Looking After Yourself

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Benefits of regular massage include…

• Reduced Stress 
• Allow Relaxation
• Improve health
• Increase Circulation
• Aids Anxiety and Depression
• Release negative energy
• Reduce Pain and Stiffness 
• Bring relief for pain in the shoulder, neck, and lower back
• Aid in the repair and recovery of the body from illness and injury
• Detoxify the body

It may help to make you feel freer and have more mobility to your joints without that achiness and soreness feeling.  

At Heart, Mind and Soul we work with many clients with specific types of ailments including:

Parkinson’s - Many clients find that having a massage helps them to relax. We also target trigger points which helps to release tension within the body.

Amputees - Massage treatment may increase the blood flow to the amputation area, which may in turn help to improve circulation. 

Stroke Patients - Massage therapy may help with rehabilitation after having a stroke. Massage treatments can help an individual client who has had a stroke by increasing serotonin levels, or alleviating depression and anxiety.

Depression and Anxiety - Massage can help to relieve physical symptoms which go hand in hand with depression. It may also help to relieve fatigue and sleeping problems.

PTSD - Massage therapy treatment may help improve circulation and release tension to promote relaxation. It also reduces the effect of the stress hormones, fatigue and may help to prompt a clearer mind set.

Fibromyalgia - Massage may help with relaxation to improve sleep. It also improves muscle toxins. When suffering with headaches, massage may give relief to tightness of muscles, especially when suffering with fibromyalgia.

Learning Difficulties - Massage may help support clients with learning difficulties. Suffering with stress and anxiety can be eased, as well as easing tight and achy muscles, and poor sleep. Massage should be considered as an important part of therapy with clients that have learning difficulties and are under a management programme.

Medicine the Natural Way to get well and stay well with Dian Dincin Buchman, an alternative medicine pioneer and writer and we just love hey way of thinking! Here are some of her best hints and tips: 

ARTHITIS:

Take apple cider vinegar baths. Or take ginger root baths. Drink small amounts of tea while in the bath.

Drink burdock, or burdock burr tea: 1 cup three times a day, for a month and a half. Alternate with Cleansing teas and use detoxification procedures. Arthritis is systemic problems. Always consult a GP before use.

PAIN RELIEF:

Catnip: Prepare a tea from sprays and flowers of the catnip plant. Use a very small amount in the morning or evening, or a teaspoon immediately before meals. Catnip tea soothes the nerves. Always consult a GP before use.

CRAMPS AND MUSCLE SPASMS:

Arnica: Use arnica lotion or ointment on a cramp or muscle spasms. Eucalyptus Oil you can apply to the muscle spam. Olbas Oil or Lotion, this will be prepared combination of various herbal oil is very effective for massage, sport-induced cramps and muscle spasms.

Vinegar: Apply compresses of apple cider vinegar to the body on the area of the cramp, spasm, or tension. Use serval cups of vinegar in the bath water. Always consult a GP before use.

BOILS & ABSCESSES:

Cabbage: Break large ridges. Dip the leaves in warm water. Apply. Replaces when warm.

Fig: Split fig and apply hot. This is especially effective for a boil on the gum.

Radish: Many European countries used sliced root of radish on large boils.

Always consult a GP before use.

BLISTERS:

Apply peach pit tea to the blister. Ice application are also remarkably effective. Always consult a GP before use.

MEMORY: 

Rosemary Ancient use of this herb included drinking tea to “comfort the brain and refresh the memory”. Ginseng / Add a few grains of ginseng powered to daily herbal teas as a memory aid and stimulant. Special double-blind test has shown the memory action of adult students to be increased with small amounts of ginseng in the diet.

  Parkinson's develops when cells in the brain stop working properly and are lost over time. These brain cells produce a chemical called dopamine. Symptoms start to appear when the brain cannot make enough dopamine to control movement properly.

There are three main or most noticeable symptoms are:

· Tremor (shaking)

· Slowness of movement

· Rigidity (muscle stiffness)

But there are many other symptoms too. (This information found via the link below) https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/types-parkinsonism

How can Massage Therapy help and what is it?

Many people over thousands of years have used massage therapy for a healing injury and use it for relaxation. It also helps with mobility and to ease pain discomfort, helps with, motor symptoms and sense of wellbeing. 

There are many types of massage that can be used to help you with your condition. Some types of massage can help with but may be vigorous like a deep tissue or sport massage.

When having a massage, the therapist might just focus on one part or the whole area of the body. There has been lots of research with has taken place to say that massage may help with regards to lowering the pain levels.

Massage has been known to help with flexibility and joints movement. When having a massage, it should not hurt but there might be discomfort if pressure is applied to the tender area.

After massage, the therapist should go through the aftercare with you. There may be some soreness, redness or bruising for two to three days. 

Always make sure you use a therapist that is registered and insured with a professional body. The therapist should hold and be able to show you qualifications certificate. 

For further information go to hello@parksions.org.uk

(Heart Mind & Soul take no responsibility for injury whilst undertaking these or any other forms of exercise)

Our top tip that we like to use is Echinacea Cold and Flu Capsules, which is a traditional herbal medicinal product used to relive the symptoms of the common cold and influenza type infections.

For more information on how to stay fit and healthy, please feel free to contact Debbie directly for a chat about various remedied and therapies.

 What is the difference between the coronavirus and the influenza virus?

The speed of transmission is an important point of difference between the two viruses.

Influenza has a shorter median incubation period (the time from infection to appearance of symptoms) and a shorter serial interval (the time between successive cases) than COVID-19 virus. 

The serial interval for COVID-19 virus is estimated to be 5-6 days, while for influenza virus, the serial interval is 3 days. This means that influenza can spread faster than COVID-19.

Further, transmission in the first 3-5 days of illness, or potentially pre-symptomatic transmission –transmission of the virus before the appearance of symptoms – is a major driver of transmission for influenza. 

In contrast, while we are learning that there are people who can shed COVID-19 virus 24-48 hours prior to symptom onset, at present, this does not appear to be a major driver of transmission.

 ‘When the student is ready 

the teacher will appear’
Buddhist Proverb 

What is Reiki?  

Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by ‘laying on hands’ and is based on the idea that an unseen ‘life force energy’ flows through
us and is what causes us to be alive. 

If one's ‘life force energy’ is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

The word Reiki is made of two Japanese words - Rei which means ‘God's Wisdom or the Higher Power’ and Ki which is ‘life force energy’. So Reiki is actually ‘spiritually guided life force energy"

Reiki is a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement that everyone can use.

It has been effective in helping virtually every known illness and malady and always creates a beneficial effect.

It also works in conjunction with all other medical or therapeutic techniques to relieve side effects and promote recovery. 

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  Turmeric

Helps may help with Arthritis & Joint Pain. 

May reduces the chronic Inflammation and Inflammation in the body’s immune system responding to irritation. 

May help with the aids weight Loss as obesity can lead to several different health issues, such as high blood pressure, pressure to the joints. 

Turmeric may help Improves Skin Health as our skin is the all-important, outermost protective layer of our body.  

  Devils Claw 

This is a traditional herbal medicinal product that is used for the relief of backache, rheumatic or muscular pain, and general aches and pains in the muscles and joints. 

It may help to relief of Arthritis. Devil’s claws are the ability to reduce discomfort to your joints. Devils Claw is known as natural Painkillers. It has been proven to be effective for arthritis pain.