Health Care

By: Jeni Stevens

Most people put their routine colonoscopy off for as long as possible, dreading what they may find or how bad it may hurt. The truth is, a colonoscopy isn't anything to be afraid of. While it's much easier to simply ignore the need for a colonoscopy, you could be unintentionally shortening your life!

There are some things in this world that are just a part of life…paying our bills, brushing our teeth, having a health insurance, etc. Well, it's time to add colonoscopy to the list! There are certain instances where you need to have a colonoscopy. Most doctors advise anyone over 50 years of age to receive a colonoscopy. If you happen to have a family history of colorectal cancer, the age may be a lot earlier. After receiving that initial colonoscopy, your doctor will let you know how often you should come back. Mark this date on your calendar and don't consider canceling an option!

Most people who have gone through a colonoscopy say the clear liquid diet before hand is the worst part. Before surgery your gastrointestinal tract needs to be cleaned out so the doctor's can get a "clear" view. The liquid diet will help in making sure your tract is spotless! Depending on your doctor's instructions, this diet can last anywhere from 1-3 days but 24 hours is about the norm.

So what actually goes on during the surgery? Well, most people are given a light sedative and asked to lie on their side. From here, the doctor inserts a scope up the rectum and towards the colon. Doing this, the doctor can see any polyps that have formed and get rid of them. Although polyps are pretty typical for the average person, it's good to have them removed. A small polyp can turn into colorectal cancer over the years. The doctor than will usually take a sample of the tissue to check for disease. The whole procedure typically is under an hour long. Make sure to bring a friend to drive you home as your sedative will take awhile to wear off.

So what actually goes on during the surgery? Well, most people are given a light sedative and asked to lie on their side. From here, the doctor inserts a scope up the rectum and towards the colon. Doing this, the doctor can see any polyps that have formed and get rid of them. Although polyps are pretty typical for the average person, it's good to have them removed. A small polyp can turn into colorectal cancer over the years. The doctor than will usually take a sample of the tissue to check for disease. The whole procedure typically is under an hour long. Make sure to bring a friend to drive you home as your sedative will take awhile to wear off.

The dirty truth about colonoscopies is that they aren't as dirty and horrible as we make them out to be in our minds. If you are without health insurance, try finding an affordable plan on healthplanone. You are able to view several different health plans available and very affordable. Our body is our only means of living life. Make sure we are proactive in protecting it!

This type of cancer is not just something the elderly can get! Cancer is spreading far and wide. With this type of prevention available to us, we can't afford to wait and see.

Here the author writes about the truth of Colonoscopies. Colonoscopy can detect inflamed tissue, ulcers, and abnormal growths. Most doctors advise anyone over 50 years of age to receive a colonoscopy. If you are without Health Insurance, try finding an affordable plan on www.healthplanone.com

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By: Andrew Stratton

While you may have heard of chiropractic treatment, you may not be familiar with the practice itself or the benefits of receiving chiropractic care. Doctors of Chiropractic, D.C.s, are specially trained in this alternative type of therapy which involves spinal manipulations commonly referred to as "adjustments."

This treatment is based on the concept that our bodies have self-healing properties that originate from the spine which controls all of our bodily functions and movements. Adjusting the spine allows the various systems of the body to function properly, alleviating common problems such as back pain and headaches.

An initial consultation with a chiropractor can help you determine if treatment is appropriate based upon your medical history or previous injuries as well as any current medical conditions. During the initial appointment, the D.C. will obtain these details and perform a spinal examination and basic physical exam.

If the results of these exams indicate that treatment would be beneficial, the doctor will then set up a treatment plan consisting of regular spinal manipulation and may also include other treatments such as therapeutic exercise, nutritional or diet counseling, and electrical stimulation.

The core element of chiropractic treatment, spinal adjustment, involves application of sudden pressure or force to various points along the spine. This allows joints that have been affected by improper posture, regular strenuous movement, or injury to be restored to their normal mobility which then allows healing of the tissues and an improved range of motion of the joints.

Side effects of chiropractic care are minimal and typically temporary but may include headache and soreness or discomfort of the treated areas. Most patients seek chiropractic treatment for back pain, especially in the lower back, it is also an acceptable form of treatment for neck pain, headaches, and leg pain associated with sciatica. Patients range in age from infancy to the geriatric years.

Treatment may be needed once a week or several times a week and the frequency will usually lessen as the plan progresses. Depending upon the spine's condition, your individual treatment plan could be as short as a few months or as long as several years.

While D.C.s are required to obtain their degree after 4 years of education and training from a college accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE), it is important to inform both the D.C. and your regular physician of any treatments, medications or supplements provided by the other. Before choosing a practitioner, be sure to ask about his or her training and accreditation.

Ongoing research is being conducted to determine the benefits of chiropractic care but the advantages and benefits have long been established. Once considered as something akin to "snake oil treatment", it is now being covered by many insurance companies and HMOs as well as Medicare, some state Medicaid programs, and state workers compensation programs.

Before scheduling treatment, check with your own insurance provider to be sure the services will be covered. As with any form of alternative medicine and therapy, it's important to consider the advantages and expense of treatment to decide if chiropractic care is the right choice for you.

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The benefits of chiropractic care have long been established and it is now being covered by many insurance companies. San Francisco chiropractor will help you alleviate back pain, headaches and more using this natural, alternative mode of therapy. Visit http://www.chirocaresf.com/ to know more.

By: Maggi Pier

ITP treatment with the use of a little known new technology using acupuncture, homeopathy and quantum physics.

It's called Bio-tracker and it takes the guesswork out of diagnosis and helps get you on the road to recovery in no time. Yes, you can banish ITP as well as a host of other auto immune disorders by utilizing this amazing technology combined with the right lifestyle choices.

To understand how this is possible, one must consider science and how the combination of ancient modalities of acupuncture/acupressure, homeopathy and modern quantum physics can have such a profound effect on healing.

Here is a simple way to understand how this works:

The Bio-tracker technology uses modern computer software science with quantum physics, ancient Chinese acupuncture/acupressure, and homeopathy by testing the electromagnetic frequencies of our DNA taken from a sample of your saliva. Then a detailed range of virtual tests are performed and arrive at specific homeopathic remedies tailor made just for you and your condition. It is not exactly a "cure" per se, but what the remedy does is restore the balance of the body thereby eliminating the guesswork of finding out what's wrong and then helps your body get back in balance to create the state of health and ward off serious chronic disease.

Quantum Physics – Einstein established that our bodies are made up of energy vibrations resonating at the sub atomic level. This was later proven scientifically. Scientists confirmed that all of our cells are kept in balance by certain electromagnetic frequencies. When these specific frequencies are changed either positively or negatively, and not returned to a balanced state, the cell would die within about 72 hours. Many doctors and naturopaths agree that when the body is "stasis", that is when disease sets in. All disease starts with dis-ease of the body's electromagnetic balance, whether it is from wrong living habits, exposure to toxic chemicals, drugs, viruses, negative thoughts and emotions, etc.

Acupuncture -The Chinese created and developed this ancient technique of healing and utilized it to improve overall health, act as a pain reliever, and cure disease. Long before modern science existed, the Chinese believed that all dis-ease was caused by an imbalance of yin and yang (positive and negative forces), and were convinced that these imbalances disrupted the life force, and it was their objective, as it is with modern day practice of acupuncture and acupressure, to bring the positive and negative back into a state of balance by stimulating certain points on the body. Now modern scientists, through electromagnetic conductivity research, have actually confirmed that dis-ease states produce certain characteristics of electrical disruptions along particular meridians and have also verified that the electrical resistance in the skin located over these ancient points are different than the resistance of other skin area by a 10-1 ratio. Scientists at Harvard school of medicine, have proven that there is a direct link between physical health and the electrical energy fields of the body. Digging deeper into this theory, it was found that cells, at the DNA cellular level, held a state of homeostasis (balance) at certain electromagnetic frequencies, and that when these frequencies were changed and not returned back to their state of balance the cells would die off eventually.

Homeopathy - Safe and effective, this natural energy medicine has been in use for about 200 years and it's popularity is increasing daily. The world’s second most widely used medicine system, is based on "Like cures Like", or the "Law of Similarity". Homeopathy uses a miniscule dosage of a certain substance that would under normal circumstances, be antagonistic to the body, but instead, acts as a healing remedy. This is very similar to vaccination programs and the principals of conventional allergy treatments, whereas the allergic substance or the virus is administered in a micro doses to boost the immune system against that particular issue.

In using homeopathy effectively, one of the main obstacles that naturopathic doctors have encountered is coming up with the most effective remedy for the particular condition, and of the volume of remedies available to choose the correct prescription from.

Fortunately for the medical community, there are now new technologies available that take all the guesswork out prescribing the correct remedy. One of these technologies that I have had first hand experience with is called the Bio-tracker. I firmly believe that the use of this tool is one of the main reasons why I was able to cure my daughter Vivianna's ITP disorder naturally.

This computerized technology enables a remedy to be prescribed tailored just to the patient's specific electrical DNA blueprint. Its' implications for healing are huge! With this novel technology, all guesswork is eliminated. I firmly believe that eventually most naturopathic doctors, veterinarians, and a multitude of mainstream medical practitioners will use this cutting edge technology. Why wouldn't they?


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Maggi Pier is a wellness coach who has made it her life's mission to help people find natural solutions to their health challenges.

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by Tom Janus

I decided to write an article about carpal tunnel syndrome and subsequent treatment of this condition because I myself began to develop it years ago, and after doing a bit of research on it was able to rid myself of the pain I felt. Also, I had some colleagues that developed similar wrist and hand pain, which most likely was carpal tunnel syndrome as well and I was able to give them some helpful information and exercises which worked for me to help relieve the pain. Being that I blog online and write articles as well I realized I could help more people by sharing the information that I have.

The sad part though was that some of the people that I knew that developed carpal tunnel syndrome had done so to a much greater degree than I had. I was able to 'nip it in the bud' so to speak as my hand and wrist pain was intermittent and since I worked in an office and typed a lot it hit me that I might be developing carpal tunnel since I heard this was a common complaint. Apparently, like most other medical conditions, the earlier you can begin to treat carpal tunnel the quicker the results and healing will be.

So even if you are in advanced stage of pain with carpal tunnel syndrome, I do not mean to alarm you, I am just saying it will most likely take longer to heal yourself than someone who is just starting to feel the symptoms that come with this condition. Strangely enough the medical community is still in the dark about what exactly causes carpal tunnel syndrome, and there is a lot of debate over the exact cause. This fact itself causes people who have carpal tunnel syndrome to have a difficult time getting a proper diagnosis.

Various theories on the actual cause of this debilitating condition range from trauma, genetics, hypothyroidism, rheumatoid arthritis to repetitive motion at work. So although there is no exact agreed upon cause, what you should do first if you think you may have it is know what it is and what are the symptoms. The medical community defines carpal tunnel syndrome as the impairment of motor and/or sensory function of the median nerve as it traverses through the carpal tunnel. Some of the common symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome include:

• Hand and wrist pain resulting as an effect of repetitive movements.

• Tingling, burning sensations in your hands or even the feeling of numbness.

• Weak hand strength, the result of which can be dropping objects often.

• Waking up at night with your hands curled up and stiff.

• Clumsiness and difficulty relating to picking up simple objects and doing simple tasks.

As I stated earlier, I began experiencing some of the common symptoms attributed to carpal tunnel syndrome, most of which was the tingling, burning and numb sensations in my hands, especially in my right hand. This alarmed me to say the least so I looked into it to see what it could be and what I could do about it. I decided that getting cortisone injections or taking anti-inflammatories (which some doctors recommend) was out of the question. I eventually discovered some great carpal tunnel exercises over time which helped me dramatically.

One useful carpal tunnel exercise is taking a sheet of newspaper flat in your hand and gradually crumbling it up into a small ball as tight as you can and squeezing it hard for about 5 second and then releasing opening your hand up wide. Perform this exercise over and over again for both hands. You can do reps of 8-12.

I also found that stretching the tendons and muscles in your hands and wrists can have a powerful preventative and healing effect as well. There are various stretching exercises you can do, one thing to keep in mind is that holding various stretches for extended periods of time while breathing deeply increases effectiveness of the exercise. This goes for both assisted hand/arm exercises and isometric carpal tunnel exercises.

One great exercise for carpal tunnel is holding your arms out straight in front of you (elbows almost locked) with your palms facing outwards/away from you, fingers splayed as much as possible. Breathe deeply while holding this position. You can repeat this position with arms out to the sides (palms facing away), above you (palms facing the sky), and finally down (palms facing the ground). You can do this standing or sitting moving smoothly from one posture to the next while breathing deeply. After a while holding these postures you should feel the energy in your hands and possibly heat even moving to your palms.

Another effective stretching carpal tunnel exercise is placing one of hand against a wall with fingers facing the ground and then grabbing your thumb to stretch it out even further with your other hand. You can hold this stretch for 15 to 30 seconds, gradually building up. Follow this stretch with this one: bring all of your fingers to a point (like a bird's beak) with your arm outstretched and hold this hand posture. You can even grab your hand in beak position with your other hand and press inward to increase the pressure. After doing this with both hands shake them out for a few seconds.

You should always stretch out both arms and hands even though only one side may be giving you problems. One last carpal tunnel exercise which I will mention here that helped me a lot and I enjoy doing because it's actually fun and very therapeutic is moving Chinese health balls (also known as baoding balls, therapy balls or exercise balls) clockwise and counter clockwise in your hand. I recommend the solid chrome steel balls as they give your hands and forearms more of a workout and a faster healing effect.

These Chinese health balls are said to stimulate the energy (or chi) your hands and body, and so the positive effect they have as a carpal tunnel exercise is pretty dramatic. It takes some practice to do well, but as I said it's fun and you can practice anywhere you go. I used to bring them to work with me, and still do on occasion when I am going to a friend's house or wherever. They are not very expensive and you will use them for the rest of your life. You will feel the difference in your hands and forearms after you play with them for a few minutes. One last tip is to do these exercises/stretches everyday consistently and you will notice positive changes with your carpal tunnel condition.

About the Author

Tom Janus is a contributing editor for Attuned Health. Discover how to eliminate carpal tunnel pain completely with this recommended step by step system.