Cool Down with Hot Summer First-Aid: 5 Tips for Cold Therapy

Written by Louise Roach


Whenrepparttar temperature tops 90 andrepparttar 115191 soles of your shoes sizzle onrepparttar 115192 sidewalk, cold therapy is a necessity for summer first-aid. Whether it is ice from your freezer, a bag of frozen vegetables or a convenient commercial cold pack, ice therapy has many more uses than treating bumps and bruises. Here are five summer first-aid tips for cold therapy: Chill heat-related illnesses. Duringrepparttar 115193 hot summer months, heat exhaustion and heat stroke can be a problem. Symptoms of exhaustion can include dizziness, weakness, a feeling of nausea, excessive sweating and a shallow, quick pulse. With more serious heat stroke,repparttar 115194 skin is hot and dry, and mental confusion can occur along with a loss of consciousness. Cold packs can be used to keeprepparttar 115195 body cool in excessive temperatures, helping to prevent heat exhaustion. Many athletes cool down after a summer event with an icy cold pack onrepparttar 115196 back of their necks. If symptoms are present, ice packs along with hydration can be used to lowerrepparttar 115197 body temperature to a safe level. Always seek medical attention inrepparttar 115198 case of heat stroke as this condition can be sudden and deadly. Ice bug bites. Let’s face it, insect bites are a nuisance, causing swelling, itching and sometimes pain. Icing a bite immediately will keeprepparttar 115199 bug poison from spreading to other parts ofrepparttar 115200 body, reduce swelling and inflammation, and numbrepparttar 115201 area, lesseningrepparttar 115202 need to itch. Use ice therapy on mosquito, bee, spider, fire ant and centipede bites. If an allergic reaction happens or it is a serious bite, such as fromrepparttar 115203 poisonous Brown Recluse Spider, immediately seek medical help. Keep pets cool. Even pets can suffer inrepparttar 115204 summer heat. Keeping them cool can be tricky. An ice pack wrapped in a towel or beneath a thin blanket might dorepparttar 115205 trick if they decide to snooze on top of it. Ice cubes are a cool treat that some animals enjoy. There are also commercial products made specifically for horses to ice their legs down after a ride. Special caution should be taken to never use a product containing toxins or one that might easily break, endangering a pet if they decide it would be more fun to play withrepparttar 115206 ice pack than lay on it.

Stress & Burnout: The Adrenal Factor / Tidbits

Written by Jeremiah P. Huck


Stress & Burnout: The Adrenal Factor / Tidbits Psycho-somatics June 10, 2004

I was a psychotherapist for years before I got involved inrepparttar holistic movements....before I became a shaman. I had a strong interest in psychosomatic problems. The popular approach at that time, which is still common, was that many body problems, pains, etc., were all inrepparttar 115190 head. That there was no actual medical basis for many human problems. I also accepted that as a fact, and saw many clients ....trying to resolve their mental / emotional issues so they would no longer have these false medical complaints, or painful symptoms. [ Many were helped to live better lives withrepparttar 115191 therapy....but that is notrepparttar 115192 point of this article. ]

To make a very long story much shorter, let me just say that a range of personal experiences followed by years of personal research led me to become an expert in psycho-physiology. Where psycho-somatics assumed that ' it is all in your head ', psycho-physiology assumes that there is something actually going on inrepparttar 115193 body causingrepparttar 115194 symptoms. Then my research / experience took me one step further. I began to realize that many problems were actually comming fromrepparttar 115195 environment, effecting bothrepparttar 115196 mind andrepparttar 115197 body!

This issue is very complex....I could write books about it......but these tidbits will stay focused on some common [ adrenal ] issues....................So if you are suffering with a whole range of symptoms...I can clearly state that [ it's not all in your head ].

First of all, we are not a closed system....yes there is a skin around us but we are really an energy system, and energy around us does get inside us. Some of this environmental energy helps us, and some hurts us....the environment is a mixed bag, a melting pot of many things. The adrenal glands.....try to handle all stress......it doesn't matter if that stress is caused by our own internal process or environmental factors. Among other things,repparttar 115198 adrenals work onrepparttar 115199 [ fight or flight approach ]. That means when they are dealing with a stressor, they will try to get you to resolverepparttar 115200 cause of it by fighting with you inside or fighting with something inrepparttar 115201 environment. Let's say that your fighting with your boss at work...not knowing quite why....the adrenals know why.....they are causingrepparttar 115202 fight so you will address with your bossrepparttar 115203 real issues causingrepparttar 115204 stress. If that doesn't resolve things..the adrenals kick inrepparttar 115205 [ flight ] approach...telling you to [get away from here before you get too damaged]. The adrenals are trying to protect you [ that is their job ] by getting you to quit and find another job.

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