Health and Nutrition with Nature's Sunshine: HC Wellness Center & Spa Newsletter December 2010

HC Wellness Center and Spa

Rub That Joint and Muscle Pain Away

With cold weather the aches and pain associated with winter sometimes make simple chores unbearable.

Anyone who's ever rubbed a sore elbow or shoulder knows massage can bring immediate relief to pain and stiffness. But few realize what a potent tool massage can be for healing arthritic joints.

Inflammation causes tissues to swell, which means excess fluid gets trapped in spaces around the cell. This locks oxygen and nutrients from getting in the tissues and slows the removal of waste materials.

Taking supplements helps but without joint mobility and lack of circulation in the damaged joint it is difficult for the nutrients and healing to reach the areas needed. Massage removes the excess fluid by pumping it into the lymphatic system. This removes waste allowing the oxygen and healing nutrition to inter the tissues.

So massaging a painful joint or part of the body to make the pain go away feels great. But continuing to massage so the pain won't come back is just as important. If the pain comes back in 4 hours than massage in 3 to keep it away for several more hours. Eventually you will not have to massage as much but it could save surgery or long term prescription use.

Use topical analgesic lotions such as Tei Fu Oil and lotion. This blend has wintergreen oil, clove, lavender, eucalyptus, menthol and camphor.

Deep Relief is another blend applied topically to ease pain. It contains clove, ginger and nutmeg oils.

MSM/Glucosamine Cream is an organic sulfur compound that penetrates readily through the skin. It is a derivative of DMSO, which has a long history of use as an anti-inflammatory agent. MSM is safer that DMSO, but is still great for reducing inflammation and pain and helping rebuild tissues. Glucosamine Sulfate is part of the cartilage in health joins and this cream can help deliver glucosamine directly to damaged joints to aid repair, while reducing pain and inflammation.

One more topical pain reliever is Everflex Pain Cream which contains menthol and MSM in the cream base.

For sprains and pulls the best topical choice is Healing AC Cream . This blend of homeopathic arnica and calendula in a cream base can rapidly reduce swelling in injured tissues, prevent bruising, ease pain and promote repaid healing.

Using self-massage to ease pain and promote healing is a simple, yet very powerful, tool, which is completely free.

It just takes a little thought and time, but small persistent efforts will yield powerful results.

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ihealthyconnect@carolina.rr.com

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