Health and Wellness
Did you know most of the symptoms treated by doctors every year could have been avoided. Living a more Healthy life and becoming more aware of personal wellness would go a long way toward keeping you out of the doctors office.
It is amazing what the human body can do to heal and adapt to changing environments. Our bodies are so good at adjusting that we forget to do the regular maintenance to keep it operating at a top performance level.
Health and wellness practices include healthy eating, proper rest and exercise. Keep your body clean inside and out.
If you do seem to be functioning less than optimally don’t wait too long to get the problem looked at.
This is a general post for health and wellness. I am sure this is going to be a favorite topic around here soon. Leave me a comment and tell me what you would like to see covered here and I will see if I can steer the blog in that direction.
Ken
February 19th, 2009 at 11:48 am
Bend over and touch your toes.
“Bend over and touch your toes” brings many images to mind. As age creeps upon us baby boomers “Bend over and touch your toes” becomes the action for the fountain of youth. As the age scale moves upward soreness, stiffness and pain creeps into the body, especially the hips, knees and ankles.
In the past few years I have pulled snapped or hurt my SI joint in both hips. Unfortunately, the pain from a pinched sciatic nerve is not isolated to the hip. The corresponding knee hurts so bad I can’t drive a car. Then I move a hip and the pain temporally goes away. The knee pain hurts when I take off my shoes or any activity requiring foot pressure. Nothing wrong with the knee, just pressure on the sciatic nerve.
Stretching is the only cure. A couple of weeks of Plaits with lots of bend over and touch your toes cures the pain. To keep yourself feeling young Bend over and touch your toes at every opportunity.