Healthy Hints – Heat… and the Magic Sock!

Heat and the magic sock! A new injury can benefit from the use of ice to help reduce initial inflammation that causes pressure (pain). However, most chronic pain issues should never have ice put on them and here is why: cold causes muscles to constrict (tighten) which will only add to pain once the numbing …

Healthy Hints — Headaches & Migraines

Migraines are caused by a huge variety of triggers from what you eat, like chocolate, to hormonal issues (and this is not just a female issue, teen males especially have been known to have repeat headaches due to hormones). Seriously: alcohol, weather changes, stress and even lack of sleep can cause migraines. The best thing …

Healthy Hints – Diarrhea

Since at least one of the viruses currently making the rounds includes diarrhea (and since it is something that happens to practically all of us sooner or later), I picked this common ailment to discuss today. Did you know that most of the time diarrhea is just your body trying to rid itself of something …