Healing Your Body
October 23, 2008 by RobZ
Healing Your Body
You are in control of and have total responsibility for your own health. The things you do, the things you eat, the drugs you take, the amount of exercise you get and the way you manage (or don’t manage) your stress all affect your health. You may not have control over everything, but it is your choice whether you enhance your body’s ability to be healthy or hinder it. The human body is a magnificent self-healing and regulating organism! This concept is unquestionably true but has been pushed aside by the thousands of messages you receive each day via the television, newspaper and magazines professing that your body needs drugs to help it heal. DON’T LISTEN TO THIS PROPAGANDA.
There are always going to be times when medications are going to help your body heal or function, but the key word is help. Please understand that your body heals from the inside out, not the outside in. This means that your body has an Innate (inborn) Intelligence that tells it how many breaths you need to take each minute, how many times your heart should pump, how your body should process nutrients, how to fight off bacteria and viruses and how to heal damaged cells, just to name a few. This innate intelligence or ‘wisdom of the body’ is what directs the healing. The healthy choices you make, including getting regular chiropractic care, eating right, & exercising all contribute to providing enough resources for your body to heal itself, as well as build and maintain muscle. On the other hand, being under high levels of stress, ingesting toxins (drugs and other toxic chemicals), having poor sleep, nutrition and exercise habits inhibit your body’s ability to heal.
Your health is a gift that is to be cherished and maintained. It is not something to be taken for granted. There are no ‘magic pills’ and ‘quick fixes’. Don’t focus on ‘Outside In’ healing. It is short term and the side effects can be terrible. Concentrate on ‘Inside Out’ healing. Enhance your body’s natural healing abilities. Support your body’s healing efforts and the results will be long-lasting. Health is defined as ‘Optimal physical, mental and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ Good health is a lifestyle. It requires effort but the rewards derived are priceless and include: living longer, living more comfortably with the ability to do all the things you love and want to do; having enhanced energy; having enhanced mental focus and having a greater self-image. Chiropractic personifies the healthy lifestyle.
If you have any questions about how you can improve your health please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Anthony Albano, Jr.
Anthony Albano, Jr., D.C.
Albano Chiropractic Center, LLC
“Be Your Best”
2503 Hwy 60 East
Valrico, FL 33594
(813) 654-8400
www.albanochiro.com
dra@albanochiro.com
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October 8, 2008 by RobZ
Healing Hands – Mobile Massage Therapy
September 1, 2008 by RobZ
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Maximize your workout with Massage
September 1, 2008 by RobZ
Ask someone their reason for getting a massage and you’re likely to hear ‘because it feels good’. We all know that a massage can relieve stress, help to make sore muscles feel better and even reduce anxiety, but can it help us achieve our fitness goals? Research shows that the massage you get to relieve stress can also have a positive effect on your muscle-building capabilities and fitness level.
1. Massage improves circulation and general nutrition of muscles. This appears to be the most valuable fitness-related benefit. Massage is accompanied or followed by an increase interchange of substances between the blood the tissue cells, which increases tissue metabolism. After a muscle is exercised, vital nutrients must be supplied in order for it to increase in size. Massage maximizes the supply of nutrients and oxygen though increased blood flow, which helps the body rebuild itself.
2. Massage improves the range of motion and muscle flexibility. This results in increased power and performance, which helps you work efficiently and with proper intensity to facilitate the body’s muscle-building response.
3. Massage helps to shorten recovery time between workouts. Waste products such as lactic and carbonic acid build up in muscles after exercise. Increased circulation to these muscles help to eliminate toxic debris and shorten recovery time.
4. Massage can help prevent over-training. Massage has a relaxing effect on the muscles, as well as a sedative effect on the nervous system. This can prevent over-training syndrome which has limiting effect on muscle building.
5. Massage may aid in fat loss. According to some research, massage may burst the fat capsule in subcutaneous tissue so that the fat exudes and becomes absorbed. In this way, combined with proper nutrition, massage may help in weight loss.
6. Massage helps prevent and even heal injuries. By stretching connective tissue, massage improves circulation to help prevent or break down adhesions. Massage also influences the excretion of certain fluids (nitrogen, phosphorous, sulfur) necessary for tissue repair.
While a massage won’t build muscle directly, it helps to facilitate the body’s rebuilding phase following a workout and influences muscular growth. Getting a massage is just as important as regular workouts and supportive nutrition for a comprehensive fitness program.
Chris Caito, LMT
Mobile Massage
** FREE ** Body Fat Test
September 1, 2008 by RobZ
Title: ** FREE ** Body Fat Test
Location: RobZFitness
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2008-09-03
End Time: 13:00
