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Author: Massage Therapy Demonstration Full Body Lymph Drainage
Massage Therapy Demonstration Lymph Drainage You have probably heard of many different types of massage such as Japanese massage, Yoni Massage, Thai Massage, Swedish Massage, Tantra Massage, etc. but here is another type of massage that you probably …
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Author, instructor, and massage expert Susan Salvo shares massage therapy techniques and strategies to address muscular tension headaches and sinus facial pain. Use these after a through back, neck, and shoulder massage once your client is supine. Gr…
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Downtown Melbourne
Phone: 321-768-7575
If your blood vessels were laid end-to-end, they would extend approximately 60,000 miles! This is a long way to travel without coming across “bumps” in the road. These “bumps” are plaque build-up, clots that form in the arteries, and chronic damage from smoldering inflammation of the blood vessel wall. Inflammation can result from high insulin (type II Diabetes and pre-Diabetes), dental infections, smoking, stress, and other chronic infections.
Traditional medicine offers solutions such as bypass surgery and angioplasty after your blood vessels become blocked. These procedures are usually temporary and have not conclusively been shown to prevent heart problems, or extend life, and may be associated with serious side effects. A landmark study shows that angioplasty, at an average cost of $40,000 per patient, was no better than medical management!* Medical management consists of drugs, diet, and exercise. At Preventive Medicine I take a wholistic approach to medical management. Taking a wholistic approach to your heart means preventing those “bumps” in the road from forming as well as opening existing blockages. I use EDTA Chelation Therapy in conjunction with supplements, diet, stress reduction, and exercise.
EDTA Chelation is a non-surgical, intravenous method to restoring normal vascular and cellular function. Chelation removes toxic metals and calcium from soft tissues, inhibits free radical damage, promotes circulation in existing arteries, and encourages “new” blood flow. The whole body benefits from these results, not just blocked arteries. There are many hypotheses on how EDTA works. EDTA can stabilize enzymes that can break down plaque. It can also decrease free radicals which damage artery walls. Free radical damage can lead to plaque formation.
I evaluate each patient based on his/her condition to determine if Chelation could be beneficial. Chelation therapy is administered intravenously (IV) in our office. The American College for the Advancement in Medicine (ACAM) estimates that more than 500,000 people have undergone Chelation therapy safely using the ACAM protocol. Side effects are mild and can include low blood sugar, fatigue, and headache.
Chelation treatments can also be used for preventive measures. This may be beneficial especially for those who have a family history of heart disease, stroke, circulatory problems, suffer from diabetes, or other chronic illness. Remember, disease manifests after you notice symptoms of disease. Recognizing and addressing those symptoms makes all the difference when taking a pro-active approach to your health. Varsha Rathod, M.D.
Reference: Study Performed By: Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Circulation. 2007 Mar 6;115(9):1082-9
Additional Readings: Bypassing Bypass Surgery, Questions from the Heart
Wholistic Heart Health
Did you know that according to the American Heart Association heart disease is the largest killer of men and women in the United States? Someone dies every minute from a coronary event. Researchers continue to search for the best means to predict, prevent, and treat this killer. Emphasis is often placed on the common risk factors most people are familiar with such as cigarette smoking, high blood cholesterol, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. However, you can’t always rely on these factors as sole predictors. For instance, high cholesterol is a risk factor in heart disease, but not all heart attack patients have high cholesterol levels.
Some physicians have started to recognize that valuable diagnostic information may be gleaned from measuring levels of homocysteine and C-reactive protein in the blood. Elevated levels of these two markers indicate inflammation in the cardiovascular system. Inflammation is believed to cause significant damage and plaque formation in the arteries.
Homocysteine is an amino acid found naturally in the body. High levels of homocysteine damage the arterial walls and cause inflammation. Levels of homocysteine will rise when there are nutritional deficiencies of vitamins B12, B6 and folic acid. Supplementation with these vitamins is known to lower homocysteine levels.
The other marker, C-reactive protein, indicates the presence of excessive inflammation in the circulatory system. Various research studies have noted a correlation between high levels of C-reactive protein and an increased risk of stroke and heart attack. Inflammation can be reduced by eating a heart-healthy diet consisting of fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, walnuts, flaxseeds and fish, while avoiding hydrogenated oils (margarine, shortening) as well as saturated fats from meat and dairy products. This diet is the same one recommended for patients struggling with insulin resistance and diabetes.
Maintaining a healthy cardiovascular system and managing heart disease has multiple components. Dr. Varsha Rathod at Preventive Medicine uses tools provided by conventional and alternative medicine to treat her patients. Our patients feel empowered to embark on lifestyle changes by undergoing nutritional counseling and identifying stress reduction approaches that work for them. Many patients also come to Preventive Medicine for IV chelation treatments. Chelation is FDA approved for the treatment of heavy metal toxicity and is currently being studied as a means to prevent the progression of heart disease. It is believed that Chelation Therapy stabilizes multiple enzymes involved in the formation of plaque.
529 East New Haven Boulevard
Downtown Melbourne
Phone: 321-768-7575
Leg & Thigh Massage: Full Body Massage Therapy Techniques 8
Leg & Thigh Massage:Full Body Massage Therapy Techniques 8 Full body medical massage techniques video clip to relax the thighs and soothe tired legs, feet and improve circulation Athena is an alternative health practitioner doing Cranio-Sacral Therap…
Detox sounds scarier than what it really is. People equate the word more so with sobriety however; there are others ways of being toxic other than alcohol and drugs. Everything we put into our bodies determines our state of toxicity.
When toxic metals and chemical food additives get inside your body, it takes a strong cleanser to scrub your body clean from the inside out. The combination of ionic foot detox, vitamins, and minerals through detoxification work in this fashion to remove toxins from your body tissues and organs, from your water stores, fat deposits, and within your bloodstream. Natural cleansing is critical to remove body toxins, and protects from re-depositing them somewhere else in the body.
Toxins such as lead, mercury, arsenic, and the effects of aspartame’s by-product of formaldehyde, block nutrients from getting into normal body cells in the same fashion a lead shield blocks radiation during an x-ray.
When toxins are present within your body, oxygen and the your body’s “food supply” cannot get inside your cells to supply needed nutrients, nor can the waste products in the cells get out. This produces an environment for diseases to form.
Our goal at Lotus Heart is to help you IDENTIFY the toxins in your body, REMOVE them, and RESTORE your body’s balance.
Identifying what toxins are present in the body is critical to any detoxification program. We encourage our clients to have a Hair Analysis test done to identify what toxins are present and which essential minerals and nutrients are out of balance
Removal of toxins is accomplished with a program of Ionic Foot Detox baths supported by detox tea and nutritional suggestions. It is also recommended that the client be treated with Cranial Release Technique (link to Cranial release TechniqueÒ to heighten the detoxification process.
Restoring lost nutrients is supported through good nutrition and specific nutritional supplements recommended in your Hair Analysis report.
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Massage: It's Not Just a Feel-Good Activity
Pain in joints, from surgery or therapy, and from illnesses and diseases are often reduced or eliminated from a good massage. When something feels good, the body is notified that it feels good by the brain …
Publish Date: 01/13/2011 13:07
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Tips To Locate A Good Massage Therapy Location
When you have pain of any type you will want to get rid of it quickly to get back to leading a normal life again. The problem that you can encounter though is not knowing what you can do to take care of that pain.
Publish Date: 01/11/2011 10:26
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General –
- Massage makes good and feeling pleasurable experience.
- Massage restores stress, tension and anxiety levels.
- Massage calms the nervous system and has produces equilibrium.
- Massage relaxes, focuses and clears your mind.
- Massage boosts self-esteem and a general feeling of well being.
- Massage restores self-awareness.
Muscular system
- Massage relaxes muscles, effectively reducing spasms, tension and cramping.
- Massage reduces and breaks down adhesions (knots) and fibrosis.
- Massage helps to re-establish proper muscular tone.
- Massage relieves muscle and soft tissue pain.
- Massage increases the vascularity and nutrition to various muscles.
- Massage helps muscles recover more quickly from exertion and fatigue.
- Massage supports increased work capacity and encourages your metabolism.
- Massage helps to wasting from injury and paralysis
Skeletal system
- Massage reduces joint strain and compression through releasing tight muscles and tendons.
- Massage increases the ease and efficiency of your movements.
- Massage helps to increase the retention of nitrogen, phosphorous, and sulphur in the bones and this aids in fracture healing.
- Massage improves the circulation and nutrition of the joints and helps increase range of joint movement.
Circulatory system
- Massage enhances the elimination of the waste products of metabolism.
- Massage helps to reduce any swelling and contusions.
- Massage increases the number of red blood cells in circulation.
- Massage has the overall effect of lowering your blood pressure and reduces pulse rate.
- Massage facilitates tissue healing through the enhancement of circulation.
- Massage increases tissue fluid and assists lymphatic circulation thus reducing swelling and enhancing the immune and filtering activities of this system.
- Massage increases both venous and lymphatic flow
- Massage increases the nutrition of the tissues via an increased exchange of fluids and materials.
- Massage, via the mechanical actions on the soft tissues, produces a dilation of the blood vessels, which helps to improve circulation.
- Massage helps to reduce the lack of blood and by direct pressure and stimulation reduces pain due to the irritation of nerves that control circulatory system.
Nervous system
- Massage relaxes the muscles.
- It helps to re-establish proper tonus through its effect on the neuromuscular reflex pathways.
- Massage is known to affect the neurotransmitters of the brain and increase endorphin secretion in particular by means of natural painkillers.
- Massage can help reduce nerve entrapment through the release of soft tissue or muscular binding.
- Massage can reduce nerve root compression caused by muscular tension
- Massage can have a sedative, stimulating or even exhausting effect on the nervous system depending on the type and length of treatment given.
Excretory system
- Massage can facilitate elimination through the large intestines by mechanically stimulating peristalsis and improving tone.
- Massage stimulates peristalsis and can reduce cramping or spasm in the digestive tract.
- Massage aides the normal movement throughout alimentary canal assisting with many dysfunctions through its stress releasing effects.
- Massage increases the excretion of fluids and waste products from protein metabolism, inorganic phosphorous and salt in normal individuals.
Skin
- Massage helps to reduce tension in the skin and adjoining tissues as well as increasing its circulation and improve its nutrition.
- Massage depending on the medium used to apply it can help to re-moisturize, and soften dry skin.
- Massage can help with some skin conditions like eczema.
Respiratory system
- Massage deepens and normalizes the breathing pattern.
- Massage can help to relieve congestion from respiratory organs like lungs through percussive and compressive movements.
- Massage increases the action of the heart, stimulating the blood flow to different organs and peripheral vascular system, helping with the elimination of waste and the absorption of oxygen.