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Natural Ways To Relieve Stress

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Stress is one of the biggest problems that all of us confront today. Everybody suffers from stress, both the bad and good kinds and the stress we suffer has a heavy effect on our minds, bodies and emotions.

When you are feeling harassed, depleted by tiredness or merely having a dismal day, the solution is to unwind and take it easy. Stress can be a contributory factor of strokes, heart disease and high blood pressure. Another reason why we need to relax is because stress produces hormones that can suppress the immune system. Relaxation provides the immune system time to recover and it can then function more efficiently.

Watching television may be one way some people relax, but it is not a way recommended by experts. While we watch television we are inundated with commercials, violence, images and sounds. Therefore how do we accomplish relaxation?

Effects of Stress

In current studies, experts have determined that heart disease is associated with anger and irritability is associated with many different kinds of mental stress. Excess stress brings about reduced blood supply to the heart that may bring about a heart attack. Relaxation takes on additional importance in light of these research results. Managing your anger and way of behaving is significant to your heart’s health, and relaxation can assist you in managing stress.

Relaxation Methods

Transcendental Meditation

One technique of relaxation is transcendental meditation. Latest studies have revealed that this technique might reduce artery blockage, which is a foremost cause of stroke and heart attacks. People practice transcendental meditation by repeating peaceful sounds while meditating, so as to achieve complete relaxation. Research found that people who used transcendental meditation can significantly diminish arterial wall thickness in comparison to those who don’t practice this relaxation method.

Acupuncture

A different report on acupuncture, seems to show that a drop in high blood pressure can be achieved by initiating several chemical changes in the brain, which triggers the production of chemical compounds called endorphins. These hormones also help to relax muscles, make us feel calmer, relieve pain, and lessen anxiety.

Yoga

Yoga is a wonderful stress relief technique that can help to achieve relaxation and might have comparable effects to acupuncture. In one study, participants endured a few minutes of mental stress. After that they were asked to perform a variety of relaxation methods such as listening to natural sounds as bird song or waterfalls or to do some Yoga exercises. Only those using Yoga exercises appreciably decreased the time it took for their blood pressures to revert to normal.

Exercising

Another simple technique to achieve relaxation is to exercise. The stress relief exercise which works perfectly for you will be determined by many factors including how fit you are, how old you are and likes and dislikes. Aerobics, swimming and running are some exercises that can be very good to aid you to relieve tension. Physical exertion also releases those endorphins that we mentioned earlier, as well as other neurotransmitters which enhance your state of mind and also help you to relax. If you feel irritated, thirty minutes of exercise will frequently settle things down.

Massage Therapy

One fantastic means of relaxing is to get a massage. To gain thorough relaxation, you must wholly submit to the treatment and touch of a specialized therapist. There are several types of massages that provide various levels of relaxation.

The techniques noted here are just several of the ways by which you should be able attain relaxation. Relaxation is valuable for one and all so choose a system that you feel comfortable with and put into practice it consistently. It will not only decrease your stress but will benefit your general physical condition and even assist you to sleep better.

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Treating Adult ADD and ADHD Naturally

admin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:45:00 +0000

There are many ways to decrease or completely cure ADD or ADHD symptoms in children or adults. Here are some ideas to help improve your health and minimalize your experience of ADD or ADHD.

If you or your child have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), there are many alternatives to Ritalin or other mind-altering drugs for you and your family to choose. Mind-altering drugs should always be the last resort, as our children’s brains and nervous systems are growing and the negative influence of these drugs on brain and nervous system development are significant.

Symptoms of ADD and ADHD are: short attention spans, poor inhibitory control, restlessness, learning disabilities, disruptive behaviour, hyperactivity, excessive and often inappropriate motor activity, high levels of distractibility and impulsive behaviour, to name a few. The problem with ADD and ADHD are that the symptoms of these conditions can be caused by many different environmental allergies, essential fatty acid deficiencies or imbalances, vitamin or mineral deficiencies, low blood sugar or excess sugar consumption can cause the behaviours that indicate ADD or ADHD.

The simplest way to cure ADD and ADHD naturally is to look at improving the function of the nervous system and the digestive system.

Chiropractic Care Makes A Big Difference

Chiropractors find that when children with ADD or ADHD are adjusted regularly, many of their symptoms will reduce in frequency and severity. Chiropractic adjustments help to optimize the function of the nervous system and allow the brain and body to be better able to communicate with each other. Children literally calm down and are able to sit and focus at the task on hand.

The reason why chiropractic care makes such a difference is that the brain is the master control of our bodies. Everything that we do is initiated by the brain, which sends nerve impulses to the body through our nerves. The vertebrae protect the spinal cord and allow movement, but they can become fixed (the chiropractic term is subluxated). These subluxated vertebrae can put pressure on the nerves as they exit the spine. This added pressure on the nerves can reduce the body’s ability to function. Chiropractic adjustments improve the movement of the vertebrae and help to take the pressure off the nerves as they exit from the spine. The brain is then able to communicate with the body more efficiently and the body functions with more precision.

Chiropractic adjustments are safe and effective treatment to help the joints of the spine move in a normal pattern of motion and improve nervous system function. Adjustments help children to grow with healthy, straight spines.

Brain Gym Helps Tremendously

If you were to ask a child with ADD or ADHD to place his (or her) right hand on his (or her) left knee, and then change hands and knees in an alternating pattern, chances are that he or she wouldn’t be able to do it easily. Children with ADD or ADHD typically have problems with cross patterning movements, as they do not feel comfortable crossing the midline of their bodies. This problem with crossing the body’s midline of the body is because the left and right sides of the brain do not fire in synchronicity and they do not communicate well with each other.

Brain Gym is a simple, yet effective way to help a child’s brain function as it should, coordinating the left and right sides of the brain. Brain Gym uses physical movements to help with right brain/left brain patterning. It helps the parts of the brain that aren’t firing properly to function as a whole, rather than as disorganized parts. Brain Gym makes a huge difference to children experiencing ADD or ADHD-like symptoms.

Nutrition Plays A Big Role

When anyone eats, food is processed by the stomach, the pancreas and the liver to break down into food particles. These small particles of food cross the lining of the small intestine and enter the blood stream. It is thought that children with ADD and ADHD-like symptoms have a leaky gut, which means that the cells that line the intestines have spaces between them instead of being packed together tightly like healthy cells should. People with a leaky gut are letting bigger particles of food than are normally absorbed to pass through the spaces between the cells in the small intestines and into the blood stream. The result is that larger food particles are getting through into the blood stream and the body treats these food particles as foreign substances, which results in allergic reactions to the foods that the child is eating. The most common allergies for children with ADD and ADHD are dairy products, wheat, corn, yeast, soy, citrus, egg, chocolate and peanuts. Many children have difficulties with food colorings and additives to processes and packaged foods.

We find people experiencing ADD/ADHD are able to help heal the leaky gut by taking nutritional supplements designed especially for that purpose. If they also take digestive enzymes to help break down food particles into smaller bits, they heal more quickly.

It would also be important to look at the foods that the person is eating. Excessive sugar consumption, allergies or food intolerances to foods such as dairy or corn can cause ADD or ADHD symptoms. It is prudent to eliminate these foods from the diet slowly to see if they make a difference.

Putting It All Together

Healing a condition like ADD or ADHD takes time. The nervous system needs time to learn to communicate in an improved way. It takes time to be able to eliminate foods that trigger allergic reactions and to grow healthy cells to line the digestive system. You can find a chiropractor who is comfortable treating children. You can find a brain gym instructor close to you by visiting braingym.org. You can find supplements to heal a leaky gut and slowly eliminate trigger foods from the diet.

Published by Adult ADD Assistance

By Melanie Beingessner
Published: 9/20/2007

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