Holistic Health Counseling; Healthcare of the Future

New York, NY – August 6, 2008 – Did you ever take a step back and look at the United States healthcare system and think, there has to be a better way? There is a solution; Holistic Health Counseling. Before you go running to your doctor to try a quick fix prescription drug, or try the latest fad diet, think about an alternative to western medicine. Holistic Health Counselors believe the way to becoming healthy is about eating whole foods, lots of vegetables, and having a well balanced lifestyle. They aim at teaching you about healthy foods without compromising taste and flavor. There is a way for a person to be happy and healthy without prescription drugs, the answer has always been here for us, but we have struggled to see the truth that food does matter.

 

With heart disease, cancer, and diabetes continually on the rise, it is imperative to learn about healthy alternatives to improve your health. Isn’t it time for us to wake up and realize what we are feeding ourselves, and our children? We are at a point where parents are outliving their children because of diabetes and heart attacks at age 18. Do we ever stop and think as to what might be the cause of this?

 

Roxanne and Amanda Anderson, Certified Health Counselors, have a private practice in New York and are doing their part to change the world. They are counseling clients on how to reach their goals for health, weight loss and stress reduction. Additionally, they present workshops and lectures on living a healthy, balanced life. Please contact them for more information.

 

Roxanne Anderson & Amanda Anderson

Holistic Health Counselors

(516) 984-8144, (516) 984-8008

info@roxanneanderson.com, info@chefamandaanderson.com

Tbi Patients Study Cognitive Therapy Treatment

Copyright (c) 2008 Katie Kelley

Scientists recently discovered that a therapy treatment known as Oxycyte, which may be able to ‘improve cognitive recovery’ to help traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients, according to an October 2008 issue of Neurosurgery.

According to the study, conducted by individuals from Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, scientists divided injured animals into two groups, with one group receiving high doses of Oxycyte and 100 percent oxygen and another group receiving low doses of Oxycyte with 100 percent oxygen, while a control group received saline.

The researchers found that both groups that received either low or high doses of the treatment had ?significant improvement in ability to learn and function in a standard maze when compared with injured saline control animals.? While the studies are reporting positive and life-altering affects from the drug, scientists believe additional studies are necessary before the drug should be administered to TBI victims on the market.

Cognitive Repair and TBI

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) reported that approximately 200,000 individuals die each year from brain-injury related incidents. However, millions more suffer from TBI as well as TBI side effects including cognitive and communications disorders.

THe NIDCD described the following as cognitive and communication impairments associated with a brain injury:?

* delirium

* ? multi-infarct dementia

* ? amnestic disorders

* ? Alzheimer?s disease

While cognitive communication disorders are a large part of a TBI incident, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) has found that with intervention services and additional treatments, such as the Oxycyte, there may be a way to provide positive rehabilitation. According to ASHA, speech pathologists will work with a TBI victim on the following steps to improve the lingering brain injury side effects.

* Evaluation of cognitive communications disorders in various contexts.

* ? Determine appropriate combination of intervention approaches such as skill training, counseling, process-specific training, metacognitive approaches, etc., while also taking into account support from friends, family.

* ? Cooperate with others on intervention collaboration processes.

Additional Traumatic Brain Injury Side Effects

Unfortunately, there are a plethora of common side effects often associated with a brain injury diagnosis. Some of the most common TBI side effects include the following, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS);

* lightheadedness

* ? seizure

* ? dizziness

* ? slurred speech

* ? continual headache

* ? inability to awaken from sleep

* ? repeated vomiting or nausea

* ? dilation of one or both pupils of the eyes

* ? weakness, numbness in extremities

* ? loss of coordination

* ? confusion

* ? restlessness

* ? agitation

Living With a Brain Injury

Living with a traumatic brain injury can be a difficult illness and can often lead an individual to feeling hopeless or having severely dismal feelings and a poor outlook on life; however, there are an array of treatment options and therapy groups that can assist a brain injured victim.

Additionally, developing a TBI lawsuit may also offer a victim monetary relief from the costly medical bills associated with such a diagnosis. By seeking the counsel of a knowledgeable personal injury attorney who can offer a free legal consultation may provide the confidence and insight into overcoming the fears quite frequently associated with a brain injury.

Music Therapy ? How Does It Promote Health?

Music therapy is known to have great influence on human body as a whole. Researchers have proved that music therapy promotes health and keeps you away from several problems. In this article we will tell you how:

Music that has strong beats can stimulate the brain waves to resonate along with the beat. Listening to sharper beats can help you gain sharper concentration and stay alert. On the other hand, slower beats provide a calm and meditative state of mind.

As there are alterations in the brain waves, this also brings about changes in the various other functions in the body. This again influences the breathing and heart rate. It also affects those that are governed by the nervous system of the body. This results in slower heart rate, slower breathing and an activation of the recreation response. This is the reason why music as well as music therapy helps to prevent or counteract the harmful effects of chronic stress.

The therapy is also useful to maintain a positive state of mind. It helps to fight depression and anxiety away. This prevents stress from creating disorders in the body. Alternatively, it causes the levels of creativity and optimism to rise high. Music therapy also has several other benefits.

Studies have proved that it helps in lowering the blood pressure, boost immunity of the body, relieve muscle tension, and much more. Given the profound benefits, it does not come as a surprise that music is seen as an amazing tool to help the body in staying healthy. It comes as no surprise that this therapy has gained much popularity due to its various benefits.

Though music therapy is undoubtedly an important discipline, you can also benefit from music on your own. Music education can help you control anger, anxiety and stress.

Terminalia Arjuna Herb for Heart Remedies | Ayurvedic Remedy for Maintaining a Healthy Heart

Arjuna is a are 100 % vegitarian dietary supplement. It is purely a natural herbal product containing arjuna, without any chemicals added into them. They are free from side effects and are very useful herbal cure for heart problems.

 

Arjun tree bark is a popular herbal remedy for heart problems, high cholesterol and blood pressure. Many people take the bark and boil it in water and consume it everyday. Arjuna capsules contain extract of Arjuna tree bark. It is a concentrated form of raw Arjuna powder. This makes it very effective solution for many heart and cirulatory problems. It is not only useful in heart ailements but also helps in clearing away the blockage in the arteries. Thus it is also helpful in venous thrombosis.

 

1. Blood Pressure

2. High Cholesterol

3. High Triglycerides

4. Coronary artery disease

5. Diabetes ( As Adjuvant to other diabetes supplements)

6. Deep Vein Thrombosis

 

Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna):

 

The bark of this tree is used in Ayurveda for prevention and treatment of many heart problems like angina, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, high cholesterol and blood pressure. Extensive research has lead to discovery of cardiac glycosides in the bark and naturally occurring Co-Enzyme Q 10, which is really important nutraceutical for proper functioning of heart muscle. It gives strength to ailing heart and controls the cholesterol levels.

 

Benefits of Arjuna

 

Arjuna leaves: To get relief from pitta take the mixture of milk and grounded leaves.

 

Earache: Take the extract from tender leaves and put in the ears.

 

Heart diseases: Take the bark from the tree, boil and consume.

 

Find powerful ayurvedic treatment

Healthy Heart Tonic

 

Bark: Pipal bark, wood apple bark, Arjuna bark, cinnamon, tea should be soaked and when consumed in the morning gives relief in fever, loose motions, stomach related problems, to get relief from wounds the bark should be boiled or soaked in water and this water should be used to wash the wounds. The powder of the bark is useful in cleaning teeth. Smell it to get relief from headache. Apply the paste of Arjuna bark and honey to remove acne. Consume the powder with honey to strengthen the bones.

 

For stones in kidney: When the bark is boiled and filtered and consumed, the stones break into pieces and removed completely.

 

Fats in heart: to open the heart and arteries blockage, take three gm of bark, boil it in cow’s milk or honey and keep drinking continuously. This strengthens the weak heart nerves and gives them energy.

 

High blood pressure: The high blood pressure patient should take the extract from the stem. This helps in controlling anemia, piles, and stomach related problems. Ladies can use for their irregular menstrual cycle, patient suffering from jaundice can use it, and it is very useful in removing stones from the urinary bladder.

Massage Therapy Denver

The health and wellness area has seen an interest in massage therapy. Although message therapy is not knew it has developed a new following in this modern age. Massage therapy was practiced by the ancient Chinese and Egyptians in abut 2700 BCE. The book entitled “The Yellow Emperor’s Classic Book of Internal Medicine” was followed faithfully back then. Now the translated version of the same book is used in training massage therapists and well as for teaching alternative medicine which includes acupuncture.

In exploring the tombs of the ancient Egyptians archeologists found wall paintings that showed massage therapy as one of the forms used in medical procedures. Egyptians get the credit for being the first to use reflexology in the year 2500 BCE. This form of medical treatment has a great influence on the Greeks and the Romans. Back in 1500 BCE, meditation together with relaxation was used in India. There is some evidence that it may have been before 1500 BCE. They referred to massage therapy, meditation and relaxation as the life science. Holistic medicinal procedures have as their basis, massage therapy.

In the early 1800s, Dr. Per Henril Ling, devised the Swedish Movement System which became known as Swedish massage. Massage therapy was introduced to the western world at that time. Today, in the western world, there are two types of massage therapy and most popular: the Swedish massage and Shiatsu. The latter is a Japanese form of massage therapy. There is a lot of work being done in the massage therapy area that includes body movements such as Pilates, Reiki and other similar movements.

Denver offers The Divine Touch Massage Therapy which focuses on deep tissue therapy, neuromuscular therapy, Swedish massage and hot stone massage. The hot stone therapy is most interesting as it uses stone that have been naturally developed from volcanic lava that has been hardened naturally. To be used in hot stone massage therapy the stones are heated; the large stones are laid on the back and or on the legs and the small stones are used in the actual massage while being held by the massage therapist. There is a great deal of therapeutic value in the hot stone massage.

A specialty of Divine Touch Massage Therapy is deep tissue massage therapy. They use pressure point techniques on the trapezium muscle which is the muscle between the shoulders and the arms. The trapezium muscle is usually injured during sports activities of heavy household chores. Deep tissue massage therapy relieves the pain and helps with any immobilization the injury may have caused.

Jessica Busby is the founder of Divine Touch Massage Therapy in Denver. She is passionate about her career as a massage therapist and believes in the healing art of massage therapy. She treats each client’s need individually. Using her love and her energy together with that of her client she produces a harmonic bond between herself and her client and obtains a good, intense, deep healing massage therapy.

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