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Relieving Back Pain: Heat Is Neat
The application of heat and cold are used by health care providers and patients alike as a means of treating various conditions, including inflammation and back pain. Hot and cold treatments can range from the simple (such as ice packs and hot towels) to the relatively complex (such as infrared heat lamps and ice massage).
In a recent study, researchers conducted a review of nine previously published studies that examined the effectiveness of heat or cold treatments for low back pain. A total of 1,117 patients participated in the trials, with various forms of heat and cold therapies used for different lengths of time.
Analysis of the trials showed that application of heat was effective in treating back pain. In two trials of people with acute and subacute low back pain, heat wrap therapy significantly reduced pain after five days compared to a placebo. In another trial, people with acute low back pain treated with a heated blanket reported a significant reduction in pain immediately after the blanket was applied.
Doctors of chiropractic are experts in the relief of low back pain. They rely on a variety of therapeutic approaches - the most successful and well-established of which is the chiropractic adjustment. If you suffer from back pain, contact your DC and make an appointment today. For more information on back pain and how chiropractic can help, visit http://www.chiroweb.com/find/tellmeabout/backpain.html.
Republished with permission
from ChiroWeb.com
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Losing Fitness Motivation After Vacation
Laying at the pool, bellying up to the buffet and sleeping late can take a toll on one's normal exercise program, according to a U.S. fitness expert.
While the extra eating and less exercise can lead to vacation-related weight gain, the real problem is losing motivation to return to a daily exercise program once the vacation is over, according to Michelle Miller, clinical professor in the Department of Kinesiology in Indiana University Bloomington's School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
"Physiologically, you can stop exercising for up to about 10 days and you should still be able to pick up where you left off," said Miller. "But what actually happens is that people come back from being on a trip and don't want vacation to be over. The real hurdle is not that you've lost your fitness base but that you don't want to get back to reality."
The motivation to exercise should go beyond wanting to look good on the beach, or there will be no reason to resume workouts once the vacation is over, according to Miller.
Copyright 2006 by United Press International.
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Iron Supplements Help Women
U.S. researchers said women who are not anemic can benefit from iron supplements only if they have tissue-iron deficiencies.
Researchers at Cornell University said studies have shown taking the supplements "makes no difference in exercise-training improvements in women with low iron storage who are not yet tissue-iron deficient or anemic. Women with low body iron, but who are not anemic, may not experience any improvements following training if their tissues are low in iron.
However, women who have low iron storage in their liver only, and who are not anemic, do not appear to have functional impairments, the researchers said. The research is the first to show differences between the physical abilities of non-anemic women with low-liver vs. low-tissue iron. The researchers are also the first to show that low iron without anemia does have functional consequences in humans.
About 10 to 12 percent of U.S. women and 40 to 80 percent of women in developing countries are iron deficient but not anemic, yet most are unaware of their condition. The new study provides mounting evidence that mild to moderate iron depletion should be of greater concern.
Copyright 2006 UPI.
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