ROUND EARTH PUBLISHING: INTRODUCTION TO HEAD PAIN Many pains do indeed have psychiatric components, but the psychogenic diagnosis is woefully overdone. (Notice how rarely it is applied to knee pain, big toe pain, or shoulder pain.) It is used all too often by the physician, who, when asked for the underlying cause of head pain, cannot bring himself to say “I don’t know.” And there's a lot to know. Over 20 muscles (primarily of the neck) refer (send) pain to the head. Of particular concern neurologically is strain or compression of the trigeminal nerve and its branches which mediate tissue inflammation, vasodilation and vascular permeability in the brain — all issues in migraine. If irritated muscles and nerves fire off an inflammatory response and vasodilation, is the resulting headache muscular, neurological, or vascular? For patient or physician, the following pain patterns may look surprisingly familiar and will, we hope, point the user in the direction of truly effective treatment.
Nerd Fitness: Helping You Lose Weight, Get Stronger, Live Better. I received an email a few months back from a NF reader that made me smile: “I am going back to square one. I noticed the only habit that I changed and stuck with was drinking tons of water. Have you ever started playing a game and get a few hours in and go “man I wish I knew these controls/tips from the beginning”? I’m restarting my journey now that I have a better idea of the controls.” This resonated with me, because when I first played EverQuest (similar to World of Warcraft), the first character I created was terrible. When I started again playing as a new character, I FLEW through the first 30 levels: I understood the controls, how the game worked, and what needed to get done; it was much easier the second time through! The same is true for any boss battle you first encounter in any game. Getting in shape is no different. Each time you start over, you’re getting closer to that point of making things stick.
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ROUND EARTH PUBLISHING: MYOFASCIAL DIAGNOSES CHART Neurological problems? A pinched nerve perhaps? We tend to imagine a "pinched nerve" as two bloody ends of bones rubbing together with the hapless nerve caught in between but that is car-wreck Emergency Room trauma. Far more every-day common are nerves (and veins and arteries) pulled, sheared, squeezed and strangled by tight muscles, fascia, and adhesions, causing bizarre down-stream symptoms and altering the results of standard neurological tests. For example, tight scalene muscles in the neck or the pronator teres muscle of the elbow are the most common causes of the neurological symptoms attributed to the carpal tunnel of the wrist. Constriction of the hiatus in the adductor magnus of the inner thigh can be so effective in strangling nerve and blood supply to the lower leg that all deep tendon reflexes may be lost. Before you submit to carpal tunnel surgery, be sure the cause is actually the carpal tunnel (rare!) Tingly ring and little fingers are not "carpal tunnel syndrome."
The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet | Belly Bytes The following is a "healthy food hot list" consisting of the 29 food that will give you the biggest nutritional bang for you caloric buck, as well as decrease your risk for deadly illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Along with each description is a suggestion as to how to incorporate these power-foods into your diet. Fruits 01. The Power: Beta-carotene, which helps prevent free-radical damage and protect the eyes. 02. The Power: Oleic acid, an unsaturated fat that helps lower overall cholesterol and raise levels of HDL, plus a good dose of fiber. 03. The Power: Ellagic acid, which helps stall cancer-cell growth. 04. The Power: Stop aging, live longer and keep your mind sharp with blueberries. 05. The Power: Vitamin C (117mg in half a melon, almost twice the recommended daily dose) and beta-carotene - both powerful antioxidants that help protect cells from free-radical damage. 06. The Power: Helps fight bladder infections by preventing harmful bacteria from growing. 07.
Welcome to CrossFit: Forging Elite Fitness ROUND EARTH PUBLISHING ROM testing is essentially "muscle-length" testing (although fascia, tendons, and ligaments can also come into play). The following examples reveal muscle shortening or hypermobility that underlie much pain and dysfunction. Their impact is commonly disregarded in favor of diagnoses based on nerves and organs. Yet our 600-some muscles make up the largest "organ" of the body. Considering muscles does not dismiss neurological issues. The two are intimately related. Material below is excerpted with commentary from our Range-of-Motion (ROM) Testing charts. Cervical and Masticatory Tests Head pain of muscular origin (including that commonly diagnosed as "sinus" and "migraine") comes primarily from the neck.
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Heart-healthy eating plan that wasn't even designed for weight-loss beats Jenny Craig and Slim Fast in 2012 ranking of the best diets By Tamara Abraham Updated: 14:03 GMT, 5 January 2012 It is the time of year when workout DVD sales soar and diet books sell in their millions. But there are some tried-and-true ways to lose weight, some far more effective than others. So in what is a timely release, the U.S. News and World Report has issued its 2012 ranking of its best diets. Diet league: The heart-healthy DASH plan beat weight-loss regimes from Slim Fast and Jenny Craig in U.S. The league, based on assessment of each regime from a panel of experts, was topped for the second year in a row by the DASH Diet, which delivered the best results in terms of nutritional value, safety, weight-loss, and in preventing diabetes and heart disease. An acronym for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, it advocates fresh produce, whole grains, lean protein and is low in fat and salt. The site's verdict read: 'Though obscure, it beat out a field full of better-known diets. Score: 4.1 out of 5 stars SCORE: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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