NO PAIN – A Tremendous Gain

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With warmer weather more people are motivated to get out and enjoy the season. Exercise can be a wonderful activity and a great way to relax. Everyone at one point has participated in an exercise routine and has probably stopped due to some uncontrollable circumstance. Injury: It happens to the best of us and it usually happens at the worst possible time.

One of the best ways to reduce exercise injuries is to listen to your body. Most people believe if there is no pain when exercising you are obviously not trying hard enough. WRONG, there is good pain and bad pain; you just have to know how to tell the difference.

Electrical Stimulation Activates Endorphins

Electrical stimulation is nearly as old as written history. Some 4500 years ago various cultures in the Middle East and southern Europe used electric eels to treat pain. One can only imagine the tweaking the therapy underwent as an adult electric eel packs enough of a wallop to kill a horse. Fortunately, electrical stimulation has come a long way since the electric eel.

TENS ~ EMS

There are many different methods of electrical stimulation used which benefit the body. For purposes of this article, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) and Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) will be analyzed.

TENS Eases Pain Without Any Side Effects

The TENS is the most popular electrical stimulation unit sold. Primarily used to relieve pain, the TENS manipulates the nervous system to both ignore the pain and release the bodies natural pain killer, endorphins.

Strains, Sprains and Excruciating Back Pains

More often than not gravity is the back’s worst enemy. The low back area of the spine receives the brunt of damage from this downward force. Over time compression and ordinary wear and tear of the vertebrae and discs start to cause problems.

Eight out of ten Americans can expect to experience back pain during their life. The majority of problems occur because the back, stomach and buttock muscles become too weak to protect the spine from the jerks and bumps it receives.

Anatomy of the Back

Twenty-six bones make up the Spinal Column. There are seven in the Cervical (neck), twelve in the Thoracic (middle), five in the Lumbar (low), a sacrum and coccyx (tailbone). Of the 24 vertebrae the cervical and lumbar add the flexibility needed for ease of movement, but are also the most susceptible to injury. Along with the bones the back has 40 muscles, tendons which fasten the muscles to the vertebrae, and ligaments that hold the vertebrae together. There are 31 pairs of nerves attached to the Spinal Cord. The Spinal Cord is protected by a bony pathway created through the vertebrae.

Methods for Decreasing Physical Pain

Pain is the necessary evil the body perpetuates against itself, not to torture it, but to warn the brain an injury has occurred. And, it’s a darn good warning signal too. Who’s going to walk on a broken leg, or allow an open wound to bleed and bleed? Without pain many people would do just that. Pain protects the body from further damage. But, the problem with pain is it is perpetual. There is no turn off switch once the signal has been received. Hence, the demand for pain relief is something 1 out of 5 adult Americans need on a daily basis.

Arthritis: A Grating Pain With Little Relief

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Remember how the hair on the back of your neck stood on end when the kid with a sheepish grin dragged his fingernails across the black board. Grating wasn’t it? Well, take that sensation and magnify it into true pain to imagine the agony millions suffer with arthritis. Instead of fingernails on a blackboard it’s bone against bone resulting in inflammation, stiffness and joint deterioration.

Of the over 100 forms of arthritis there are two which the majority of people suffer, Osteoarthritis (OA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). The cause of either has not been found, but certain clues about both have been discovered.

Osteoarthritis (OA)

Remedies For Arthritis That Help Relieve Pain

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It is nearly mind-boggling the number of alternative remedies created for the treatment of arthritis. Many are peculiar, like the suggestion of filling a canvas bag with the chaff from the bottom of a horse trough, then taking a bath with the bag. But, this remedy leaves one wondering if the curative agent is the hay, or horse saliva left on the hay. Either way, most people would rather sit in mud, which may actually have more curative properties than wet horse hay.

Because everyone, and their pets, seems to have a favorite remedy many of them end up contradicting each other. For instance, aspirin has been used for years to help arthritis sufferers, because of its anti-inflammatory properties. However, new research has indicated that the drug, and ones like it, may actually contribute to osteoarthritis for it inhibits the bodies natural ability to repair cartilage.

What Can Far Infrared Saunas Do for Me?

Improves Skin

Perspiration purges clogged pores of deeply embedded impurities and dead skin cells leaving you with glowing radiant skin. An increase in blood circulation encourages a healthy flow of nutrients to your skin that in turn helps to relieve acne, eczema, psoriasis, and burns. It will also encourage the healing of lesions and minor cuts.

Burns Calories and Controls Weight

One session in any good Far Infrared Sauna (FIR) will burn as many calories as you would rowing or jogging for 30 minutes. Through deep penetration of fat cells, radiant heat therapy will help clear away cellulite.

Energy Efficient

All of our FIR Saunas use very little energy, about the same amount as a small appliance (a hair dryer for example). And with no preheat time, you won’t waste energy or time waiting for your unit to warm up.

Removes Toxins