Gregg Braden
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 Medically, it's defined as an autoimmune disorder that results when the substance that normally carries the instructions between a person's nerves and muscles (acetylcholine) is absorbed by a special chemical—one produced by the person's own body.
So while my grandfather could think a thought that commanded his body to "sit upright," for example, and his brain would send the signal of that thought to his body, the muscles would never receive it. The chemical would "hijack" the signal. |
Paula Begoun
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 Creatine is a compound found naturally in our muscles, and the body uses it to form the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) molecule. ATP serves as a burst of fuel for our muscles when they are subjected to intense or strenuous use. In essence, creatine stimulates production of a molecule that makes our muscles perform more efficiently under stress. How this ever got parlayed to hair-care is anyone's guess, but with all the fad ingredients on the market today, I suppose Avon just wanted to put a new spin on things. |
Ray D. Strand
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 Magnesium helps relax the bronchospasms of the muscles in the lungs. Since spasms of these muscles is what narrows their airways, this will help open them up.
I always tell parents that it takes about six months to build up a child's antioxidant and immune systems, so they shouldn't get too anxious. If I see them in the spring, I tell parents their child will be doing much better in the fall. All of my child patients with hay fever or asthma have improved using this nutritional supplement program. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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 These drugs are promoted as medications that relax the back muscles that contribute to low-back pain. However, these medications act on the brain rather than the muscles to cause relaxation. In other words, they are sedatives. Since they do not do what they purport to do, I don't recommend using them.
The Bottom Line
I do not recommend that anyone use COX-2 inhibitors ever. If you have arthritis pain I recommend medications that are sold over the counter and therefore don't require a doctor's prescription, including ibuprofen (Motrin,
Advil) and naproxen (Naprosyn, Aleve). |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
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 Stress activates the sympathetic leg of the nervous system and the release of stress hormones that amp up production of adrenaline and divert blood flow to the large muscles. The body needs this power because it "thinks" it has to run away from or fight something. This is the so-called fight or flight response. When you are in this response mode, blood flows more to the heart and large muscles and correspondingly less to the digestive system and other vital organs that are not immediately necessary for a fight or flight. |
Gregg Braden
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| Called myasthenia gravis, this condition makes itself known when a person's body becomes unresponsive to the intention to move muscles, stand up straight, or even do something as simple as hold his or her head up. Medically, it's defined as an autoimmune disorder that results when the substance that normally carries the instructions between a person's nerves and muscles (acetylcholine) is absorbed by a special chemical—one produced by the person's own body. |
Rick Levy and Lou Aronica
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| On the physical side, stress activates the sympathetic leg of the nervous system and the release of stress hormones that amp-up production of adrenaline and divert blood flow to the large muscles. The body needs this power because it "thinks" it has to run away from or fight something. This is the so-called "fight or flight" response. When you are in this response mode, blood flows more to the heart and large muscles and correspondingly less to the digestive system and other vital organs that are not immediately necessary for a fight or flight. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 When you don't have B vitamins and the proper amount of magnesium, zinc and calcium in your body, guess what happens to all the muscles in your body? They all start to sag. The muscles lose their proper shape. This includes the muscles in your heart, biceps, hamstrings, and chest. When the heart valve is misshapen, even in a minor way, things can start to go wrong in your circulatory system. If you were to take nutritional supplements, or get nutrition through whole food concentrates, then your heart would begin to literally "shape up. |
Jack Challem
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 Slow-twitch muscles are best for steady, low-force aerobic activities, including aerobic dance, cycling, hiking, jogging, snow shoeing, stair climbing, swimming, and walking. In contrast, fast-twitch muscles are better for short bursts of energy, such as those required for baseball, basketball, golf, handball, martial arts, skiing, sprinting, tennis, weight lifting, and yoga.
Important Considerations while Exercising
• Stay hydrated. Physical activity should make you sweat, and that means you need to stay hydrated. Take regular breaks to drink water. |
Andreas Moritz
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 A More Flexible Body
Physical flexibility is a measure of how well the organs, joints, muscles, connective tissues, and cells are nourished by the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. The digestive and metabolic processes that make these nutrients and substances available to the cells need to be in top condition for health to be a real and long-lasting outcome. Stiffness in the joints and muscles indicates the presence of acidic metabolic waste products in these parts of the body owing to poor digestive and eliminadve functions. |
Ron Garner
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 As it fills, a nerve reflex initiates the contraction of the muscles of the bladder impelling a need to expel its contents via the urethra.
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
The main function of the respiratory system is to supply oxygen to the bloodstream from the air we breathe, and to remove carbon dioxide, some water, and other gaseous waste products from the blood. Its main components are the nasal passages, the trachea or windpipe, and the lungs. The lungs are two cone-shaped organs occupying the greater part of the
Figure 3.3 Respiratory system chest cavity above the diaphragm. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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 In flotation tanks, the latest innovation in the realm of hydrotherapy, common salt (sodium chloride) is used not only to soothe aching muscles but also to support the patient's body-weight, making flotation more comfortable. Flotation tanks often have inbuilt motivational tapes playing, or calming relaxing music, to heighten the enjoyment of this recreational experience.
HYDROTHERAPY AND ASTHMA
A relaxed body responds positively to healing, a tense body rejects it. |
Bottom Line Health
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| Starting with your feet, begin to relax your muscles, progressively moving up the body to the top of the head. While you do this, breathe in slowly and naturally through your nose and out through your mouth. As you exhale, silently repeat a focus word or phrase that has meaning for you, such as "peace." Push away distracting thoughts by focusing on your breathing and the word you have chosen to repeat.
•Take naps. Surveys show that most Americans don't get as much sleep as they need (most of us require seven to eight hours a night). |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| However, these medications act on the brain rather than the muscles to cause relaxation. In other words, they are sedatives. Since they do not do what they purport to do, I don't recommend using them.
The Bottom Line
I do not recommend that anyone use COX-2 inhibitors ever. If you have arthritis pain I recommend medications that are sold over the counter and therefore don't require a doctor's prescription, including ibuprofen (Motrin,
Advil) and naproxen (Naprosyn, Aleve). |
| For this reason they can block the smooth muscles in the blood vessels in these areas and cause the blood vessels to dilate. This changes blood flow to the brain, which is associated with dizziness, fatigue, and the possibility of postural hypotension. Since Flomax is more specific to the adrenergic receptors in the prostate, it has fewer of these side effects. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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| In the early stages the therapist talks quietly to the patient, repeating suggestions that they are tired, or has the subject look at an object such as a spinning wheel. Eye muscles become tired, the eyelids become heavy and close involuntarily and the subject enters a light trance. At this stage simple movements can be performed on request, such as raising an arm. A deep hypnotic state follows and the patient becomes receptive to post-hypnotic suggestions, or can be guided into past behaviour. |
J. Douglas Bremner
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| A moderate investment of time is all that's needed: fifteen to thirty minutes of weight training two to three times per week provides the bone density you need to prevent osteoporosis if you work all your different muscle groups and let your muscles rest for a day between workouts. Of course, it's great if you can start resistance training before you enter menopause, but even if you start later you will avoid the usual bone loss and even increase bone density slightly. |
| This technique involves alternately contracting individual muscles and relaxing with exhalation, progressing through the body one muscle group at a time.
Behavioral changes are highly effective and last longer than drug therapy. About 80% of patients will show improvement: The time it takes to fall asleep is reduced from sixty-five minutes to thirty-five minutes, sleep time is increased by thirty minutes, and subjective ratings of sleep quality are higher. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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| The main massage movements are: ţeffleurage: light, slow, rhythmic, surface stroking usually with the palms and fingertips ţpetrissage: medium pressure kneading, squeezing, rolling and releasing to warm the muscles ţfriction: heavy, small, circular movements made with one or more fingers, the heel of the hand or pads of the thumbs to relieve muscle tension ţpercussion or tapotement: short, fast, rhythmic, drumming movements using the cupped palms of the hands, delivered briskly but lightly ţvibration: trembling movement ţrolfing: heavy pressure (see pages 156-7). |
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| These drugs, which are designed to help relax airway muscles and improve breathing, include Serevent and Advair. As a group, they are expected to gross nearly $7 billion in consumer sales this year.
THE STUDY
Dr. Shelley Salpeter, a clinical professor of medicine at Stanford University, and his colleagues launched a broad review, or meta-analysis, examining the results of 19 asthma drug studies that involved nearly 34,000 patients.
They found that people who used long-acting beta-agonists had a 2.6 times greater risk of asthma-related hospitalization, a 1. |
Ron Garner
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| Symptoms of lowered immunity in our bodies can be: frequent colds and flu, herpes (cold sores), allergies, continual fatigue, Candida yeast overgrowth, painful joints and muscles, parasite infections, psoriasis, eczema, and inflammatory disorders.
Healthy immunity is dependent on a healthy ecology in the gastrointestinal tract. This includes having the right food and all necessary enzymes to completely break it down into its component molecules so the body can process it for its needs. It depends on a healthy stock of bowel bacteria in the intestines. |
Dr Ron Roberts
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| HELLERWORK
Concentrates on the connective fascia tissue that wraps around the bundles of fibres making up muscles. It works on mind-body integration in a way similar to rolfing and the Alexander technique, restoring balance to the body, relaxing and releasing accumulated stress and tension.
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Iridologists believe that markings and changes in the irises of the eyes can locate and diagnose mind and body problems. Experienced iridologists are capable of recognising early warning signs of illnesses before symptoms arise and recommend patients see their doctor. |
Ron Garner
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| Some alternative health practitioners also believe fibromyalgia is often just Candida in the muscles.38
Once yeast has overgrown and infected other areas of the body, bowel toxemia and deficiency problems must be corrected. Yeast proliferates in an alkaline environment. Attempting to kill the yeast using drugs is only working on the symptom. In women especially, a yeast infection can be temporarily controlled in two or three days by drinking unsweetened cranberry juice or water to which a tablespoon of unpasteurized apple cider vinegar has been added. |
| Stomach
The stomach is a muscular reservoir located mostly on the left side of the body just below the diaphragm. The muscles of the stomach are in three layers, each running in a different direction. They mix food with hydrochloric acid and various enzymes produced in the stomach, and empty the resulting contents of the stomach, known as chyme, into the small intestine.
The inner lining of the stomach is a mucus membrane that secretes protective mucus and digestive enzymes. The types and quantities of enzymes produced depend on the type and quantity of food put into the stomach. |
| In addition to removing poisons, colonics exercise colon muscles, help to reshape the colon, and stimulate colon reflex points that relate to other organs and parts of the body.
Colonic irrigations are safe and have been practiced for hundreds of years. Present-day fears about colon therapy are based on misinformation. Records of the use of enemas date back to about 1500 bc in Egypt. In the 1800s and early 1900s in North America, enemas were in common use as a means of maintaining health. |
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| The result is a shortage of the brain-signaling chemical dopamine, which triggers the muscles that allow fluid body movements, such as lifting an arm or walking. The decline in dopamine levels leads to tremor, slowness of movement, stiffness of the limbs and trunk, difficulty walking and lack of facial expression.
Younger Look, No Face-Lift!
David Colbert, MD, FAAD, founder, New York Dermatology Group, a private dermatological practice and research facility, New York City. His patients include many people in the film and television industry. |
| Some doctors prefer to hold off prescribing levodopa in favor of a dopamine agonist, a drug that mimics the effects of dopamine, a chemical in the brain that allows the muscles of the body to make fluid movements. Dopamine agonists reduce Parkinson's-related disabilities—and work even better when combined with levodopa.
Dopamine agonists that have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are bromocriptine (Parlodel), pergolide (Per-max), pramipexole (Mirapex), ropinirole (Re-quip) and apomorphine (Apokyn). |
Peter h. Fraser and Harry Massey
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 Because muscles may become the repositories of pollutants, such as lead, if your body cannot excrete or otherwise deal with such pollutants, this Driver field generally aids bioenergetically in the detoxifying process. At the cellular level, the Muscle Driver is linked specifically to monocytes, which among other functions act as scavengers to clear dead cells from your body, especially around the site of infections. |
| Connective tissues, made up of collagen arrays, also set up electrical fields that, in part, are generated by movements—the contractions and extensions of muscles and tendons for example. Nerves and glands also produce electrical fields as they conduct signals and secrete fluids, respectively. Everywhere within the body there are electrical fields interacting. |
| He never had the opportunity to develop upper body muscles or equilibrium and balance. ... He never crawled. He scooted for a couple of months, then walked at about thirteen months.
"When Mark was two he had his tonsils and adenoids removed. This seemed to help his reflux a little. Mark did not talk until he was three. At this time, it was still mostly grunts and pointing, with some sign language he had learned.
"Mark seemed to be sick all the time, so he was not up to date on immunizations. At one point when he was not running a fever, we went to have them administered. |
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