How To Speed Up Bone Graft Healing: Reinforcing Your Bones

Introduction After surgery, you must know how to speed up bone graft healing. Such a surgery will disrupt your life, and the tips will help you heal faster and return to normalcy.Bone grafts are a miracle of medicine, but they can cause many potential problems if handled incorrectly.The recovery process is as important as the surgery, so you must learn everything. Although you might have different kinds of bone grafts, the aftercare is almost similar for all. Here are all the...

The Ultimate Guide: How to Cure Achilles Tendonitis Fast

Introduction How to Cure Achilles Tendonitis Fast? Imagine the frustration of sharp pain in your Achilles tendon, limiting your mobility and hindering every step you take. Whether it's a slight discomfort or severe symptoms, Achilles tendonitis can disrupt your sports and leisure activities.It affects about 11% of all running injuries, impacting athletes and non-athletes due to repetitive strain on the tendon.Delaying treatment could lead to chronic conditions that are harder to overcome and more likely to recur in the future.The frustration...

Do It Yourself Herbal Supplements: The New Herbal Trend

A Guide to DIY Herbal Supplements plus Recipes20% of the population uses herbal medicine and herbal supplements 40% of the population use alternative medicine therapies such as acupunctureThe natural supplement industry has been booming over the last 10 years. Supplement use has grown steadily at 8% since 2013 where it was already a healthy industry. This growth is from several factors, with supplement growth mostly due to increased public demand.The supplement industry is growing thanks to:Increased research of health...

Herbs for Osteoporosis: Naturally Building Stronger Bones by Increasing Calcium and Vitamin D Absorption

According to the U.S. Center for disease control, osteoporosis “affects approximately 10 million Americans and another 44 million have low bone density”. Osteoporosis means “porous bone” and causes our bones to become weak and prone to breaking as we age and lose bone mass. As we get older, our bodies become less efficient and less able to maintain certain functions, such as the generation of bone tissue. Bone mass decreases as we age at a rate of 10% to 14%...

All About Your Bones: How Bones Break Down and How to Build Them Back Up

Bone Health and Healing Your 2 Types of Bone TissueBreaking a bone can be a painful and traumatic event and the healing process can be long and arduous without ample care and nutrition. Before we talk about what happens inside our bodies when we break a bone we will first discuss the 2 types of bone tissue known as Cortical bone and Cancellous bone that make up our skeletal bones.Cortical Bone TissueCortical bone tissue, also known as compact bone, is...

Overview and Treatment of Tendonitis: Your Tender Tendons

If you are an athlete or an active adult chances are that you experience mild to moderate discomfort in your joints from time to time. It may be a sharp, painful sensation that only occurs when you move a joint or a dull ache that lasts for hours after an activity. So what do you do? You ice it, take an ibuprofen and take several days or weeks off from your favorite activity. Once you think the problem has fixed...

Tendons and Ligaments: Pulling it all Together

What Are Tendons & Ligaments? What Do They Do? When it comes to the world of connective tissues, bones and muscles get all of the attention. They support and hold the body up, lift weights and perform feats of strength, protect our vital organs from damage, and let us participate in all sorts of other physical activities. However, when it comes to putting the body together Tendons and Ligaments are the tissues that keep us from falling apart.Tendons and Ligaments are...

Naturally Clear Skin and Herbal Skin Detoxification

The skin, as many of us know, is the largest organ of the body, and yet it often is overlooked when considering detoxification.  Irritation, redness, itchiness, rashes and dryness are just some of the problems that may arise in the skin indicating that there may be a problem on the interior of the body. But attacking the problem from the interior is not the only solution; addressing the exterior of the body, and providing another route for toxins to leave...

How To Naturally Detox and Cleanse with Diet Exercise and Herbs

Detoxification involves diet or lifestyle changes that reduce the intake of toxins, while improving the elimination of them at the same time. The fundamental idea behind detoxification is to give your body some much needed rest and the time needed to eliminate the toxins that have built up over time. Some signs that you could benefit from a detox course include difficulty losing weight, skin problems, mental sluggishness, fatigue, or digestive issues.Toxins accumulate in the bloodstream from diet, stress, environmental...

Chinese Medicine Relationship with the Heart and Summer

In Chinese Medical philosophy, the summer season is associated with the heart organ. In TCM, the heart signifies not only the physical organ that pumps blood and lies within the chest cavity, but also the spirit, or “shen,” which houses the mind. In the spirit of the season, it’s important for all of us to be reminded of how to care for this powerful yet delicate organ.According to the National Institute for Health and the U.S. Department for Health and...