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Hot or Cold for Injuries?
How to Know Which is
Best for You
Art Riggs
We all know that
treating an injury immediately after it happens can
help minimize the pain and damage as well as
facilitate recovery. But after rolling your ankle in
a soccer game, or hurting your back when lifting
your toddler, or tweaking your knee when stepping
out of your car, what's best? Should you ice it to
try to control inflammation, or would heat be better
to promote circulation?
While it's difficult to establish a fail-safe rule
for when to apply ice or heat, the general directive
is to use ice for the first forty-eight to
seventy-two hours after an acute injury and then
switch to heat.
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Diet & Nutrition: |
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The
Power of Antioxidants:
“Power Food”, “Super Fruit”,
“Antioxidant”, “Phytochemical” . . . these are all words
that have become a common part of our vocabulary today.
As scientists and medical researchers learn more about
what causes diseases and illnesses, we, as consumers
hear more and more about the “right” foods to eat and
the foods we should avoid. This information can be
confusing and frustrating . . . especially when we can’t
pronounce, much less spell, some of the words.
Antioxidants have been identified for many years.
In a “nut shell”, antioxidants are substances or
nutrients found in our food that can prevent or slow
damage to our bodies that is caused from oxidation.
There is a paradox in the metabolic process; while the
majority of life on Earth requires oxygen for existence,
oxygen can cause damage to living organisms. Every cell
in the human body uses oxygen to produce energy.
During the normal process of using oxygen and nutrients
to create energy (metabolism), oxygen can react with
compounds in the body to produce unstable molecules
called free radicals. When
two free radicals react with each other they can produce
toxins and damage. Antioxidants act as “free
radical scavengers” to prevent and repair damage that is
done by the free radicals. Health problems such as
diabetes, cancer, and heart disease are contributed to
damage caused by oxidation.
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Statement:
Desert Oasis Therapeutic Massage provides premium quality
therapeutic massage as well as other holistic services, at affordable prices, to
clientele in a safe, relaxing, and trusting environment. We
help facilitate the client’s journey toward health and
healing by listening, tuning-in, providing positive
therapeutic touch, and education about massage and
self-care.
Make your appointment today:
Massage
(928) 684-2539
Dietitian
(928) 231-1762 Chiropractic
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