Tag: Nerves
Treating Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
Posted on Oct.11, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
The toes burn and tingle and sharp pains shoot into your legs. The bed sheets feel uncomfortable on the feet as you toss and turn, trying to get some rest. Your feet felt numb throughout the day, but now feel like they are on fire. Nothing seems to help as you watch the hours on the clock pass by, hoping to fall asleep.
Burning, numbness, tingling, hot and cold sensations, shooting and electrical pain are common sensations felt at rest in [...]
Diabetic Complications – Can Benfotiamine Help Prevent Them?
Posted on Oct.09, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
Diabetic complications contribute too many life threatening diseases globally. The root cause of diabetic complications is elevated glucose levels which contribute to blood vessel damage. Diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, or neuropathy are caused by damage to small blood vessel in the eyes, nerves and kidneys, etc. The bottom line of this damage is the lowering of the life expectancy of millions of diabetics worldwide.
What Can Be Done About It?
Few therapies are available today that treat diabetic complications. Most [...]
Exercises For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Posted on Oct.07, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
What is Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS), is a condition of the median nerve in the wrist being compressed as entering the inflamed carpal tunnel. Carpal tunnel is most common in heavy computer users, and seems to be most common at approximately age 50, although, can be acquired at any age. According to Wikipedia approximately 10% of the population will get CTS, however, risk can be reduced through proper exercise.
Known very simply as the Warm-Up Exercises, these exercises [...]
Don’t Let an Injury Set You Back: Use Cross Transference
Posted on Oct.01, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
Injuries upset competitive athletes because they know their competitors are still training. They can maintain fitness by using a training technique called cross transference, and so can you. Exercising one leg or arm helps to maintain strength, endurance and power in the other limb. The muscles in the injured limb are not strengthened directly because they are not being used. Cross transference strengthens nerves in both limbs, even though only one is being exercised (Journal of Applied [...]
Plantar Fasciitis and Heel Spurs
Posted on Sep.30, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
The common heel spur is an ailment striking people from a wide range of ages and activity levels. However, the cause of this injury is usually based upon the aggravation of Plantar Fasciitis. Though the two are often used synonymously there is a slight difference. While a heel spur is a condition in which a portion of bone irritates the fascia, the fascia can be inflamed in other manners. However, both conditions are often referred to as bone spurs and [...]
Muscle-Moving Machines Won’t Make You Fit
Posted on Sep.14, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
If you see ads for equipment that promises to make you fit by moving your muscles for you, save your money. Exercise strengthens your heart only when you do it vigorously enough to increase your heart rate at least 20 beats a minute above resting. A study done in 1998 showed why
passive exercise won?t make you fit. Men were asked to sit on a stationary bicycle with their feet on motor-driven pedals. When their feet were driven [...]
Reduce Hair Loss With A Thorough Head Massage
Posted on Aug.27, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
A thorough massage is necessary to improve the blood circulation of the scalp. By massaging the scalp the hair follicles are stimulated and the texture of the hair is also enhanced. Massaging activates the nerves and a sense of calmness in the mind ensues. This therapy is useful for people who have routine stress.
Everyday spend about 5-10 minutes massaging your hair with your fingers. Move your fingers circularly all over the head starting from the temporal parts to the occipital [...]
What is Root Canal Treatment?
Posted on Aug.23, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
Root canal treatment, also called root canal therapy, is a procedure used to treat
problems of the inside of the tooth, or the dental pulp. It is a way to save teeth that
might otherwise have to be pulled.
The treatment could involve from one to three visits to your dentist or Endodontist, (root canal specialist). During treatment, the diseased pulp is removed and the pulp chamber and root canals of the tooth are cleaned and sealed.
The root canals of [...]
Finding Out More About Alopecia Areata, Alopecia Totalis and Alopecia Universalis
Posted on Aug.22, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
Alopecia is a general term referring to hair loss which usually affects the scalp. However there are many different types of Alopecia, all with different effects on the body and that require different treatments. This article focuses on some of the most rapid and devastating types of Alopecia, namely Alopecia Areata, Alopecia Totalis and Alopecia Universalis.
So how prevalent are these types of Alopecia? Well according to the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF) these common but very challenging diseases [...]
Lasik Vision Correction – Look Into It More
Posted on Aug.20, 2009, under Health and Fitness No Comments
Lasik vision correction surgery is one of many procedures performed today, to correct vision. Other procedures include; implantable lens, CK, and procedures for presbyopia.
Only a few years ago this type of procedure would only have been a dream, but today it is possible. People are often concerned about the danger of operating on the eye. Although there are still risk of complications, the risk has been minimized by advances in the procedures.
Not all lasik procedures end with [...]
















































