Exercise, Health & Fitness and You

Through dedicated exercise, health and fitness can be achieved by both men and women. Today there are more gyms and health and fitness centers than ever before. Even community based fitness classes have more participants.

People are becoming very conscious about getting in shape and they are willing to go the extra mile to do it. There are exercise books and CDs that can show you how to learn different techniques that are used in programs such as aerobics, yoga or Pilates that you can practice in the privacy of your home.

However, most of these exercises are much more productive when they are performed in a group setting. When you attend exercise classes you get feedback, assistance, and you have the fun and excitement that often occurs in group activities.

Yoga classes have been around for a long time, and the actual history of yoga dates back over centuries. This program offers a more refined and gentle type of physical exercise and fitness regime that people of all ages can use. Most of the health clubs offer several different yoga styles in their classes.

The aerobics craze is still going strong and provides great heart healthy benefits to participants. This program is known for the burn, and the people who want to attend these classes need to be prepared to engage in some high speed, heart-pounding physical activity.

There are also classes that promote working and training with weights. These classes are for both men and women, and can be some of the healthiest of all classes available for you. When you work with weights, you are challenging yourself both mentally and physically. Weight training will provide you with better balance, coordination, and stronger bones.

Women will gain toned and defined bodies by working with weights without the bulk and heavy muscle that will be gained by the men.

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Foods That Make You Smell Better

Smelling great is important to most people-an obvious fact given the colossal amount of revenue made by the makers of soap, deodorant, and perfume. Body odor may also be an unpleasant fact, but some odors can be shut down by ingesting various foods and beverages. While a few odors produced by the body may be linked to an underlying health condition such as diabetes or liver disease, other odors can be attributed to an unbalance in the digestive system, not to mention a hardy regimen of exercise or a hot day.

In many instances, when the body's natural scent becomes soured, an issue in the digestion system may be the cause. Material that is not fully digested in the intestines can produce some odor that is radiated through and out the body. Foods that are difficult for the body to digest hang out longer in the digestive system and are likely to produce more sour-smelling bacteria than faster-digestive foods do. Regulating the digestive system is the first measure to take when trying to combat excessive body odor.

Water is extremely important to the body; it flushes out toxins and can decrease body odor while doing so. Drinking roughly eight glasses of water a day helps keep the digestive tract rolling, so foods don't have the chance to over-linger in the nooks and crannies of the intestines. Some physicians have recommended adding some lemon twists to the water as an added help along with a teaspoon (one a day) of chlorophyll, which is available at health food stores.

Eating a diet rich in yogurt can also help combat body odor. The live, active cultures in yogurt are regarded as good bacteria. The presence of good bacteria controls the presence of bad bacteria and provides an essential balance for the digestive system. Keep in mind, however, the snacks covered with yogurt and frozen yogurt do not contain living cultures, so they will not be helpful for eliminating bodily smells.

Raw vegetables and fruits can also help reduce body odor. These foods are good roughage that helps push everything in its path through the digestive tract. The key, however, is to eat vegetables and fruits raw since cooked foods may produce more odor during the digestive process. Therefore, snacking on apple slices and carrot sticks throughout the day can help tackle an odor problem from within unlike a new deodorant that merely covers up the underlying issue. Additionally, the fresh scent associated with citrus fruits is said to pervade the body when eaten.

Pumpkin and fennel seeds can also help to improve body odor. Pumpkin seeds are rich in zinc and a zinc deficiency is typically associated with odor. Remember that too much zinc, on the other hand, can interfere with the absorption of other important minerals like copper, so it is better to get some zinc from a handful of pumpkin seeds as opposed to a supplement. Fennel seeds can be eaten to combat the post-meal smells associated with garlic and onions. Fennel tea also contains this natural deodorizing potential. Similarly, parsley helps neutralize the odors from garlic.

Finally, sage appears to be effective at fighting body odor whether it is ingested or applied topically. Sage tea, which should be avoided by women pregnant or when nursing, helps combat stress-induced odor, though experts recommend that it should not be ingested on a regular basis as it could cause dizziness or hot flashes. Sage can be mixed with rosemary and baking soda to form an effective guard against wetness and odor in the most commonly odorous parts of the body like the underarms.

Other foods and spices that can reduce offensive body odor include raw nuts, soy products, thyme, celery, and mint. These are just some foods that have been known to help eliminate body odor.

Of course, by eliminating some odor-causing foods or elements from your diet like fatty foods and caffeine, body odor can also be warded away. Fatty foods that are loaded with sugar and low in fiber can upset the pH balance of the intestines while caffeine increases the activity of sweat glands.

As we go about our daily lives, it will likely be difficult to avoid foods that may help cause body odor. Some of these foods will also be needed for a balanced diet. However, having an awareness of how diet can affect the way you smell will enable you to manage this issue and help deal with it more effectively.

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How to Control a Hemorrhage

The arterial system is a low-pressure system demonstrated simply by comparing aortic pressure to that of a common city water supply. The pressure in city water pipes is approximately 45 PSI (pounds per square inch), yet with thumb pressure alone you can simply stop water flowing from a hose. When you consider that normal pressure in the arterial system, comparable is only three P.S.I, it's quite clear that you can control the bleeding in any major blood vessels with very gentle pressure. When giving enough pressure to bring a 45 P.S.I hose when set on a 1.5 P.S.I. bleeder can possible make a slice on the blood vessel and and may add to a bigger problem as opposed to solving it.

How to handle massive bloodflow:

1. Place your finger on a bleeding point and extract the tiny amount pressure that's necessary to halt the bleeding. While 1 finger controls the bleeding, Be alert to examine the area around you & make preparations for definitive control of the hemorrhage. No need to hurry at this time, to control the bleeding use finger pressure could be maintained for several hours if needed.

2. Make the exposure much better. Putting a clamp or any other type of vascular within a hole to get a hold of large bleeding damage all around the structures, resulting in mismanage placement of clamps or further laceration of blood vessels. You can improve exposure with proximal & distal cutting all along the blood vessel that's bleeding several centimeters away away from the bleeding.

3. Clamp down on the vessel that's bleeding on either side of the point that's bleeding & get rid of hemostatic finger.

4. ligate or repair the involved vessel.

Clamps can grab tissue in a secure prolonged period, fatigue can come to be where static use of forceps occur. For example, Kocher clamps placed on the peritoneal edges can hope show surfaces during spreading of adhesions. It's crucial to use a clamp to the gallbladder to stable it as well as modify its position during dissection. The choice of the clamps should be based upon the the fragility of the tissue and how much traction is needed. Allis clamps & Kocher, that have small jaws for a better ability to apply better pressure in a minimal area, are applicable for use on fascia but could be fatal for a lung or a bowel, you can prevent tearing or crushing by using babcocks or lung clamps.

Atraumatic clamps, such as vascular clamps, are designed to hold while exerting the least possible crushing force. Many of these types of vascular clamps have fine teeth, they do this so when the jaws give pressure it wont slip off. With the teeth applying pressure it shouldn't slip off. The fine teeth exerting pressure on a small portion of the circumference leaves most of the wall between the teeth under no crushing pressure at all. Vascular clamps are the best used when the operator has his own familiar surgical instruments. He can then apply the clamp with the slightest pressure that will produce security, thereby minimizing the crushing or cutting of a vessel wall.

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Doctor, Are You Focused on the Right Things?

Honest to God, its 3:10 AM. I can't sleep, but I feel so lucky.

One of my patients died yesterday. My wife of 31 one years is asleep next to me. How lucky am I?

Judy presented to me about 10 weeks ago with acute sciatica, and low back pain.

At first, it seemed simple enough. By the end of week one, I sensed something completely different. Nothing gave her anything but very passive relief, nighttime was unbearable. Then she developed significant weakness of the legs and gait changes. Interestingly, her neuro signs were still unilateral nerve root, but that changed oh so quickly in 48 hrs. Something was "bad wrong", here as one of my earliest professors would say.

He husband who I have cared for for 25 years was with her every moment. Very concerned. Scared for Judy.

I called her PCP who immediately began a hospital intake after we both voiced concerns about unrelenting night pain and progressive leg weakness now justifying admission and a complete workup.

Judy went down hill fast. Initially, what started as a simple sciatica was next thought by her neurologist to be Gullien-Barre' Syndrome.

When medication (steroids, etc) did not help significantly she then quickly had plasmaphoresis, and was sent to transitional care. She never improved significantly.

Very quickly, it was established she had some very aggressive non-specific demyelinating disease.

In essence, all this happened inside of 3 months.

Judy and Bob were married for 50 or so years. Over in a flash. There is nothing any of us as her team would have done any different, or better. But, it still sucks.

Of course we see this as part of practice, and way more if you spend a lot of time in hospitals. I did four years of this type of transitional care while in college, and I still see the face of the pretty 23-year-old girl dying of a brain tumor, and many others 30+ years later.

So, yesterday morning, after my staff broke the news (we had called Bob the night before to check on Judy), instead of bitching about how so many obstacles are being hurled onto the path of us in practice, I felt really lucky. I immediately thought about my wife and daughter.

For some reason next I start thinking this morning about the doctor from an insurance carrier trying to lecture me last Monday morning on absolutely ridiculous daily record keeping, way beyond any standard of care. I told him so. I also told him I would gladly perform a high level encounter at each re-exam (including a very detailed PFSH on each CC, in the absence of changes, or any danger signs over the last 2 years. Yes, I did review it all on this case in question, and documented all reflexes, sensory, motor, ortho tests, no fever, night sweats, bowels, and bladder.

I also explained that the company he reviews for denies such follow-up services as "not medically necessary" for the same Dx, so this will cost the patient an additional 150 or so out of pocket, for each flare up of the SAME condition).

Just for good measure, he then tells me he cannot justify adjusting more than one area. In his mind, the pelvis, upper lumbar spine and TL Joints can't possibly need attention a 2-year postoperative laminectomy 62-year-old diabetic lady with back pain and sciatica. Even though her VAS scores went from 10-3, in 5 visits, that just did not adequately document a good outcome measure.

Huh?

And I am thinking this is just nuts. There's no common or rational clinical sense in this at all. This is not good chiropractic or good medicine. And I told him, "Screw all of this. Patient care always has to be the most important thing here". He'll never get it.

A year ago, it still made sense to work for these people. Now, if this keeps up they are history in my book.

Doctor, I know you know patient care has got to be your entire focus when seeing patients. The challenge is of course to do it rationally, thoroughly and not blind sighted by irrelevancy.

And when you're not with patients, just make sure you are focused on and spending time with the things and people you value most in life.

Because when its done, that's all there is.

Dr. John Hayes Jr, is president of Perfect Practice Web, and has 28 years experience in multidisciplinary and chiropractic practice management. He may be reached through [http://www.perfectpracticeweb.com] or email @ info@perfectpracticeweb.com He welcomes consulting, publishing and speaking inquiries at 781-659-7989. He is also the author of "Living and Practiceing by Design", and a 2008 Evvy Award Nominee. You can find out more at http://outskirtspress.com/livingandpracticingbydesign

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