February 28, 2008 at 6:12 am (Hypertension, Signs, diet, health, life, physical therapist, stroke, therapist, therapists, therapy)
Tags: diet, health, Hypertension, life, Signs, stroke, therapist, therapists, therapy
>Liquid Diet
This diet is based on fruit and vegetable juice and is carried out for 2 to 4 weeks.
It includes juice and compote days, where you drink one liter of natural apple juice (or any other fruit) or eat one and a half kilos of apples as a compote in either four or six meals.
Between half and three quarters of a liter of water may also be drunk, this should be preferably mineral water or herbal tea made with horsetail or corn stigmata, with no added sugar.
>Raw Food Diet
Very little salt, or none at all, should be used.
This helps reduce the cholesterol levels in the blood and provide sufficient amounts of vitamin K (important for the elimination of hypertensive substances).
>Salt-Free food diet
This is the ideal diet for someone with high blood pressure.
Once a week, eat only rice (250-300 grams), very ripe fruit and natural juic, sweetened with honey, if required. This diet is very low in sodium, includes 20g of protein and contains 2,000 calories.
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February 20, 2008 at 1:28 am (Cancer, Signs, cough, health, life, physical therapist, therapist, therapists, therapy)
Tags: bowel movement, Cancer, Cautions, cough, discharges, indigestion, lump, Signs, sore, therapist, therapists
Many cancer can be cured if early detected:
This are the Warning Signs:
>CAUTION
C- Changes in Bowel Movement
A- A sore that doesn’t heal
U- Unusual bleeding or discharges
T- Thickening or lump in breast
I- Indigestion or difficulty in swallowing
O- Obvious changes in warts and moles
N- Nagging cough or hoarseness
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February 18, 2008 at 1:59 am (Religion, health, life, paralysis, physical therapist, science, sun, therapist, therapists, therapy)
Tags: health, life, paralysis, physical therapy, Religion, science, sun, therapist, therapists, therapy
Everything that God made are very useful… The SUN is one of them. The importance of the healing power of the sun was well known in ancient times by the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans who deified it as a source of light and health.
The effects of the sun attributed to each type of radiation:
- increases skin temperature
- increases blood flow to the surface of the body
- Stimulates the hypophysis (pituitary gland)
- Increases HORMONE production
- Balances the vegetative nervous system
- Creates a feeling of mental and physical well being.
- Disinfects the skin
- Produces Vitamin D, which promotes the absorption of calcium in the intestine.
- increases defenses against infections.
- Increases the production of blood.
Studying the effects on sunlight on bacteria and other microorganisms, it was shown how diffuse light curbs their development while direct sunlight destroys them completely.
Today HELIOTHERAPY is an effective medical treatment that has been fully recognized by the world’s scientific community..
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February 8, 2008 at 2:34 am (bell's palsy, health, life, paralysis, physical therapist, therapy)
Tags: bell's palsy, health, life, massage, paralysis, therapy
I had a patient before, he is 53 years old.. He went to the rehabilitation center for therapy. He had a problem with his face. The left side was all weak, he can’t even close his left eye. The physiatrist diagnosed it as Bell’s Palsy. He thought that it was just an ordinary facial paralysis. “Bell’s Palsy and Facial Paralysis is different”, the doctor said and he came up with comparison
POINTS of COMPARISON BELL’S PALSY FACIAL PARALYSIS
Etiology Unknown CVA, tumors, vascular lesion’
UMNL/LMNL Lower/LMNL Upper/UMNL
Type of lesion Peripheral Central
Distribution ipsilateral contralateral
Muscle tone Flaccid Spastic
Nerve affected Facial Nerve No specific nerve (all)
Skin Condition Dry Dry
No one knows the cause of Bell’s Palsy but there are some common suspected causes:
- virus
- compression of nerve
- bacteria
- drugs
- cold temperature
- trauma of the facial nerve
- Pressure of facial nerve due to tumor
As a physical therapist this are the treatments I did:
1. Facial Massage for 5-10 minutes twice a day in a chin – forehead direction to maintain the tone.
2. Infrared on the affected side to increase the blood supply and decrease skin resistance before ES application.
3. Electrical Nerve Stimulation application to the nerve and muscle.
4. Hot moist pack to hasten recovery and relief of pain.
5. Patient Education and advice. Patient should lie down at intervals to reduce the effects of gravity upon the paralyzed muscle. The eye should be blinked regularly because the blink reflex is lost.
6. The most important of all is Facial Exercise. The patient should do:
- Closing eyelids
- Frowning
- Expression of surprise
- Wrinkling of the nose
- Pursing of the lips
- Compresses the cheek against the teeth
- Blowing
- Smiling
That’s it.. My patient was just treated for 3 weeks. And miracle happened..
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February 7, 2008 at 6:16 am (life, physical therapist, therapy)
Tags: life, physical therapist, problems, therapy
I would be happy to share what I learned in my life about health and anything that affects human life. Thanks! Hope to here comments from you soon..
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