Couver Health Journal

Archive for July, 2009

We have spoken several times of natural remedies for insomnia, and also know some alternative therapies that work in treating this problem. Acupuncture is one of them, and science has been associated with this ancient practice of Chinese medicine treatment for insomnia.

We increased the records relating to it, thanks to a recent research survey conducted by a group of Chinese researchers at the University of Chinese Medicine Beijing, who have reviewed several published studies to check the impact of acupuncture on insomnia.

The overall results pointed to stress acupuncture as a treatment more effective than pills provided by conventional medicine. In fact, herbal treatment for insomnia increased effectiveness if supplemented by acupuncture. Read the rest of this entry »

You might think that the discomfort it may cause you an injury must add another negative consequence: the impossibility of by exercising. However, this is not true. After suffering an injury can keep physical activity. Follow these recommendations and avoid ending up with your exercise routine.

First of all, and as the saying goes, “prevention is better than cure”. So we’ll give you some tips to avoid being injured while exercising (which, moreover, happen quite often). Firstly, you must stretch your muscles before you start out right.

Also, try not to do the exercises with a higher rate which you are accustomed. Nor despair by paying the most for a couple of minutes, generally, a moderate workout for longer than is usually more effective.

If you’ve been injured by exercising and want to go see your doctor,  Generally the key in these situations is temporarily abandon the routine that we had until then and concentrate on the muscles you use are safe: If you have injured a leg exercise arm and upper trunk. Using weights you can strengthen biceps, triceps, chest and back.

If instead you have injured her arm takes to take a walk or perform other exercises involving the use of his legs. One of the best exercises for those who are injured is swimming, since water prevents stress on the body. Read the rest of this entry »

Pain is one of the most unbearable feelings. Whether it’s a temporary pain, chronic or intermittent, nobody likes to feel that Degradability reaction that our nervous system when it senses damage, or the possibility of him in the body.

Like anything that helps relieve pain is always welcome, today you will learn a new alternative which must rely to feel better. There is a new drug or a magic formula; you can simply ease the pain by breathing deeply and slowly.

Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute, Hospital and Medical Center St. Joseph, reached that conclusion after analyzing the responses to pain in two groups of women between 45 and 65 years: the first group consisted of healthy women and the other by those suffering from chronic pain somewhere in your body.

Each volunteer received a moderately painful heat pulses in your hands and the majority felt that when his breathing was slow and relaxed, the intensity of pain and discomfort was much more tolerable. For women with chronic pain, only the most optimistic sense the relief achieved. Read the rest of this entry »