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Cold Therapy (Cryotherapy) To Relieve Back Muscle Pain

June 30th, 2011
Tim Y Yates asked:




Everybody who suffers from back muscle pain could warm up to the notion of soothing sore, painful muscles with heat.

Even if ice temporarily feels bad, keep in mind that it could do wonders for back muscle pain, especially when you have ‘burning pains’ or marked inflammation. Ice also alleviates certain types of chronic back pain, especially for individuals with irritation of the nerve root. Most therapists who suggest using ice will advise you to apply it right away after you’ve strained a muscle on your back. After the first 24 hours to 48 hours, don’t stop. Use this method on a regular basis as long as there are contractions that continue to cause the pain in your back muscle.

The simplest and easiest way to perform cold therapy at home is to have a packet of frozen ice. Cover it with a damp tea towel and place it on the area that is aching for over 20 minutes. While doing this, you must check the skin condition throughout. Reminder: Don’t lie on the ice packs; the pressure can give you an ice burn.

Why Ice For Pain in Back Muscle?

Cold, like heat, could counteract irritant, so you have the tendency to feel the cold not the pain. Furthermore, when ice is applied in a long period of time, it numbs all sensation.

Cold minimizes bruising and swelling, and slows down nerve conduction, which consequently slows down the pain signals that passes through your body.

Ice or any cold object shocks a muscle contraction into relaxing. They reduce tenderness from muscle damage, which alleviate back muscle pain and could end the pain spasm cycle.

How to Use Ice

Normally, patients used an interval of 5 minutes ice application. 5 minutes on, 5 minutes off, 5 minutes on technique. A total of 10 minutes application is repeated every 2 hours.

Patients under the supervision of a physiotherapist or medical doctor usually apply ice for ten to twenty minutes at a time and done two to three times a day.

What to do?

If you are using ice to minimize the inflammation and swelling of a newly acquired back muscle pain, perform ice cube application covered by a plastic bag up to ten to fifteen minutes at a time, application should have an interval for at least 2 hours for the first 36 hours.

o If you are using ice to cure chronic muscle spasm, you can apply an ice bag for ten to fifteen minutes and must be performed two or three times each day.
o Instead of ice massage, go for an ice pack. To perform this, a company and a paper cup is needed. Fill water in the paper cup and freeze it. After that, tear off 1 inch at the top of the cup and let somebody massage the affected area. The massage should be in a circular motion and always moving towards the heart. Let him/her massage you for 15 minutes

Reminder: With ice application method, risk of ice burn and even frostbite might be encountered
so never apply ice directly on the skin except somebody is continuously moving the ice from an area to another.

If you are going to use the ice application, always cover them with a cloth or place them in a bag. If your skin turns red, white or numb, that is a warning that you must discontinue application

If you have arthritis or another medical condition as well as your back muscle pain, don’t use ice unless it is recommended by a specialist.

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Tension Headache Symptoms

June 29th, 2011
Stewart Goh asked:




According to the survey reports approximately 80% to 90% of adults experience the tension headache symptoms at some or the other point of their life. When this kind of headache lasts for a short period of time, then it is known as episodic.

However, when it lasts for a longer period and on regular basis, then it is called as chronic tension headache in medical terms. This kind of headaches can happen to anyone and there is nothing serious or life threatening but it is highly recommended to consult a doctor if it happens frequently.

Nowadays tension headaches are seen among the adults including both women and men. But it is considered to be more common among the women gender. Sometimes tension headache is confused with the symptoms for migraine which can also lead to wrong treatment.

But it is basically confused because few of the symptoms overlap and many people suffering from migraine also get frequent tension headaches.

In order to avoid such health problems it is always better to take precaution by allocating yourself some time to relax from your busy daily schedule by stretching your arms, neck and shoulders at least every hour.

There are various symptoms of tension headache and some of them are as follows:

o Tension headache pain is commonly described as a constant pressure, as if the head is being squeezed. The pain is felt on both the sides of the head at once i.e. bilateral. Tension headache pain can be mild to moderate but sometimes it can also be severe.

o Sometimes it starts with the pain in the forehead and then it moves all the way down to the back of the neck

o Muscle aches

o Chronic fatigue

o Lack of concentration and irritability

o Sensitivity to light or noise

o Occasional dizziness

o Difficulty in sleeping

o Headache upon awakening

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How to Lose Weight in Diabetes

June 29th, 2011
Jenny R Smith asked:




Moderate (up to 5%) and sustained weight loss has been shown to improve the action of Insulin in diabetics as well as a contributing to a reduction in the levels of lipids in the blood while also aiding better control of blood pressure. Thus weight loss is recommended for all individuals with or at risk of Diabetes.

It is important to keep in mind that a weight-loss diet should be a low-carbohydrate, low-fat, calorie-restricted diet for it to be effective in the short-term. Protein intake is recommended up to 40% of the diet in individuals with normal kidney and liver functions. In individuals suffering from complications of the kidney as sequelae of diabetes, it is best to consult with the treating doctor before undertaking any drastic changes in diet. It is advisable that all weight-loss and weight-management diets be accompanied by suitable modifications in physical activity and behavior such that they are helpful in the maintenance of weight loss.

Weight loss medications and surgery should be considered a last resort in diabetics as they can contribute to about 10-15% of weight loss when combined with suitable physical activity. Such treatment is only indicated in those who repeatedly fail in diet control and weight reduction. However, the long-term benefits of these measures are yet to be definitively understood.

Standard weight loss diets aim at reducing between 500 and 100 calories from that required for weight maintenance. This can initially result in weight loss of between 0.5 and 1 kg per week but may not be sustained without physical activity or behavioral therapy and such individuals usually end up regaining all the weight they had lost.

Another important aspect of weight loss in diabetics is resorting to meal replacements. These include liquid or solid prepackaged foods that are limited in the amount and quantity of nutrients that they supply while also aiming at providing the basic essentials of a meal. These replacements are usually formula products that can cause significant weight loss if used once or twice-daily as they provide a definite amount of energy with every recommended serving. It is very important to ensure adequate breakfast and whole-grain products intake. The role of soluble fiber and low glycemic foods in weight management is well demonstrated.

The dietary guidelines of the WHO (2003) for prevention and control of Coronary vascular disease (CVD) are widely popular. (Fat

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