We've been doing renovations at our house. It is exciting to see the transformations take place. My husband and I have done some of the demolition to save some money. In carrying out the bathroom concrete and tile, I got all kind of cuts and bruises. Frankly, I looked like I got in a cat fight, and lost. The interesting thing to me was looking down a few days later and seeing the scrapes and bruises virtually gone. I realized anew the body is designed and created with the ability to heal itself. I know there are some bigger situations that the body may not be able to heal by itself, but you know what?- it sure tries.
Our job is to work with our bodies and give our system the components to do it's best to heal itself.
- Isolate and insulate: Obviously keeping a wound clean means more bacteria is not introduced which the body must deal with. Inflamation is not all bad, it is the body's natural defense mechanism to bring blood and nutrients into the area to promote recovery. But too much inflamation can hinder your life and produce pain. Icing the areas that are inflamed will minimize inflamation and pain.
- Rest: The body can only fight on so many fronts at the same time. Getting adequate rest allows the body to maximize it's efforts on the most important battle ground.
- Eating Antioxidant rich foods, especially fruits and vegetables which have phto-chemicals that help the body in recovery. Protein is an important nutrient but generally we eat many times the protein we need, and many times less vegetable sources.
- Exercise: Getting blood moving means nutrients and oxygen are getting to the areas needing them. Exercise keeps joint limber and burns excess fat that contributes to stress on the major organs and is correlated with many diseases. Dr. Henry Lodge in "Younger Next Year" says our bodies are either in a state of decay or they are in a state of growth, no plateau. Exercising reminds the body that we have need of staying young and vital so it must "get to work!"
Since you don't know what battles are going on within your skin at any one time,
Give you body a fighting chance to heal itself:
- Eat healthy foods, more veggies, less processed, lots of water.
- Get moving: fi you need help determining an appropriate exercise regime, contact me
- Please get a good night's sleep, your body depends on it!
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