of the tendon on the outside of the elbow.
Neuromuscular massage can loosen the overused muscles in the forearm and upper arm to ease the pain.
Ease the pain in your elbow before you play your next match.
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Inflammation of the tendon that runs down the forearm, through the wrist to the thumb is common because of the way fly fishing gear is used.
Neuromuscular massage can help loosen the over-used muscles that trap the tendons and nerves within a small space causing the pain.
Before you cast again, put your thumb pain to rest.
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If the scale causes dismay, ignore it. Take 3 simple measurements: around your chest, the smallest portion of your waist, and around a thigh.
Write them down, and don’t look at them again for 30 days when you measure again.
A small mental note that you would like to be thinner and in better shape will help you make good choices between measurements.
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Once the temperature warms up, spring snowfalls can be heavily saturated with water so even a light snowfall may be heavier than a mid-winter snow.
Take care not to fill the shovel all the way as it may be much heavier to lift than you expect.
Unexpected weight matched with too little lift can cause sudden contraction of unprepared back muscles which causes strain.
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Staying hydrated is important to mood, energy levels, cognitive function and brain health. If you do not enjoy plain water or find sports drinks too sweet or too salty, here are a few ideas for make-it-yourself sports drinks that will help replace electrolytes and fluids.
Lemon-Lime Lusciousness
2 Cups of Water, 2 tablespoons of honey, the juice from 1/2 a lemon, and 1/2 a lime plus a pinch of sea salt.
Pomegranate Perfection
2 cups of green tea, 2 tablespoons of honey, 4 tablespoons of pomegranate juice, and a pinch of sea salt.
Coconut Water Combo
2 cups of coconut water, 2 tablespoons of honey, 4 tablespoons of mango, apple, guava or orange juice.
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If you are having foot pain at night, the cause is most likely not plantar fasciitis, but rather arthritis or tarsal tunnel syndrome, where the nerves running through the tarsal tunnel are entrapped.
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Walking is one of the best forms of exercise and it doesn’t require any special equipment, just a willingness to get up and go.
If you haven’t walked in awhile, go until you feel the first signs of fatigue and turn around.
Go a bit farther each day afterward. If you can walk just everyday for 30 days, you will have developed a habit of walking.
A pedometer will measure the distance you walk and count the number of steps you take each day. Aim for 100 more tomorrow than you took today until you can regularly take 10,000 steps a day.
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