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MHL StaffSummer is here
and tricky as the weather has been so have been my exercise
habits. A
few days hot and few days cold...I wanna run, rollerblade and
bike my way into good health but not in 60 degrees. Are you ready
to get your summer fitness routines started? I put in a special
article on common workout excuses to help motivate you to stick
with a rockin routine this summer.
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MODERN HEALTH AND LIVINGL
A GUIDE TO HEALTHY LIVING FOR MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN AND
SENIORS
A GUIDE TO HEALTHY LIVING FOR MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN AND
SENIORS
SUMMER GUIDE TO HEALTH AND ACTIVITIES
NATURAL HEALTH GUIDE
TABATA 4 MINUTE WORKOUT
DETOX DURING PREGNANCY...
IS IT SAFE?
TIPS TO BUSTCOMMON WORKOUTEXCUSES
WEIGHT LOSEWITH HYPNOSIS
ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR
PAIN RELIEF
IS YOUR CHILD
GETTING ENOUGH
CALCIUM?
SUMMER SENIOR LIVING
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Life is hectic. Nothing seems to work. Gym member-ships are
expensive. There is an endless list of reasons to skip a workout or
never begin exercising in the first place. With excuses blurring
the benefits, getting fit can be an even bigger challenge. TOPS
Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), the nonprofit weight loss
support or-ganization, provides tips to overcome justifications for
avoiding physical activity.
Im too busy.Make working out a priority and it will become
routine.
The best way to fit physical activity into your day is by
set-ting a schedule and writing it on the calendar. If you dont
have time for an hour of cardio or weight training, take steps to
ensure you move during the week take the stairs, park at the back
of the parking lot, do an abdominal workout during commercials.
Ten-minute mini exercises, such as a brisk walk during the lunch
hour, are also useful.
I feel self-conscious.Exercise at home with fitness DVDs and
resistance cables.
Once you have gained confidence, go outside, join a gym, or take
an exercise class. If you want to beat the crowds at the fitness
cen-ter, go mid-morning or late in the evening, when less people
are around.
I dont like working out.Perhaps running or weight lifting is too
monotonous for you.
Working out doesnt have to be something thats painful or boring.
Todays workout world offers a variety of options to stay fit yoga,
hik-ing, swimming, dancing, Pilates, recreational sports, and more.
Grab a friend and participate in a workout that you enjoy.
I dont know how.Personal trainers help people tailor their
exercises to their ability
and the proper intensity level. Whether you want to learn how to
cycle indoors, dance, or play a sport, fitness classes with
instructors can teach new movements and correct form. The staff at
most gyms should be well-versed in their facilitys equipment; dont
be afraid to ask for help.
I cant afford a gym membership.Although fitness centers have a
lot to offer, gym fees can be expensive. Per-
haps your communitys local recreation department offers low-cost
classes you can participate in. Walking or running outdoors are
free, effective activities. You may even want to consider
roller-blading. Fancy equipment isnt necessary to get in shape its
more important to stay active on a regular basis.
I cant get motivated.Make a list of reasons to workout to get
healthy, boost energy, look better in
your clothes, etc. Post the list in a place you look at everyday
to remind yourself of your workout ambitions. Friends are also a
great place to seek motivation. At TOPS, weekly chapter meetings
give members the opportunity to cheer for and encourage one another
in their weight-loss efforts.
I dont see any results.Its important to understand that exercise
may not produce immediate physi-
cal changes. Remember your long-term goals and think about how
working out makes you feel. Writing down the little improvements
you see on a daily basis can be helpful.
TOPS Club Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), the original,
nonprofit weight-loss support and wellness education organization,
was established more than 63 years ago to champion weight-loss
support and success. Founded and head-quartered in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, TOPS promotes successful, affordable weight management
with a philosophy that combines healthy eating, regular ex-ercise,
wellness information, and support from others at weekly chapter
meet-ings. TOPS has about 170,000 members in nearly 10,000 chapters
throughout the United States and Canada.
Visitors are welcome to attend their first TOPS meeting free of
charge. To find a local chapter, view www.tops.org or call (800)
932-8677.
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Often this is true if you have to put aside an hour or so to do,
what you feel, is a real workout, and even to try for a half hour
of exercise can be a problem for many. After all, we have our jobs,
whether they be at an off site office, or even a home of-fice. Even
if we are stay at home moms or dads, we have responsibilities that
take up hours of our daily lives. However we all know exercise is
of paramount importance to us. It mitigates many diseases,
including, of course, heart disease. We do want to work out, but
how can we spare the time.
Most recently an almost miracle workout has come to the
Milwaukee area. Its called Tabata, named after the Japanese man who
formulated it. Its the type of work-out program that provides
similar health benefits to that of cardio workouts, however instead
of hours upon hours or exercise, Tabata can be completed in four
minutes! Yes, four minutes!
Japanese physiologist, Izumi Tabata did a study comparing
moderate intensity training with high intensity training. He and
his research team conducted the tests on two groups of athletes;
one of the groups used the moderate intensity interval train-ing,
and the other, used high intensity interval training. The results
were phenomenal. In group one the athletes trained in moderate
intensity workouts (70% intensity) for five days a week for a total
of six weeks with each training session lasting an hour. Group two
trained in the high intensity workouts for four days a week for a
total of six weeks with each session lasting four minutes, at
twenty second intervals of in-tense training (170% intensity), then
ten seconds of rest.
The first group had a significant increase in the aerobic system
(cardiovascular system). However, the anaerobic system (muscles)
gained little or no results at all. Group two showed higher
improvements in both areas. Their aerobic systems in-creased much
more than the first groups did, and their anaerobic systems
increased by 28%.
Tabata and his colleagues concluded that not only did high
intensity interval train-ing have more of an impact on the aerobic
systems, it had an impact on the anaerobic systems as well. An
added bonus of Tabata Training is that any exercise can be
incor-porated into the Tabata training.
Many athletes, and especially those who are long distance
runners and sprinters, have been using the Tabata method for years
to train for their particular sports. Now Tabata training has
become available to any of us who want to keep our bodies as well
tuned as possible.
Tabata teacher and trainer, Susan Montross, who has a masters in
curriculum and instruction from Portland State University, has been
a life long runner, said that doing Tabata has improved her speed
significantly. Montross, who teaches classes and pri-vate sessions
in Tabata at the Elite Sports Club in Brookfield, explained how
Tabata is taught. For my Tabata classes I set up four stations,
each set up for a particular exercise. The first station might be
pushups or squat jumps, another mountain climb-ing. Others use a
bosu ball and gliding discs. We also have a high knee run in place.
Using a timer I give the signal to start the particular exercise.
Everyone starts at the same time on an individual exercise. Each
participant does it for twenty seconds, then rests for ten seconds
. The entire cycle is repeated for the twenty second active phase,
and then the ten second rest rotations, Everyone rotates to finish
eight such cycles, and then everyone rests for a minute and half.
Everyone goes through the same timed rotations, with a slightly
different exercise, then rests again for a minute and a half, for a
total of eight sessions or rounds.
The idea behind Tabata, Montross said, which is also known as
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interval training, is that youre pushing yourself hard towards
95% of your maximum heart rate. When you do high inten-sity
workouts you should be breathing heavily. Thats a good sign, that
means youre doing it right.
Montross also suggests that Tabata can be combined with
en-durance training such as biking, elliptical workouts, or
running.
A great thing Ive found about Tabata is that many people who may
not have ever pushed themselves hard, have found that with this
short and quick method of exercise they can reach new levels of
intensity.
She elaborated, I feel that there is no age limitation with
Tabata, just a body and will limi-tation. However if someone has
not exercised at all, or has been an infrequent exerciser or a
low-er level exerciser, I usually try to ease them into it by
bumping up their endurance and then slow-ing entering the Tabata
program. Again, I feel that anyone of any age can utilize Tabata.
For ex-ample, Ive trained my mom in Tabata, and shes seventy
three.
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Sartori Cheese will be offering their award winning Extra-Aged
Goat Cheese this June to fine cheese shops across the country. Back
by popu-lar demand, this release will mark the one year anniversary
of the 2012 inaugural release.
This distinctive cheese is known for its savory, caramel notes
and light citrusy flavor and was handcrafted to be highly
approachable while maintaining an authentically goat balanced
flavor profile. After its re-lease in 2012, the cheese went on to
win Gold at the European hosted Global Cheese Awards and Bronze at
the prestigious American Cheese Society Competition.
When the season is right, Extra Aged Goat Cheese is produced in
Antigo, Wisconsin by a team of artisans led by Sartori Master
Cheese-maker, Pam Hodgson. This cheese took a number of years to
perfect and making it today is really enjoyable and rewarding, says
Hodgson. Granted, our make window is small fresh goats milk is
generally only available from late spring into early fall. But this
bittersweet tie to natural seasonality is part of what makes Extra
Aged Goat Cheese so special and exciting when its in season.
Sartoris Limited Edition Extra-Aged Goat cheese will be
available at select specialty cheese shops throughout the United
States in June and July. Additionally, a limited supply of 4 oz.
wedges will be available for sale at the Sartori online store,
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Trauma, either direct or indirect, in turn, can be classified as
either minor (bruises, muscle pulls, etc) or major (fractures,
concussion, spinal injuries, etc).
How can HBOT help with recovery from sports injury:Reduces
inflammation, swelling and pain. Decrease in swelling and
inflamma-
tion allows more oxygen rich blood to reach the injured area,
increasing the speed of healing.
Prevents Hypoxia of the traumatized tissues tissues with reduced
blood flow suffers a reduction in oxygen also. Hyperbaric oxygen
increases the level of oxygen in injured tissue, preventing
hypoxia.
Speeds up the healing of tissues, ligaments and fractured bones.
After just 2 hours of treatment the number of CD34+ stem cells
doubles. After 20 hours, stem cells in-crease 8 fold. Stem cells
are the cells that grow into new tissue replacing the injured
tissue. Growth hormones are also modulated positively by HBOT
decreasing total time to heal.
Scar tissue formation and damage is reduced. With less cellular
damage, les scar tissue is formed allowing better movement and
reducing pain.
Helps return players to the game sooner
Ischemia (reduced blood flow) and edema (swelling) are parts of
a vicious circle where Hypoxia (low oxygenation at the cellular
level) is the major component in the changes that affect the
injured tissues. Edema (swelling) of the tissues will com-pound the
problem created by hypoxia as it acts like a barrier to blood and
oxygen reaching the cell.
This also affects the micro-circulation or clumping of
erythrocytes that in turn impede circulation in already compromised
tissue. Although plasma still may go through the capillaries, it
may not carry enough oxygen to sustain the life of cells. Here is
where the oxygen under pressure proves its benefits (Henrys Law).
As the partial pressure of inspired oxygen increases, the plasma
dissolved in oxygen in-creases proportionately. For each one
millimeter of increased pressure of Oxygen, 0.003 millimetres of
Oxygen is dissolved in plasma. This amount dissolved in plas-ma, is
sufficient to oxygenate tissues without hemoglobin borne oxygen.
The usual treatment protocols are between 2- 3 ATA and at these
pressures there is enough oxy-gen dissolved in plasma. At 3 ATA
there is sufficient amounts of dissolved oxygen in the plasma to
sustain life without blood. (Boerema et al.1960)
Traumatized tissues auto regulatory mechanism increases blood
flow to compen-sate for hypoxia. In a damaged microcirculation this
mechanism causes undesirable swelling. The increases in the oxygen
carrying-capacity of the plasma appears to have 2 important
effects.
Firstly, in-spite of the collapse of the microcirculation
(Hargens&Akeson 1981) the plasma carry sufficient amounts of
oxygen to avoid problems associated with hypoxia. Hyperbaric
oxygen, with the treatment pressure (2 ATA) increases the
dif-fusion distance by a factor of three (Pierce 1969).
Second effect; reduction of edema through vasoconstriction.
Oxygen under pres-sure causes 20% reduction in blood flow
(Bird&Telfer 1965, Nylander, Nordstrom and Erickson 1984;
Sukoff&Ragatz 1982). Edema is reduced at the same time
mi-crocirculation improves and this enhances re-absorption of fluid
and a further reduc-tion of swelling. In addition HBOT appears to
protect microcirculation by reducing venular leukocyte adherence
and inhibiting progressive adjacent arteriolar
vasocon-striction.
Sports Injuries/ Concussions
HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY AND
Breathing Oxygen under increased pressure of more than 1ATA is
referred to as hyperbaric oxygen therapy or HBOT. This should be
considered an important adjunctive therapy in the management of
sports injuries.
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The important part of treatment and rehabilitation of any injury
is physical therapy with the associated application of HBOT, using
various protocols according to the type and origin of the injury.
In conclusion, data from many studies suggest that treatment should
be instituted with in first 24-48 hours. Some studies indicate the
first 12 hours is very important and the injury should be treated
aggressively from 2.2 ATA to 2.8 ATA between 60-90 min.
Two new studies releasedUndersea Hyperb Med. 2013
Mar-Apr;40(2):201-4. PMID: 23682550 [PubMed
- in process]Efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen in patients with
Crohns disease: two case reports.Green MS, Purohi M, Sadacharam K,
Mychaskiw G.Drexel University College of Medicine, Hahnemann
University Hospital, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
[email protected] disease is an
inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract, usually
involving the ileum, that can lead to debilitating symptoms of
abdominal pain, di-arrhea and malabsorption during acute
exacerbations. Because there is no known cause of the illness,
treatment is based upon symptomatology and may ultimately require
bowel resection if response to medical therapy is inadequate.
Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen has shown promise in the reduction
of inflammation associated with acute exacerbations of Crohns
disease, with alleviation of symptoms and an improvement in quality
of life. We present two cases of pediatric patients with
ex-acerbations of Crohns disease who underwent cycles of hyperbaric
oxygen therapy. Each patient was symptomatic and had no improvement
despite prolonged medical therapy. Following treatment with
hyperbaric oxygen, both patients showed resolu-tion of the
inflammatory lesions and improvement in conditions, allowing them
to reduce drug therapy. Although the mechanisms by which hyperbaric
oxygen reduce inflammation in Crohns disease is poorly defined,
this therapy seems to have offer a safe adjunct in the treatment of
refractory exacerbations.
The efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of
chronic fatigue syndrome.
PMID: 23682549 [PubMed - in process]Akarsu S, Tekin L, Ay H,
Carli AB, Tok F, Simek K, Kiralp MZ.Glhane Military Medical Academy
Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Department of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul, Turkey.
[email protected]:Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is
a chronic disease with social components that
ensue secondary to the incapacity of the person to fulfill work,
social and family responsibilities. Currently, there is no
consensus regarding its treatment. The aim of this study was to
determine the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy in
CFS.
DESIGN:Sixteen patients included in the study were diagnosed
with CFS according to the
Fukuda criteria. Patients received 15 treatment sessions of HBO2
therapy over a pe-riod of three consecutive weeks (five days per
week). The outcome measures (visual analog fatigue scale (VAFS).
Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and Fatigue Quality of Life Score
(FQLS) were assessed before the treatment and after completion of
the 15 sessions.
RESULTS:HBO2 therapy was well tolerated, with no complications.
After treatment, pa-
tients scores were found to have improved with respect to VAFS,
FSS and FQLS (all p
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By Cheryl L. DejewskiHow sun exposure can damage your eyesnow
and in the futureWe all love sunny days, especially those of us
Wisconsinites who cherish any
break from the cold and clouds. We also know that while some
sunlight is enjoyable, too much can lead to sunburns, blisters and,
worse yet, skin cancer. But, have you ever thought about the short-
and long-term consequences of ultraviolet (UV) light exposure for
your eyes?
Studies have shown that long-term exposure to the suns UV rays
without protection may contribute to the development of various eye
disorders, including macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts,
notes Dr. Mark Freedman, a leading eye surgeon at Eye Care
Specialists ophthalmology practice in Milwaukee. The more exposure
to bright light, the greater the chances of developing these two
leading causes of visual impairment and blindness.
UV-A rays have been shown to penetrate deep into the eye and may
injure the macula, the part of the retina responsible for sight in
the center of the field of vision. UV-B rays are mainly absorbed by
the cornea and lens of the eye and can damage these tissues. For
example, cataracts are a clouding of the lens of the eye, which may
be increased by exposure to sunlight. Photokeratitis, or corneal
sunburn, is a result of intense exposure to UV-B and can cause
extreme pain and vision loss for several days. Pterygium is tissue
growth on the white of the eye that can be caused by UV-light
exposure and may spread to the cornea without treatment and may
eventually require surgery.
In addition to long-term UV-light exposure, you also need to
protect your eyes from severe damage caused by single outings on
very bright days, reports Dr. Brett Rhode, Head of Ophthalmology at
Aurora Sinai Medical Center. Excessive exposure to ultraviolet
light reflected off sand, snow or pavement can damage the eyes
surface. These surface burns are similar to sunburns in that they
usually disappear within a couple of days, however, they may lead
to further complications later in life.
Eye care specialist and continuing education lecturer Dr. Daniel
Ferguson, explains, Its most important to stay out of the sun or to
protect your eyes between 10 and 2, when the suns ultraviolet rays
are the strongest. But, you really should just make it a habit to
wear both sunglasses and a hat or visor whenever youre outside for
a prolonged period, even if its gray and overcast. Ferguson adds,
No matter what your age, you should take precautions. If you
instill these habits in children early on, it will be easier to
enforce, and youll be protecting their sight for the future.
But what type of sunglasses should you wear? You need to buy
sunglasses that block 99 to 100 percent of the same UV-A and UV-B
rays that can damage your skin, advises Daniel Paskowitz, MD, PhD,
a highly credentialed ophthalmologist with special training in
corneal procedures. And, dont be misled by the color of the lens or
the price tag dangling from the frame. The ability to block UV
light is not dependent on the darkness of the lens. UV protection
comes from a chemical coating applied to the lens surface. As for
cost, many $10 sunglasses provide equal
LOCAL EYE MDS OFFER TIPS FOR EYE PROTECTION FROM
Summer Sun And Sparks
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With pleasant spring temperatures comes the urge to become more
active. Before summer heat takes over, encourage your senior to
en-gage in light physical activity, such as walking.
Regular walking, a favorite exercise for seniors, is one of the
most effective forms of activity that delivers substantial health
benefits and improves heart health, according to the American Heart
Association.
Walking is easy to start and continue, and it has the lowest
dropout rate of any physical activity. The American Heart
Association even offers Walking Clubs, which allow participants to
connect with others who share similar goals, lifestyles, schedules
and hobbies and do it
for free. The recommended level of moderate aerobic exercise is
150 minutes per week; according to an AHA survey, only
15 percent of American adults reach that goal. Walking for as
little as 30 minutes a day will help your senior loved one improve
circulation, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and promote
weight loss.
To make walking even more enjoyable for your senior loved one,
try this light exercise today. The Leg Curl is de-signed to help
make walking and climbing stairs easier for a senior. Heres what to
do:
01 Stand behind a sturdy chair, holding on for balance. Lift one
leg straight back without bending the knee or pointing the toes.
Breathe in slowly.02 Breathe out, slowly bringing the heel up
toward the buttocks as far as possible.03 Bend only from the knee,
keeping hips still. The leg you are standing on should be slightly
bent.04 Hold position for 1 second.05 Breathe in, slowly lowering
the foot to the floor.06. Repeat 10 15 times.07 Repeat 10 15 times
with the other leg.08 Repeat 10 15 more times with each
leg.National Institute on AgingConsider getting a pedometer for
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Dr. Michele Nickels, ND, LAcTo live in the 21st Century means to
live in a toxic world. We are exposed daily
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toxins are on the increase and pose a problem in the form of very
serious health risks, as thousands of toxic substances find their
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One of the major determinants of our heath is our nutritional
status. When we give our cells the nutrients that they need we have
good energy and we maintain a healthy immune system. When we
develop nutritional deficiencies or excesses we cause more
oxidative stress and prevent our cells from functioning properly
leading to the slow development of chronic diseases, diabetes,
heart disease, hypertension, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.
Most people grew up believing that eating a well-balanced diet
would keep them healthy. In fact we were told that if we ate a
well-balanced diet we didnt even need extra vitamins. Today we are
now being told that there are epidemic increases in the rates of
heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity, and many other chronic
inflammatory diseases. So what happened?
In the last 50 years there have been significant changes to how
our foods are grown and produced. Our meats are primarily raised in
feedlots. Many of our staple foods now come from genetically
modified organisms (GMO). A significant part of our diet comes from
processed and fast foods.
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than do pasture raised animals. Too many Omega-6 fats cause
inflammation. GMO crops play a sig-nificant role in the increase in
food allergies and there are unknown long-term risks of possible
genetic transfer to our own intestinal bacteria. Processed foods
are devoid of many of their original nutrients and many are high in
omega-6 fats and simple sugars. In addition, we were given a food
pyramid in the early 90s that was heavily weighted towards
carbohydrates, more than 50% coming from, breads rice, pasta and
cereal.
This large percentage of carbohydrates is a major problem made
worse by how we actually implemented the pyramid. The original
recommendations stated that more than 50% of the grains should be
from whole grains. We didnt do this. Almost all of our breads and
cereals are from processed grains, which have lost up to 90% of
their nutrients, including vitamins: B1, B2 B3, B5, B6, B9, E and
minerals: calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, copper, manganese
and selenium. These nutrients are needed for energy production,
optimum hormone balance and proper immune sys-tem function.
In the 30 years from 1980 to 2010 we have increased our intake
of these nutrition-ally deficient carbohydrates from grains by 34%.
During this same time period we increased our added fat intake by
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needs to do is to start with an analysis of our current
nutritional status and integrate that with appropriate lifestyle
modifications. These are some things that most of us can or should
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Eat organic Non-GMO foods whenever possibleDecrease total
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grains.Decrease saturated fats, trans fats and cis fats.Decrease
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Anthony S Blair and Kimberly StueberMy body was slightly tense,
waiting on the needles to prick my skin. Id heard
of acupuncture and the benefits of acupuncture treatment. This
was my first try and didnt know what to expect. His method is
diversion. As I lay on the table, Dr. Zhou talks to me and touches
different areas of my leg. Where I expected to feel the prick of
the needles and where the needles actually went in were different
which mini-mized the pain. Dr. Zhou is skillful in his insertion of
the needles. I believe most peo-ples aversion to needles makes
acupuncture seem more painful than it is. Injuring my Achilles
tendon playing basketball I sought to heal myself. Traditional
doctors told me I needed surgery. I never had surgery and was
resistant to being cut, scarring, anesthesia, and the cost. A
friend recommended acupuncture and after doing some research,
settled on Dr. Zhou. 30 minutes, 15 needles, 3 glass suction cups,
and a heat lamp later I had noticeably greater mobility &
flexibility I came in on crutches and left walking in a brace.
After further treatments my injury healed in the same amount of
time it would have taken with invasive surgery. And I dont have the
scar or the $5,000 bill, amazing.
Stories like these are very common after people visit Dr. XiPing
Zhou. Zhou, a doctor of oriental medicine, licensed acupuncturist,
and the founder and president of Dr. Zhous Acupuncture and Pain
Management Clinic in Madison, WI, says Acu-puncture is perfect for
naturally treating pain and many other conditions.
The name given to one of the points in acupuncture work -
Gushing Spring is symbolic of the roots of this ancient Chinese
folk medicine that aims to balance the
energy system of qi (pronounced chee) and treat common disorders
and pain all at the same time. Acu comes from the Latin word Acus
meaning needle and puncture comes from Late Latin word punctura
meaning a pricking. Thus the technique consists of pricking an
acupuncture point with a needle. Acupuncture developed out of the
need to apply pressure to the body, treat wounds, and lance
infectious lesions. The earliest evidence of practices similar to
acupuncture date back to the New Stone Age (8,000-2,000 B.C, the
first acupuncture needles were crudely shaped & made from
stones known as Bian Stones. Crude Bian Stones gave way to more
skillfully shaped needles made of pottery. With the development of
metallurgical techniques, the metal needle superceded the pottery
needles and Bian Stones. The term acupunc-ture didnt surface until
shortly after the Ming Dynasty in 1684.
According to Zhou, acupuncture is an element of traditional
Chinese medicine (TCM). Beyond the benefits of pain relief and
treatment of common disorders, acu-puncture is holistic - keeping
the mind, body and spirit balanced and in harmony. It is a complete
approach, Zhou says. By working treats the source of the disorder
not just the symptoms.
It would be accurate to say that acupuncture treats disorders of
QI, Blood and disturbances of the Organ Networks but this doesnt
correspond to the Western vocabulary of named diseases and
conditions. Acupuncture can be helpful for: pain management,
withdrawal from addictions, post-surgical recovery, chronic fatigue
and signs of aging and decreased immunity. Some of the many
conditions for which
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acupuncture is considered appropriate are listed by the World
Health Organization of the United Nations.
For 13 years Lisa suffered from hormonal migraines and chronic
daily head-aches. In 2007 she celebrated a pain free Christmas
holiday the first in 12 years. After 8 months of acupuncture, the
frequency of Lisas hormonal headaches have decreased by about 70%.
But what makes Lisas success so powerful is the quality of life she
shares with her family now. She is enjoying her life again and her
family is delighted to have their wife and mother fully engaged in
their lives and home.
A new study of acupuncture the most rigorous and detailed
analysis of the treatment to date found that it can ease migraines
and arthritis and other forms of chronic pain.
The findings provide strong scientific support for an age-old
therapy used by an estimated three million Americans each year.
Though acupuncture has been studied for decades, the body of
medical research on it has been mixed and mired to some extent by
small and poor-quality studies. Financed by the National Institutes
of Health and carried out over about half a decade, the new
research was a detailed analysis of earlier research that involved
data on nearly 18,000 patients. Acupunc-ture, which involves
inserting needles at various places on the body to stimulate
so-called acupoints, is among the most widely practiced forms of
alternative medicine in the country and is offered by many
hospitals. Most commonly the treatment is sought by adults looking
for relief from chronic pain, though it is also used with growing
frequency in children. According to government estimates, about
150,000 children in the United States underwent acupuncture in
2007.
(http://well.blogs.ny-times.com/2012/09/11/acupuncture-provides-true-pain-relief-in-study/,
OConnor, Anahad)
Additionally Time magazine stated that more than a quarter of
all Americans suffer from pain daily. This costs the U.S. about $60
billion in lost productivity annually. Additionally, Americans
spent $2.6 billion on over-the-counter pain medi-cations and
another nearly $14 billion on out patient analgesics. Recent
findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association found
that spending on spine treat-ments totaled nearly $86 billion in
2005 which is a 65% increase from 1997. How-ever the proportion of
people with impaired function because of spine problems increased
during the same period even after controlling for an aging
population. All of these facts point to the reality that modern
pain treatments arent working. On the other hand people are finding
great success with Acupuncture, a treatment that is over 5,000
years old.
But Dr. Zhou says acupuncture and Chinese medicine is really
beyond needles and beyond pain. He uses acupuncture to treat a wide
range of conditions, in-cluding type 2 diabetes, thyroid
imbalances, hormonal problems, irritable bowel syndrome, depression
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Aches and pains have long plagued people of all ages and walks
of life. But exciting new technological advances are helping
doctors of chiropractic get to the root causes of pain more rapidly
than ever before. Statewide professionals, are using lasers to
treat arthritis pain and dysfunction more efficiently by reducing
the swelling and improving circulation to the affected tissues.
Dr. Evans, owner of Evans Chiropractic & Pain Laser Clinic
in New Berlin, began using the noninvasive therapy system known as
the MLS Class 4 Laser at her clinic in January of 2011. The
response from patients has been phenomenal. I have patients
travelling from as far away as Sheboygan
This is definitely the wave of the future, said Dr. Evans, who
has been a practicing chiropractor for 22 years. With the financial
constraints of the current economy and rising
health insurance costs, people need to get better faster.While
traditional chiropractic treatments typically would take three to
four months to achieve a positive outcome,
now with adding laser treatments the healing process is
accelerated and patients are recovering in half the time. MLS Class
4 Lasers, approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
five years ago, work in what is
called a dual wave pattern, meaning the device performs two
functions at once on the patients body. One wave form relieves pain
while the other accelerates the healing process.
This new technology gets patients better faster, this past year
has been very exciting as I have been able to witness patients
recover in ways I hadnt seen before implementing this type of Laser
therapy, Evans said.
The biggest problem any clinician faces when treating patients
who are in pain is how to safely and effectively ad-dress
inflammation.
All too often, physicians want to block the inflammatory process
with medications both prescribed and over the counter, but you need
to work with it instead, she said. This is where laser treatments
make all the difference. The laser accelerates the inflammatory
process (ie healing process) and this is why the patient recovers
more quickly.
As advances have been made with technology, Class 4 lasers have
enabled chiropractic professionals to venture into previously
unheard of territory. Treatments were almost always ineffective for
people where scar tissue had formed. Modern laser treatments have
given professionals an opportunity to work through scar tissue a
scenario that has proven especially beneficial for the elderly and
people who have had surgery.
One of the laser wave forms actually can break up old scar
tissue when paired with the correct machine parameters thus
allowing for greater joint motion and flexibility, Evans said. I
like to think of it as WD-40 for the joints.
Walking has long been recommended as a key exercise in
addressing weight gainparticularly for the aging popula-tion. But
when a person has joint problems and pain, when walking could be a
beneficial exercise is not an option.
Our bodies are meant to move but when movement causes pain it is
almost impossible to remain healthy and vital thru the aging
process, Evans said.
At Evans Chiropractic & Pain Laser Clinic, patients
typically undergo between 8 and 10 Laser treatments before
inflammation has been adequately addressed and healing truly takes
hold. A typical laser treatment lasts between 10 and 20 minutes, is
painless, completely safe and has no adverse side effects.
NEW HOPE FOR ARTHRITIS SUFFERERS
You might have some type ofarthritis if you have:
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WARNING SIGNS
MLS Class 4 Lasers, approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration five years ago, work in what is called a dual wave
pattern, meaning the device performs two functions at once on the
patients body.
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United States, the leading cause of
death was from infectious and gastrointestinal diseases.
Car-diovascular disease was the fourth leading cause of death.
By the late 1900s, cardiovascular disease was the leading cause
of death with cancer rising as the second leading cause of
death.
The leading causes of death in our time are diseases of stress
related and chronic stress makes us vulnerable to developing them
over time.
We hear so much about stress being the underlying factor in most
of our illnesses of mind, body and emotions in todays world. The
physiological link between stress and disease has been extensively
studied and understood. It is important to gain an understanding of
this so that one can mitigate its effects on ones health.
When we think of stress, we think of an event or a stimulus out
there or extrinsic that causes our stress. Most of the stress we
feel is not extrinsic. Extrinsic stress oc-curs at certain stages
of our life and includes lifes unavoidable surprises. Divorce,
death of a close family member or a friend and loss of a job, and
accidents are some examples of extrinsic stressors. The most
frequent stressors are the daily stressors that occur a hundred or
a thousand times per day. Deadlines, dysfunctional relation-ship
dynamics, lack of boundaries and limits, imbalance with our self
care and poor time management are stressors that are mostly
intrinsic; these can be regulated and modulated by our perceptions
and awareness and be modified by our choices over them. Most of the
intrinsic stressors are due to a perception that filters the event
in our mind as a threat to our system. Our own negative self talk
that regulates our self esteem and perceptions of ourselves in
relationship to reality is the biggest stressor there is. Most of
us are unaware of the self talk. It contaminates all aspects of our
life.
When the brain perceives an event as a threat, the limbic system
gets activated. This is part of the midbrain and is wired for
survival. It is responsible for our fight or flight response. Our
endocrine system through our adrenals and our immune system are
directly affected by our limbic system. The reaction time by the
limbic system to enable our survival is in nanoseconds. We
literally do not have time to think about our response to a
perceived threat. We move into survival and react as if our life
depended on it. In todays world, we do this thousands of times per
day. When we overuse our survival mechanism, we create burnout and
illness in our body. Our system becomes hyper-aroused and the
adrenalin and cortisol (stress hormones) do not shut down. The
result of this is heart disease, immune dysfunction leading to
autoimmune diseases and cancer, depression, anxiety, insomnia and
chronic fatigue. The emotional consequence of chronic stress is a
feeling of hopelessness and a life lacking in meaning.
Over the years my patients have talked with me about their
stress and have hun-gered for a way to mitigate it in order to come
to balance and well being. I recog-nized that the perceptual filter
that interprets life from a place of stress is important to
identify in order to respond differently to our circumstances. Once
we can develop an awareness of this perceptual pattern, we can
change our responses to life and re-claim ourselves from automatic
reactive patterns of behavior.
This has a powerful affect on our ability to lead and to be
present in our jobs, par-ticularly if they are stress provoking
positions that require leadership.
I have found in the Executive Program that I have developed
through measured assessment scales that this type of process has a
significant positive impact on in-creasing meaning, reducing stress
related symptoms and with an 85% predictive value reducing the
outcomes of behavioral, physical and emotional illness. It also
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NEUROPATHY By Boris Matthews, PhD, LCSW Did you know that many
psychotherapists have never been clients in psycho-therapy? Did you
know this matters?
Recently I was in a conversation with a public member of the
American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis (
www.abapinc.org/ ), of which I am a professional member. This is a
very accomplished person who was surprised when he found out that
psychotherapists have classroom training and supervision for doing
psychother-apy, but many have never experienced psychotherapy or
psychoanalysis as clients or patients. How could that be, he
wondered. The answer is that not all psychotherapists have equally
rigorous training.
To put it simply: in all forms of psychology, the personality of
any therapist is the therapeutic instrument. This is why
psychotherapists of all stripes should undergo a rigorous course of
psychotherapy just as board certified psychoanalysts do. This says
something about the training and aims of psychotherapy and
psychoanalysis.
First: a clarification between the training of psychotherapists
and psychoanalysts. All board certified psychoanalysts are required
to undergo in-depth psychoanalysis as part of their formal
training. (Board certification in psychoanalysis comes from the
National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis,
www.naap.org .) Psychotherapists who are not psychoanalysts may or
may not have been clients in psychotherapy.
There is another major difference between psychoanalysis and
psychotherapy. Psychotherapy often focuses primarily on conscious
techniques, tools and treatment goals to help you achieve a better
adaptation to your life circumstances. (This is often necessary and
useful.) Psychoanalysis often includes these therapeutic elements,
but also pays close attention to identifying and exploring what
lies outside your daytime consciousness, but nevertheless has an
influence on your waking life. What you are not conscious of can be
gold or garbage. If its goldfor example, possibilities and talents
you havent discovered in yourself and developedyou should have
access to them and be able to cultivate them. If garbage, its
getting in your way and needs to be dug up, processed and
detoxified. You cant dig it up and process it if you are unaware
that it is there, which means self-knowledge in depth. And you cant
dig it up and process it if your therapist hasnt been through that
experience as a client.
Its easy for a therapist or anyone else to say, I know myself. I
know who I am. However, this usually means something like This is
who and what I think I am. This is my opinion of myself. Have you
ever heard someone say or do something really gross and then, when
it is pointed out, that person says, I never say things like that!
Oh, I never do anything like that. Or if they do admit to having
said or done some-thing out of character, they will perhaps say,
Something must have got into me.
Well, something did get into them, but it was something from
outside their con-sciousness, something of which they were not
aware, maybe some of their garbage or hidden gold; their shadow.
Even if they dont want to acknowledge that shadowy something, it
took over for the moment.
We learn about those shadowy parts of our personality in various
ways, but most explicitlyand sometimes painfullyas we interact with
other people. You have probably observed what I am talking about,
and maybe even tried to point out to someone an aspect of their
shadow. Did you notice your tone of voice when you spoke to
so-and-so? There was nothing wrong with my tone of voice. And the
person spoken to feels crushed or insulted. The speaker was not
aware of (or would not admit) that something insensitive, hurtful,
cynical, or harsh had spoken, some-thing that perhaps the speaker
truly did not recognize in his or herself that rose up and colored
the tone of voice.
In everybody there are shadow elements: sensitivities, wounded
places, suppressed impulses and reactions (garbage), but also
unlived and/or repressed potentials (hid-den gold). Since
psychotherapists are human, they, too, harbor shadow elements. When
you go to a psychotherapist for help, you wantand have the right to
expect
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and demandthat the therapist has not only fulfilled academic
requirements for the job, but has done the personal work of getting
in-depth self-knowledge. This means getting to know their
less-than-sterling (i.e., shadowy) personality elements, as well as
the unlived potentials that they may (unconsciously) want you to
live since they cannot, will not, or are unaware of them. (This is
called projection.) This sort of depth exploration on the part of
the therapist is equivalent to the doctor washing his or her hands
before your medical examination. You dont need to be contaminated
when you are going for healing.
Through good psychotherapy, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts
find out more about themselves, especially those parts of
themselves that they prefer not to own or dont even know about, but
that nevertheless make themselves heard and seen from time to time.
In good psychotherapy, therapists calibrate themselves. One
defini-tion of calibrate reads: to standardize (as a measuring
instrument) by determining the deviation from a standard so as to
ascertain the proper correction factors. Psychother-apists have to
know how they deviate from a standard so as to ascertain the proper
correction factors. For psychotherapists and psychoanalysts this
means knowing where they are wounded and, consequently, where they
over or under-react, as well as recognizing life possibilities they
havent lived and perhaps have no chance of living. This means
recognizing their biasestheir gold and garbage--and hence where
their perception and judgment may be skewed. Good psychotherapists
have devoted serious work as clients in psychotherapy or
psychoanalysis getting to know themselves in depth. Thats why not
only the psychotherapists formal training, but also their work on
themselves matters to you as a client receiving their services.
I have a sincere recommendation: if you are thinking about
entering psycho-therapy, do more than Google psychotherapists
online or look for someone in the Yellow Pages. Interview the
prospective therapist. They may be surprised by your questions, but
psychotherapists and psychoanalysts need not be defensive about
their training and their personal work (which does not mean they
tell you their life story!). If they are defensive, thats probably
not the right one for you. It does make a differ-ence and it
matters.
Boris Matthews, PhD, LCSW is a nationally certified
psychoanalyst (a.k.a. Jung-ian Analyst) at the Ommani Center for
Integrative Medicine. He also serves on the faculty of the C. G.
Jung Institute of Chicago, Illinois. He has been in practice for
over twenty years and has been offering his services at Ommani
since 2005. Con-tact him through the Ommani Center website:
www.ommanicenter.com or at phone 608.217.5184.
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Only 13.5 percent of girls and 36.3 percent of boys age 12 to 19
in the United States get the recommended daily amount (RDA) of
calcium, placing them at serious risk for osteoporosis and other
bone diseases, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Because nearly 90 percent of adult bone mass is
established by the end of this age range, the nations youth stand
in the midst of a calcium crisis.
Osteoporosis is a pediatric disease with geriatric consequences,
said Duane Alexander, M.D., director of the National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), sponsor of the Milk
Matters calcium education campaign. Preventing this and other bone
diseases begins in childhood. With low calcium intake levels during
these important bone growth periods, todays children and teens are
certain to face a serious public health problem in the future.
The health risks related to low calcium intake are not just
years away, explained Dr. Alexander. Children are drinking more
soft drinks and more non-citrus drinks than they used to;
meanwhile, milk consumption has dropped. The number of fractures
among children and young adults has increased, probably due to
lower intakes of calcium. Pediatricians are also seeing the
re-emergence of rickets, a bone disease that results from low
levels of vitamin D. Rickets became almost nonexistent after
vitamin D was added to milk in the 1950s, but is now appearing at
greater rates around the country.
But the major effects of this crisis are yet to come.As these
children get older, this calcium crisis will become more serious
as
the population starts to show its highest rate of osteoporosis
and other bone health problems in our nations history, Dr.
Alexander said. But we need to remember that this is a preventable
and correctable public health problem.
Getting children to pay attention to their calcium needs is a
challenge for scientists and educators, he adds. For this reason,
the NICHD has expanded its Milk Matters campaign and Web site to
speak directly to children and their parents about calcium.
Previously, the NICHD developed educational materials that are
used primarily by educators, nurses, and physicians to convey the
importance of adequate calcium consumption among children and
teens. Now, NICHD has expanded its Web site to give children and
their parents more direct access to the information and will be
adding games and other interactive content specifically for
kids.
The Institutes Milk Matters campaign stresses low-fat or
fat-free milk as the preferred source of dietary calcium
because:
Milk has a high calcium content. Calcium in milk is easily
absorbed by the body. Milk contains other nutrients, including
vitamin D, vitamin A, B12, potassium,
magnesium, and protein, that are essential to healthy bone and
tooth development.The NICHD bases its recommendations on the 1994
National Institutes of Health
(NIH) Consensus Development Conference on Optimal Calcium
Intake, and on additional guidance from the 2000 NIH Consensus
Development Conference on Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis, and
Therapy.
If you dont drink milk, its important to get calcium from other
sources, like other dairy products, green leafy vegetables, and
foods with added calcium, explained Dr. Alexander.
The Milk Matters campaign offers a variety of free materials on
the importance of calcium in the diets of children and teens.
Brochures, booklets, fact sheets, coloring books, stickers, and
posters are among those items available on its recently revamped
Web site, most in both English and Spanish. The Milk Matters Web
site, www.nichd.nih.gov/milkmatters, is also an excellent source
for information on calcium for health care professionals.
Calcium CrisisIS YOUR
CHILDGETTING ENOUGH
CALCIUM?
If you dont drink milk, its important to get calcium
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Youth development experts agree that the benefits to summer camp
are many. According to the American Camp Association, camp provides
an opportunity for children to develop meaningful friendships as
well as the life-skills of leadership, teamwork and problem
solving.
Yet another benefit is that camp can stem summer learning loss,
or the big eras-er, as some educators call it. Its a serious issue,
according to the National Summer Learning Association, which found
that all young people experience learning losses when they are not
engaged in educational activities in the summer months.
Children with special needs are no exception. They, too, can
reap the benefits of a summer camp experience and learn important
decision-making, social and emotional skills while having fun and
making friends.
There are many camps for children with special needs, and
choosing one depends on the unique needs of your child. Some camps
are inclusionary, meaning that kids with and without special needs
participate together. Some camps cater to children with specific
problems, such as hearing impairments or cystic fibrosis.
In choosing a camp for your special needs child, there are many
factors to con-sider:
What is the cost? Are scholarships available? Whats the age
range of campers? Is the camp co-ed? Is it a day or resident camp?
Can the camp staff administer medication?
How does the camp staff handle behavioral problems? If your
child needs a special diet, can accommodations be made?Another
concern you may have is the qualifications of the camp staff. Does
the
camp employ occupational, speech and music therapists? Or are
college students, home for the summer and without any special needs
training, the camp counselors?
For children with special needs, smaller group sizes often mean
greater engage-ment, achievement and the individual attention they
often need to succeed. Finding out the staff-to-camper ratio is
important.
Are the crafts and activities planned suitable to the age and
abilities of your special needs child? Camp should expand your
childs horizons and sense of community but not be so challenging as
to intimidate.
One more thing: Is learning going on? As noted, all children
experience a learning loss in summer. But, according to the
Pennsylvania-based Valley Forge Educational Services, the setback
can be more drastic for children with special needs, who may also
lose social and behavioral gains made during the school year.
Finding a camp that emphasizes learning in a more low-key way will
maximize your childs ability to succeed.
Tracey Sparrow if the vice president of Childrens Programs at
the Milwaukee Center for Independence and oversees two summer camps
for children with special needs: Sensational Summer Day Camp, for
children with autism or other sensory dis-orders, and Kaleidoscope
Summer Fun, for children with special health care needs.
FINDING THE RIGHT CAMP
For Children With