Ten Ways to Boost Your Health

Not sure how to keep healthy? Well here are 10 ways to boost your health! 

1. Check your health
2. Drink less alcohol
3. Eat less salt and fat
4. Exercise regularly
5. Eat more fruit and veg
6. Keep stress in check
7. Improve your sleep
8. Quit smoking
9. Get a sexual health check
10. Check that lump

These may all seem very obvious things to do to you, but some people are completely oblivious and don't realise that these 10 tips can really help boost your health! 

Alternative Treatments for Chronic Pain Syndrome

Chronic pain syndrome is an all too common condition which comes about after a trauma in many cases. Whether it’s a hard fall, an RTA or something else the lasting damage of chronic pain syndrome can be life-changing. Learning to live with chronic pain syndrome takes time but considering some non-drug based treatments can help. Here are our five suggestions for alternative treatment for chronic pain.

Alternative Therapies

Although there isn’t any significant research to support the claim, evidence is beginning to suggest that acupuncture can provide significant relief from chronic pain syndrome. Other alternative therapies including massage, meditation and visiting an osteopath can also help to relieve symptoms.

Exercise

With recommendation from your GP light low-impact exercise such as walking and swimming can help relieve chronic pain. Many physiotherapy departments offer structured exercise classes which are designed to be gentle and help exercise the parts of your body which need to be stretched.

Physiotherapy

Sometimes your doctor will refer you for genuine physiotherapy or occupational therapy as opposed to exercising on your own. These sessions will be tailored to your medical needs and will work with your body to find ways of relieving your pain.

Nerve Stimulation

Nerve stimulation therapy comes in the form of electrical jolts (very small ones) being sent through the affected area of the body. The result is said to block the nerve impulses that cause the chronic pain. This type of therapy can be offered through a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) machine or you can have an implantable device fitted.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Cognitive behavioural therapy is a form of psychotherapy which has seen impressive results with some chronic pain patients. It works by helping you find ways to manage the discomfort you’re suffering and limit the extent to which it interferes with daily life. CBT helps many people who feel they are bound to lying in bed for the rest of their days realise there is scope for movement and there are possibilities.

All treatments should be sought with the support of a medical professional and should be tailored to your specific pain. 

Easy Exercise Ideas

Easy Exercise Ideas

Keeping healthy and exercising doesn't have to be a chore, or effort, as even house work could be your daily/ weekly exercise! So here are some easy exercise ideas to make exercising easy for you!

Yoga Tips

Tips to improve your Yoga practice

Yoga is a very good way to keep healthy, it cause weight loss, allows you to gain better balance and even have a better mental well being! Yoga isn't the easiest exercise to partake in, but here is a website on tips to improve your yoga practice.

Chronic Pain - Pain Management

"Clinicians who specialise in treating chronic pain now recognise that it is not merely a sensation, like vision or touch, but rather chronic pain is strongly influenced by the ways in which the brain processes the pain signals." For further information visit: http://www.spine-health.com/conditions/chronic-pain/chronic-pain-coping-techniques-pain-management

What is Acupuncture? What are the benefits?

Acupunture originates from China and has been practiced there for thousand of years. Acupuncture involves the insertion of very thin needles through a patients skin as specific points on the body. It is known that acupuncture has some therapeutic benefits, including pain relief and alleviation from nausea caused by chemotherapy. Acupuncture usually involves several weekly or fortnightly treatments and most sessions last about 30 minutes.
Some studies indicate that acupuncture may help in treating low back pain, migraines, post operative dental pain, hypertension, nausea and vomiting. For further information click this link where you'll be taken to a website explaining it all in more detail. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156488.php

Yoga Headstands for Beginners

A common yoga position is a headstand. The video below shows you a step by step of how to do the perfect headstand and how to do it right without injuring yourself. Headstands increase nutrients and blood flow to the scalp decreasing onset of grey hair, they also strengthen deep core muscles. Furthermore, by reversing the flow of gravity a headstand stimulates a 'face lift'. The inverted position of the headstand flushes fresh nutrients and oxygen to the face. 

Yoga Headstand for Beginners - GetFitWithLeyla:

Yoga for Beginners

http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Yoga-for-Absolute-Beginners

Creating a better mental well being within yourself or even trying to become healthier doesn't mean you have to partake n strenuous exercising, why not try a bit of yoga? But.. Never done yoga before? Well the link above shows all beginners how to do yoga. Furthermore, below is an image showing simple but effective yoga positions which can be done daily to help weight loss and create a better mental well being.

Guide on how to do Yoga for beginners

Here is a step by step guide showing beginners how to do yoga:
http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Yoga-for-Absolute-Beginners

Why do Yoga?

So, yoga, why do it? Well..

• It improves muscle tone and flexibility,
• Reduces stress and tension
• Boosts self esteem
• Improves concentration
• Lowers fat
• Improves circulation
• Stimulates the immune system and
• Creates sense of well being.

All great reasons why you should take up Yoga! But as well as all those benefits of doing yoga it can even help manage of control things such as: anxiety, back pain, chronic fatigue, depression, headaches, stress and other conditions and diseases. 

Want to read up more about this? http://yogasite.com/why.htm

Yoga

What is Yoga?

When it comes to wanting a healthy lifestyle there are many things you can do to maintain a healthy lifestyle. People tend to think to be healthy all you have to do is make sure what you're eating is healthy, however, there are other ways to make yourself even more healthier. Yoga.

"Yoga is a commonly known generic term for the physical, mental and spiritual practices or disciplines". Participating in yoga also helps for a healthy living. Not only does it make you look better physically is also helps mentally. Making you all round healthier.

For more information on this click the link above (What is Yoga?) where you will be taken to a Wikipedia page explaining in depth what yoga is and how it helps.