Water retention is also known by its more medical term, edema. This is a condition that results when water leaks into the body tissues from the blood. In normal circumstances, the fluid is drained from the body tissues through the lymphatic system – a network of tubes throughout the body that removes waste and extraneous [...]
To live in the 21st century means to live in a toxic world, where we are exposed daily to numerous environmental toxins and pollutants. Environmental toxins are on the rise, and pose a problem in the form of very serious health risks. Thousands of toxic substances find their way into our air, water, and the [...]
Bursitis refers to the irritation or inflammation of a bursa, which is a small fluid-filled sac that acts as a gliding surface to minimize friction between the tissues of the body, most commonly at joints. There are more than 150 bursae in the body that cushion and lubricate areas where the bones, muscles, and tendons [...]
Arthritis is a group of conditions that causes pain and inflammation to joint cartilage in the body. Joints are the areas where two bones meet such as the knee, hip, shoulder or elbow. They allow our bodies to move in many different ways. Damage to the joints can result in joint weakness, instability, decreased movement [...]
Since the beginning of time, people have been afflicted with that painful ailment known as Arthritis. Even the dinosaurs seemed to have suffered from it as well as the Egyptians as is evidenced from uncovered mummies. Right this minute there are approximately some forty million people suffering from Arthritis and in one short year, a [...]
Healing is a process which takes place on many levels – physically and psychologically. Connective tissue, blood vessels and nerve fibers have to restore themselves and regenerate. White blood cells have to remove infection and red blood cells have to bring oxygen–rich blood and nutrients to the surrounding area. Rest is important – as is [...]
