Take a breath because this is something you may want to hear. Current Rrsearch has shown that proper breathing can be an appropriate approach for managing chronic fatigue, high blood pressure, stress and other ailments. Each one of us takes about 20,000 breaths a day. Unfortunately, the influence of breathing on human health goes largely unnoticed. Only a few people realize that shallow breathing is linked to stress, sub-par mental performance, fatigue and increased risk of heart disease. Fortunately, breathing correctly will be able to release tension and improve your physical and mental wellness.
Pay attention to the way you breathe it just may be one of the most important things you can do for your health. A recent study from St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center even suggests that a controlled breathing at a slowed rate can significantly reduce feelings of pain. You can reverse your body's natural reaction to stressful situations by practicing deep breathing exercises. When you breathe slowly and consciously, your body reacts in many positive ways. Without oxygen there is no life. It is a necessary component of life force and an invaluable aid to peak performance, life extension and perfect health.
Are you getting enough of it? If not here are some simple breathing exercises: Be free from distractions for at least 10 minutes. Inhale for 6 seconds, count to 18, then exhale for 12 seconds; then repeat this process for at least 10 breaths twice a day or more! Better breathing has been documented to help with Lowering Blood Pressure, Removing Emotional Stress and Tension, Improving Sleep, Raising Energy, Improving Circulation, Salt Metabolism, Promoting Weight Loss, and Improving Athletic Performance. Are you getting enough breath? Try some of these tips and see how you feel!
Followers can expect an addition of something to increase their Health! As a Chiropractor I believe that Health is not something to be lost, gained, or pushed away by symptoms, pain or some germ or virus. I promote making choices in order to increase any body's state of general HEALTH to better express our own Innate Potential for LIFE.
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Are You Healing? Or Are You Just Suppressing Disease?
Anyone who has ever eaten an aspirin certainly knows that there is a big difference between pain relief and being healthy enough to promote true healing. Even though a painkiller may help you "feel better" it is widely understood that this relief does not necessarily mean that anything has been cured or that any healing has actually taken place.
However, I am regularly astounded by how many people truly believe that various drugs and conventional approaches have performed some type of miracle by providing short-term relief of pain or discomfort. Little do many people know that when a drug works, it may be at the cost of suppressing the body's natural response to the disease, thereby creating a much more serious physical and/or mental disease.
Although antibiotics and other drugs may be an exception to this general observation, getting rid of an infection will not influence the immune factors that led the person to become susceptible to said infection in the first place. In fact, antibiotics are known to disrupt one`s inner ecology, disturbing many biological processes such as the assimilation of nutrients, and antibiotics even tend to make the individual more susceptible to new infection.
Painkillers, on the other hand, may provide great reduction in discomfort, but this relief may result in the person continuing to walk on that injured ankle inevitably causing increased injury while feeling the numbing effects of the pharmaceutical industry. A person with arthritis, as another very relevant example, while they may continually find relief by taking one or more painkilling drugs, these drugs also create their own issues like increased tolerance, addiction, or pathology, all of which usually lead to much more serious health problems.
What people don't understand is that there may be a danger in the frequent or recurrent application of treatments to suppress symptoms. The concept of suppressing symptoms is well accepted and understood in psychology. It is commonly observed when a person suppresses his or her emotions, such actions tend to push the emotional turmoil deeper, leading the person to explode at some future time (often at people who are not directly related to the origin of the person`s problem).
While people may be familiar with the problems associated with the suppression of emotions, people are generally not familiar with the possibility that many conventional medical treatments can suppress their physical symptoms, driving the disease in deeper. However, suppression of disease has become such commonplace in today's world of medical treatment that it is virtually ignored.
Doctors and drug companies tend to minimize the real problems of suppressing the disease process by referring to the "side effects" of a drug, yet, pharmacologists commonly note that the determining of a drug`s "Direct Effects" and its "Side Effects" are completely arbitrary. They are both the direct effect of the drug(s) on the human body.
Ironically, many conventional drugs are touted specifically for their ability to suppress symptoms or even suppress the body's own immune system. Ultimately, pushing the disease deeper into the person as a result of using pharmacological agents that are explicitly prescribed for their ability to control or inhibit symptoms. What we fail to consider is that these symptoms are the natural defensive functions of the body and suppression of disease while it may provide some semblance of benefit, it ultimately makes the person much sicker. Such suppression of the disease process may lead to increased chronic disease, immune dysfunction, and mental illness, all of which have become seen in epidemic proportions in our elderly populations.
As a Chiropractor, I recognize that true healing comes from within each of us. Our bodies are constantly regenerating themselves. Did you know that you make 2.5 million Red Blood Cells every second? We're all familiar with the fact that we replace skin cells and hair regularly, but that is happening on a deeper level every second of our lives. The bottom line is that the healthier we are the better all of these processes, and countless others, can be carried out. It is only after we reach a state disrepair that physical signs and symptoms begin to develop and illness ensues, it is at this point that most people feel that something is wrong or that they've "Lost" their health! The reality however is quite the contrary; the body becomes ill when the balance shifts from regeneration and healing to degeneration and biological decay. We need very few things to maintain our Health; Rest, Good Water, Nutrient Packed Organic Whole Foods, and a Clear Nervous System so our brain can keep everything working the way it’s intended to!
However, I am regularly astounded by how many people truly believe that various drugs and conventional approaches have performed some type of miracle by providing short-term relief of pain or discomfort. Little do many people know that when a drug works, it may be at the cost of suppressing the body's natural response to the disease, thereby creating a much more serious physical and/or mental disease.
Although antibiotics and other drugs may be an exception to this general observation, getting rid of an infection will not influence the immune factors that led the person to become susceptible to said infection in the first place. In fact, antibiotics are known to disrupt one`s inner ecology, disturbing many biological processes such as the assimilation of nutrients, and antibiotics even tend to make the individual more susceptible to new infection.
Painkillers, on the other hand, may provide great reduction in discomfort, but this relief may result in the person continuing to walk on that injured ankle inevitably causing increased injury while feeling the numbing effects of the pharmaceutical industry. A person with arthritis, as another very relevant example, while they may continually find relief by taking one or more painkilling drugs, these drugs also create their own issues like increased tolerance, addiction, or pathology, all of which usually lead to much more serious health problems.
What people don't understand is that there may be a danger in the frequent or recurrent application of treatments to suppress symptoms. The concept of suppressing symptoms is well accepted and understood in psychology. It is commonly observed when a person suppresses his or her emotions, such actions tend to push the emotional turmoil deeper, leading the person to explode at some future time (often at people who are not directly related to the origin of the person`s problem).
While people may be familiar with the problems associated with the suppression of emotions, people are generally not familiar with the possibility that many conventional medical treatments can suppress their physical symptoms, driving the disease in deeper. However, suppression of disease has become such commonplace in today's world of medical treatment that it is virtually ignored.
Doctors and drug companies tend to minimize the real problems of suppressing the disease process by referring to the "side effects" of a drug, yet, pharmacologists commonly note that the determining of a drug`s "Direct Effects" and its "Side Effects" are completely arbitrary. They are both the direct effect of the drug(s) on the human body.
Ironically, many conventional drugs are touted specifically for their ability to suppress symptoms or even suppress the body's own immune system. Ultimately, pushing the disease deeper into the person as a result of using pharmacological agents that are explicitly prescribed for their ability to control or inhibit symptoms. What we fail to consider is that these symptoms are the natural defensive functions of the body and suppression of disease while it may provide some semblance of benefit, it ultimately makes the person much sicker. Such suppression of the disease process may lead to increased chronic disease, immune dysfunction, and mental illness, all of which have become seen in epidemic proportions in our elderly populations.
As a Chiropractor, I recognize that true healing comes from within each of us. Our bodies are constantly regenerating themselves. Did you know that you make 2.5 million Red Blood Cells every second? We're all familiar with the fact that we replace skin cells and hair regularly, but that is happening on a deeper level every second of our lives. The bottom line is that the healthier we are the better all of these processes, and countless others, can be carried out. It is only after we reach a state disrepair that physical signs and symptoms begin to develop and illness ensues, it is at this point that most people feel that something is wrong or that they've "Lost" their health! The reality however is quite the contrary; the body becomes ill when the balance shifts from regeneration and healing to degeneration and biological decay. We need very few things to maintain our Health; Rest, Good Water, Nutrient Packed Organic Whole Foods, and a Clear Nervous System so our brain can keep everything working the way it’s intended to!
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