Why Do You Have Shoulder Or Neck Pain? Look In The Mirror.

Do you have shoulder or neck pain? Look in the mirror and you’ll see why. Find out how easy it is to see if you are not balancing your body properly which leads to your neck and shoulder pain by viewing my video. For more tips and techniques to stop your pain in just 10 minutes a day, check out my videos. You’ll be well on your way to a pain free life in no time!

Fibromyalgia

This article is a message Jenny wrote in response to a question about fibromyalgia.

Thank you for your email, and it was nice meeting you last Tuesday night at seminar.  To answer your question…From what I’ve witnesses and studied, Fibromyalgia is a somewhat mysterious circumstance which affirms what we all need to do with our bodies:  listen to our body on an hourly basis and nurture it and give it what it needs.  Usually, most people think their body needs a lot of rest, but that is in fact not so accurate.  Yes, the body needs to sleep every 24 hours or so, but the more movement the body does, the more energy the body will actually have…

So why does it seem that the body is “worn out” as we are older?  Only because we misuse our body–specifically through undermovement coupled with poor alignment of the skeleton when we do actually move.  How does this happen?  And why are our knees affected?  Through sitting in chairs most of our adult lives is how it happens; and then, when we do walk, one or both of our feet are typically turned out like a little duck, and then our knees wear unevenly.  So, in effect, we DO wear out our knees, but the knees will heal if we start walking with proper alignment–in short, the toes and kneecaps MUST face forward when we walk.  Really forward, and not turned out at all.  That’s one thing.  The other is the actual source of the problem:  tight hips, stemming from those darn chairs.  First, start by gently opening and loosening the hips using the 10-minute sequence, done in bed on a regular basis (see www.10minutesotopainfree.com for the whole series).  Then, when the hips are more pliant, in a couple of days or weeks of that, spend more time on the floor.  If the idea of getting on the floor scares you, as it does some octagenarians, stay tuned:  a forthcoming “getting up and down from the ground” is on its way to the 10-minutes member website as part of the “Being Pain Free” movement I am happily promoting.  Thank you so much for looking into improving your health with me

I hope all this information helps you on your way to being whole and complete!

With love,
Jenny B.

Women Over 40 – Exercise to Get That Beach Body Before Summer, Feel Better and Be More Attractive

Do you go to a gym regularly?

Going into a gym or doing any kind of exercise is tough for many women over 40- so it’s getting harder and harder to lose weight permanently.

There are many reasons for this. First of all, women over 40 lead busy lives and going to the gym takes out additional time from their daily schedule. Second, many do not want to be seen at a gym- they feel self-conscious because they carry around some extra pounds and feel like looking out of place around slim and trained people.

But this doesn’t have to be that way. If you’re exercising regularly, you’ll feel better. If you exercise regularly, you’ll be more efficient, feel more productive and your mood will be much more stable. This emotional side to exercise is commonly underrated. Even for patients with depressions exercise helps to brighten the mood- so it will certainly help you as well.

New research released in the Archives of Internal Medicine looked into the results of exercise on the quality of life of menopausal women. All women were overweight or obese and had a desk-bound lifestyle. They received 3 different exercise programs, with different level of intensity. As always in these studies, a control group had no exercise at all.

The results are essential. Some women did not lose any weight; despite of being on an exercise program- they obviously increased their calorie consumption. But nevertheless, their quality of life improved. The more exercise, the better the well-being- the higher the intensity of the exercise, the higher the quality of life.

And: Even the exercise program with the lowest intensity had a beneficial impression on the sense of well-being. When you’re starting out with an exercise program, it’s actually better to start slowly and increase the intensity while you are getting stronger. It doesn’t make sense to be an overachiever in these things- better aim for an exercise program you can really do.

Once you are getting the health benefits from regular exercise, you’ll automatically want to increase the length and the intensity of your exercise program. As you know, if you want to lose weight permanently over 40 you have to include exercise in your day-to-day life. But you shouldn’t do it only because you want to lose weight. You will feel better and enjoy your life even more- particularly if you are over 40.

Over 40 the muscles mass reduces automatically, what means you need to counterbalance this effect by exercising. Regular strength training will help you to keep your muscle mass at the right level. Don’t fear you’ll bulk up- you’re only aiming at keeping what is there (and maybe replacing what you’ve lost since your twenties).

Include some gentle stretching, and you’re on your way to a perfect, balanced body. You’ll not only feel more youthful, your appearance will be much more energetic, making you attractive over 40.

Are you a woman over 40? I’ve created a free, personalized program for women over 40 who want to lose weight permanently. Would you like to get excellent, lasting weight loss results- be attractive, healthy, energetic, youthful? This program will keep you motivated while you enjoy healthy eating and exercise. The program is customized to your specific needs and designed to help you to lose weight permanently.

Sign up for your free, personalized “Lose Weight Permanently” program at http://www.loseweightpermanently.com/Steps_To_Lose_Weight_Permanently/pages/WomenWeightLossOver40.jsf

Perry Permann

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Breathe Your Way to Back Pain Relief

By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Rob_Molloy]Rob Molloy

For back pain relief there are many options available but not all of them are desirable. For many, back pain relief comes with uncomfortable trips to the chiropractor. For many others it comes with prescriptions that can cause unwanted complications, harmful side effects, and possible addictions. There are some cases where surgery is needed to bring about back pain relief.

All of those options may not only be uncomfortable and harmful for you, they may come at a pretty high price tag. Wouldn’t it be great if there was some way that you have pain relief for back problems that was as easy and beneficial as breathing? Well, the truth is you can get some back pain relief by using some simple breathing techniques.

Taking deep breaths for back pain relief will help you to:

Oxygenate Your Blood – There are toxins that float around in your body that can help to increase the amount of pain that you feel. Increasing the amount of oxygen in the blood will help get rid of and flush those toxins out.

Decrease Tension and Ease Stress – The time and focus required to breath deeply will help bring your body to a more relaxed state and also relax your muscles and help free your mind from tension. Many times back pain can be brought on or accentuated because of tension that your body and mind are feeling.

Get Through the Pain – Many people going through the worst of pains will find that concentrating on breathing will help you get through the most painful moments. Think about how pregnant women are taught to breathe to help them through contractions. This will work the same way in helping bring back pain relief.

One very simple breathing technique that will help bring back pain relief will only take a couple minutes and can be done anywhere at any time. This is great for when you have those sharp back pains that come out of nowhere.

1. Find a Focal Point – this will help to distract you from what you are feeling and help you concentrate on breathing. In those places that you are most likely to have those sharp pains, have something that you can look and focus in on when the pains hit. Have one in your living room, your bedroom, at your desk at work, or even in your car (though you should be pulled over if you are going to do this). Let it be something that is a relaxing object. A clock doesn’t count.

2. Calm Down – Using the focal point, try and calm down. You have to get relaxed. Forget for a moment about any deadlines you might have, that meal you have to make, or anything else that might be stressing you. Give yourself a break for a couple minutes.

3. Straighten Up – The area between your chest and your belly button needs to be stretched out.  Your shoulders will be back and your chest sticking out. This will make it easier for the deep breathing to take place.

4. In Through the Nose – Inhale through the nose s-l-o-w-l-y. Count to 3 or 4 at a relaxed pace. Your lungs should be filling up with air and your diaphragm expanding to take in the air. Imagine your diaphragm is a big pillow and the air is your head slowly sinking into it.

5. Out Through the Mouth – Exhale even slower than you inhaled. Your exhale should take twice as long as your inhale. If you counted to 3 on the inhale, count to 6 exhaling. Be sure that it is a controlled exhale and don’t force it.

Do this just a couple times if you haven’t done it before for back pain relief. If you get light-headed, it may mean that you were breathing to quickly. That isn’t good. Make sure that it is a slow, relaxing event.

This way to help bring back pain relief can actually be done lying down flat on your back or standing up as well. Try to get to a point where you can do it for two or more minutes, gradually building up. Make it a habit to do this the first thing in the morning and as the last thing you do before going to bed. Try doing it every time you feel that sharp pain in your back and you may find yourself depending less and less on other potentially harmful treatments for back pain relief.

Back pain affects millions of people each year, many of them battling to get a bit of relief, if any, from the pain. If you are one of those millions, you’re sure to be tired of back pain and will do almost anything to be rid of it.

For oodles of information about back pain relief, check out http://www.painsintheback.com and/or go to the blog at http://www.painsintheback.com/blog where, at both sites, you’ll find information and resources to help you find a normal life again.

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Remember B.Ra.S.S. for a Healthy Body for Life

When you use an inanimate object, say your favorite pair of jeans, that object begins to show wear and tear over time.  The opposite is true of animate objects, like your body parts.  Barring abuse, your body is alive and designed to move—and all its systems are in place to support movement.  It has healing fluids and processes, it has an ingenious energetic feedback loop which tells itself how to balance and heal for maximum health.
The inanimate object has no feedback system, no healing properties—it just decays.  But when you move your living body, it grows and benefits.  Most of us do not move our bodies enough.  The idea that we will wear out our bodies is simply a myth.  I’m not allowing for abuse—that is, we need to gradually build up our strength and stamina; but, after that, the body really is a workhorse, magnificently designed and able.  It’s our sacred duty to use our bodies and keep them not just healthy, but growing.  We are best off when seeking growth in strength and stamina, growing in range of motion (also called flexibility) and balancing skills—in other words:  B.Ra.S.S.
At whatever stage of life, develop a practice of movements that cultivate the four areas of physical health:  Balance, Range of motion, Strength and Stamina.  Memorize this formula.  Review your current exercise regime and see if you’ve got all four areas covered.  If not, see the articles on each of these areas and build and grow, gradually over time, until you’re a master.  And for every summit you reach, be content where you are while still knowing that today’s summit is tomorrow’s plateau, and another summit lies ahead in your healthy journey to excellent fitness.