Posts Tagged ‘Body’
Incontinence
Adult napples are nobody’s idea of fun, especially not so when you learn that 24% of people over 60 have bladder weakness.
Prevention
Kegel exercises can do more than prolong sex. Greater muscular control now can halt accidental leakage later. Squeeze your pelvic muscles as if you’re stopping the flow of urine in reps of 10, three times a day.
Hearing Loss
Presbyterians (old-age deafness) happens when your sensitive inner-ear hairs stop sending messages to your brain.
Prevention
A diet high in antioxidants can have a protective effect on long tern hearing. So eat seedy fruit like pomegranate. Better for your ears than seedy nightclubs.
Arthritis
Experts from the Arthritis Research Campaign say the gnarled finger of osteoarthritis wilt poke one in five of us by 65.
Prevention
Go swimming: it strengthens joints and reduces cartilage wear. If in doubt, always see the physic.
Men put up with partially torn ligaments. But festering injuries can lead to old-age pain.
Simple Steps to Self Treatment ‘Hand Reflexology’
Step 1:
Begin by pinching from tips and bottoms of each finger and thumb of both your right hand and left hand. The pressure applied to your fingers should be firm, but not painful. A few seconds for each finger tip will do. Pinch them again, but this time squeezing from side to side.
Step 2:
Vigorously rub back and forth from the base to the tip of each linger & thumb.
Step 3:
Grasp each finger & thumb at its base and pull firmly. Allow your grip to loosen slightly, graduating it from the base to the finger tip until your finger slips out of your grasp completely. Read the rest of this entry »
