Drinking Plenty of Water Is Crucial to Your Good Health
Posted on 03. Oct, 2009 by admin in Chiropractic Santa Barbara, wellness
Chiropractors, like your Santa Barbara Chiropractor, are determined to educate their patients about the importance of drinking a sufficient amount of water daily. The chant is “Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate!” Water is second only to air when it comes to human survival. Survival instincts, then, would seem to assure that we would drink enough water as habitually as we breathe in air. (Most individuals are not breathing enough either, but let’s talk about why staying well-hydrated is so important.) Your good health is based on your drinking water, and lots of it. Every cell, tissue, organ and system in your body depends on the water you drink to function properly. Water is the base for saliva and the fluids surrounding the joints. Your blood is kept circulating and your body temperature and metabolism are regulated by water. Drinking plenty of water daily has been shown to improve nutrient absorption and toxin removal, and to reduce heartburn, hypertension, exhaustion, and headaches.
When it comes to conditions created by dehydration, athletes are especially at risk. “Physiologically, their core body temperature could be higher than it should have been if they were hydrated. Their heart rate will be higher, and they’re going to perceive that they’re working harder than they actually are,” said Susan Yeargin, assistant professor of athletic training in Indiana State’s College of Nursing, Health, and Human Services. A high percentage of collegiate and professional athletes begin the season dehydrated, putting their health at risk even before they begin strenuous workouts, according to researchers at Indiana State University. In fact, eighty percent of football players displayed symptoms of dehydration during pre-season physical examinations.
Confused about how much water is enough water? Chiropractors, like most health care professionals, advise no less than eight, 8-ounce glasses of water daily for most patients, however for our athletic patients, or for patients who carry around excess weight or exercise or work where it’s hot, we advise even more. How can you be sure if you, personally, are drinking a sufficient amount of water? The color of your urine is a good gauge. You’re well-hydrated if it is a light, pale yellow!
Santa Barbara Chiropractic Asks: Do Tension Headaches or Migraines Interfere With Your Life?
Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by admin in headaches and migraines
If you suffer from tension headaches or migraines, Santa Barbara Chiropractic knows that you are painfully aware of their dibilitating impact.
Tension headaches: Like it or not, life can be a pain, now and then, and end up as a tension headache. Most individuals have been impacted by more than one. If you are someone who’s had a tension headache, then you probably experience it as a dull, painful ache in your head that is sometimes accompanied by a sensation of tightness or pressure along your forehead or on the sides and back of your head. Sometimes, you might feel a tenderness of your scalp, neck and shoulder muscles, and occasionally you may experience a loss of appetite.
Tension headaches are generally characterized as mild to moderately intense. The severity of the pain varies from one headache to another in the same person, as well as from one individual to another You may develop tension headaches all the time or they may take place from time to time. If your headaches occur fifteen or more days a month for a minimum of three months, they’re considered chronic. If tension headaches are interrupting your life, chiropractic treatment may be the remedy. Contact your chiropractor today.
Migraine Headaches: Migraine headaches differ from the average tension-related headache. As reported by the National Headache Foundation, migraines frequently occur on only one side of the head. The throbbing or pulsating pain is accompanied by nausea or vomiting. One-fifth of migraine sufferers have auras, visual disruptions an hour before a migraine attack, and symptoms such as pulsating light, lines or dots.
Are you an individual who suffers from migraines? If you are, you know the disruptive, debilitating effects that this kind of affliction can have on your life. The pain of a migraine headache can put you out of commission for hours, for days, for a lifetime, and standard over-the-counter medications are not only ineffective but, like prescription drugs, they all too frequently have alarming side effects. It’s time to finally get rid of the pain and get your life back! Chiropractic management has been proven to be highly beneficial in relieving and eliminating migraine headaches. Call your chiropractor today!
Your Santa Barbara Chiropractor Wants You to Know That A Minor Car Accident Can Make a Big Impact on Your Health
Posted on 21. May, 2009 by admin in whiplash
Your Santa Barbara Chiropractor has treated hundreds of people for whiplash injuries. Some sustained their injuries from what they considered a minor fender-bender. If you drive a big car and you’re in an accident it’s easy to assume that you haven’t been injured if your car doesn’t look “hurt.” After all, isn’t that the reason you’re driving a big vehicle? It’s for protection, right? Then you might find it a bit disturbing to learn that research has proved that occupants of vehicles, both large and compact, can be hurt considerably more than might be expected from a minor auto accident. In reality, as far as your body is concerned, there’s truly no such thing as a “minor” fender-bender.
Let’s face it. There are going to be reverberations when your body is compelled to stop abruptly and unexpectedly. An emergency room attendant may offer you a clean bill of health because you haven’t sustained any broken bones, and you may be given a prescription for drugs to reduce the muscle spasms that you are surely experiencing due to the structural changes in your neck or lower back that you encountered from the impact. But, your condition could go from bad to much, much worse unless you’re treated for the injuries you’ve sustained. In fact, many individuals experience problems years after an auto accident as the consequence of their not getting the help that was necessary for them in the first place.
Your Santa Barbara Chiropractor absolutely knows what your body undergoes during an auto accident. Chiropractic techniques include treatment for soft tissue injuries and spinal bio-mechanics impairment. And your chiropractor is an expert in rehabilitation strategies.
If you’ve experienced a minor auto accident, even if your car may not require much repair, you probably do. Neck and back traumas are not only painful in the regions in which they take place, but they can also cause pain, tingling, and numbness in your arms and hands and cause headaches days, weeks, even months after an accident occurs.
You can get back on the road to feeling good again with drug-free, natural chiropractic care. It will go a long way in putting the trauma of your accident where it belongs – in the past. Furthermore, because your chiropractor has experience communicating effectively with insurance companies and lawyers, not only will you undergo less physical stress, but less emotional stress, too!
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