Tag: Alternative Medicines

Low Back Pain Exercises for Temporary Relief

Throughout my experience over recurring low back pain (which started since I was in grade school) and from reading lots of researches pertaining to back pain, I have found out (and I am not alone in this discovery) that close to eighty percent of back pain attacks cease after 1 month up to three after the onset. Given that there are no medications and surgeries done on the patient. Yet, there is still no comparison to the relief that may be felt during the duration of the attacks.

For the majority of sufferers, the agonizing pain may be helped with simple homeophatic therapies and by application of pain reliever creams and medications. But a number of individuals need the aids that may only be provided by treatments for relief which are typically termed as alternative medicines. Though many are still on their way to proving their worth, there are hosts of others that are widely recognized for their efficiency in easing the symptoms and effects of low back pain. And for people experiencing more advanced symptoms, the ultimate treatment is only through surgery and careful treatment plans but only under specific conditions.

But as already noted, the majority of patients experience only attacks that may last for a few short months. And the simplest course to take in order to gain immediate but temporary relief is by means of back pain exercises.

Back pain exercises virtually differ in intensity, application and routine. And most back pain exercises are especially designed to target specific conditions and to get away from specific consequences.

One good form of low back pain exercise is via yoga routines. Not only does this type of exercise induces strength and flexibility of the muscles and bones, it also create pathways to lead stress out from your system. This is most helpful for people who are showing symptoms of clinical depression due to chronic back pain. Yet, not all yoga postures and routines are allowed for everyone. Those diagnosed of advanced and more severe forms of back pain should refrain from doing more complicated poses and those that involve too much exertion and flexibility of the upper body.

Low back pain exercises in general were created to provide temporary treatment for lower back pain. It must be noted that there are so many underlying complex reasons and structures in the human body that create the back problems. Because of these, it must be understood that low back pain exercises may never ease the pain for long periods of time. The pain will keep on recurring unless the real cause is identified and properly cured.

How Fish Oil Can Cure Inflammation

Inflammation occurs as our body’s natural protective response to fend off any outside aggressors and to begin the process of healing. Its effect on our tissues usually involves pain, heat and redness. However, there are some cases that this outward effect is not visible.

Inflammation is a double-edges sword; its effect can be helpful or harmful depending on the circumstances. When an inflammation is in chronic state, devastating consequences are likely to happen like arthritis, heart disease or stroke. It usually happens when the cause of inflammation is continually reintroduced or if the acute inflammatory response is not able to eliminate it. This situation is very likely to happen nowadays because of our exposure to implausible amounts of toxins.

Some of these toxins can be avoided like poor food choices, smoking, and prolonged sun exposure. While some things arise from things from things we dont have control like genetics, accidents and pollution. Inasmuch as there are factors you cant help being exposed to unnecessary and harmful factors detrimental to your good health, you can also take food supplements effective in strengthening your body against the sometimes lethal effect of inflammation. The most effective food supplement according to recent studies happens to be fish oil.

The prevalence of destructive or chronic inflammation among Western countries makes it imperative for many specialists to deal with preventive measures. The reason behind this is that the Western population is more exposed to stress, obesity and poor health in general. Many pharmacological anti-inflammatory drugs offer reduction of inflammation, however, long-term medication have potentially lethal side effects.

So what is your safest option if you have inflammation? Research on alternative medicines revealed that certain dietary supplements can help reduce levels of pro-inflammatory factors, with significantly lower side effects. One of these dietary supplements is the essential fatty acids or EFAs.

Essential fatty acids are necessary for various aspects of normal physiology like: mediating immune response, regulating bodily secretions and their viscosity, dilating and constricting blood vessels, regulating collateral circulation, directing endocrine hormones to their target cells, regulating smooth muscles and autonomic reflexes, being primary constituents of cell membranes, regulating the rate of cell division, maintaining the fluidity and rigidity of cellular membranes, regulating the flow of substances into and out from cells, transporting oxygen from red blood cells to the tissues, maintaining proper kidney function and fluid balance, keeping saturated fats mobile in the bloodstream, preventing blood clots, mediating the release of inflammatory eicosanoids that may trigger allergic conditions, and regulating nerve transmission and communication. (Source: Fish Oil: The Natural Anti-inflammatory by Joseph C. Maroon and Jeffrey Bost, 2006, page 39).

For this reason, it is very important for over-all health to have a regular intake of foods rich in omega-6 or omega-3 EFAs. The omega-3 pathway, activated by trauma, injury, or chemical stimulus, is the process of converting the omega-3 EFAs found in the cell membranes to various eicosanoids. If the omega-3 EFA components of the cell membranes become dominant, an anti-inflammatory state can result, with preventive health benefits.

Fish oil is the best source of the omega-3 essential fatty acids. But why fish oil, you might ask? The needed nutrients can also be found in green plants; algae (phytoplankton); leaves and seeds of the perilla plants; and linseed oil but fish oil is considered the most important dietary source of omega-3 EFAs because it contains concentrated amounts of the ALA derivatives with APA and DHA.

The two mentioned nutrients can almost exclusively found in seafood. Fish contains high amount of EPA and DHA because they are at the top of food chain based on algae, a single-marine organism that manufactures huge amount of EPA and DHA.