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AQUA AEROBIC EXERCISES FOR PAIN AND HEALING…

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Aqua Aerobic exercises consists of aerobic exercise in water which is beneficial to anyone.

By making use of the properties of water, it offers safe and effective exercise for all stages of life and allows the benefits of Yoga to be adapted to water, using fluid movement and stretches, while maintaining the flow of the breath enabling you to work your whole body.  Aqua Yoga supports long term health as well as being a complementary aid for physical recovery from injury and mobility.  

There are a number of different types of aqua yoga classes you can join but I decided to join the general aqua yoga class local to me. These classes include Yoga adapted for water – gentle exercise, using water resistance, and hydrostatic pressure to work all areas of the body without stress or strain. Relaxation is included at the end of all the class. Other classes include Aqua Natal, Aqua Tone, and Aqua Walk and Aqua March with SLK Aqua Yoga.

I am lucky enough to have a venue for this only 10 minutes away in a lovely very warm private pool. The class lasts for 40 minutes and at my first class there were just 5 of us. I immediately had a slight problem in that my feet did not touch the bottom of the pool which meant I had to work on my tiptoes but the class teacher soon gave me some ideas on how to get around this problem. You also work with two different types of noodles and although you are working hard it feels very relaxing and therapeutic.

Water-based exercises have been shown to relieve pressure on the joints. Whether you suffer from a joint-related health condition, or your joints are simply degenerating from normal wear and tear, water exercise can improve use of joints and decrease pain.

The warmth of the water allows your muscles to relax and eases the pain in your joints, helping you to exercise. They also say that aquatic exercise can help to push out toxins associated with acute or chronic inflammation. This light aerobic capacity of aquarobics they day can also reduce the risk of heart disease, an important consideration for seniors.

One of the upsides to an activity like water aerobics is that you can enjoy it all year long. Tests have shown that there can be a significant improvement on pain intensity from aqua aerobics.

I am sure many local leisure centres run aqua aerobic classes but the best of the small more private classes are the smaller classes and therefore more individual help with the teacher.

I really felt as if I had done a workout and noticed a few tweaks the following day but after the second class I felt great. My friend and I are what you might call totally hooked and can see that we will book more courses after each one finishes.

After the year I have had with my health this has been the best tonic I could have had and I felt the benefit very quickly.

Source: SLK Aqua Yoga National Library of Medicine

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WHY YOU FEEL TIRED ALL THE TIME…

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Why You Feel Tired All The Time
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WHY WE SHOULD ALL MAKE TIME FOR A MASSAGE…

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Research has revealed that massage has various health benefits. Massage treatments can be utilized to assist with dealing with things like nervousness and sorrow, sleep deprivation, and bad posture.

Aromatherapy massage in particular is very popular for pain release. Aromatherapy is a combination of two words “aroma” which means smell or fragrance, and ‘therapy” which means treatment for the body, mind, or social condition of a person, to assist a process where healing and change can take place. People who are suffering from problems such as arthritis, or fibromyalgia can benefit from the service of therapist to improve their quality of life.

Massage is one of the most important activities that help people to recuperate from injuries. Wounds are converted into scar tissues hampering the movement of the body. Over a period of time, the muscles acquire strength and the healing occurs at a faster rate.

It is a method of healing using very concentrated essential oils that are often highly aromatic and are extracted from plants. On a personal note, I do find that aromatherapy massage helps with pain relief be it only for a short period of time. Some say that it’s a placebo effect but I do genuinely feel in less pain and more calm. Let’s put it this way, if I could afford a massage on a weekly basis I would have it booked in a second but once a month is a help to me for the time being.

The massage generally refers to the use of hands or other tools to rub and knead muscles and joints of the body, often to relieve tension or pain. Other types of massage include Swedish, Sports, Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, Hot Stone or Tai massage.

According to Rest Less Research shows that 20-minute massages are enough to see positive results. This means that the majority of professional massages – most of which tend to be around 50 minutes long – provide more than enough pressure to the body to experience optimal benefits.

Massage has so many benefits from relieving stress, anxiety, depression and helping you sleep better. It can help with chronic fatigue, give pain relief, and can boost your immune system. It can also improve your posture and relieve headaches and can be done on yourself or by using a massage gun or having treatment. I find massaging acupressure points of great benefit to me although I can obviously not reach certain areas.

A great home massage tip is to use a tennis ball, which can help with back and other muscle pains.

For self-massage, they suggest that you lie on a mat with two tennis balls under your back, and roll up and down. The balls then massage the muscles and ligaments around your spine. This then stretches the muscles and surrounding tissue, increasing blood flow and nutrients to the area to help ease the pain.

For specific acupressure using your tennis ball lie on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor or sofa if you cannot get onto the floor. Your knees should be separated by about the width of your hips. Then raise your hips slightly and slide the tennis ball under one of them. Come back down and rest on the ball. You can treat both sides of your body and the sides of your hips.

There is a great book on how to use self-massage with a tennis ball by Angie Sage ‘Tennis Ball Self Massage : Effective Trigger Point Therapy to Relieve Your Muscle and Joint Pain, available on Amazon

This book offers you lots to learn from what is Tennis Ball Self-Massage, Trigger Point Therapy for Head and Neck, Massage to Relieve a Headache, and Massaging the Neck., and Tigger Point Therapy for your Back, Shoulder, Arm, Forearm, Hand, Hip, Thigh and Knee and much more.

Massage guns are very popular at the moment but for someone treating themselves and already in pain then the best type to buy is the lightest you can find otherwise it will just aggravate your pain.

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Source: Rest Less