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Spinal Stretches for Body Pain Relief

Mar 11th, 2010 | By Body Pain Admin | Category: Body Pain

Spinal Stretches for Body Pain Relief
The spine plays such a vital role in body pain relief. Impulses from the brain travel through nerves that exit the spinal column and bring feeling into every part of the body.



Can The Foods You Eat Make a Difference in Chronic Pain? Part III

Dec 10th, 2009 | By Body Pain Admin | Category: Chronic Pain

Anti-inflammatory Diet Tips

Over all, when you are choosing anti-inflammatory foods to help reduce your inflammation and pain, choose fresh foods instead of heavily processed foods. Here are some tips:

* Breakfast could be oatmeal served with fresh berries and walnuts, with a cup of soy milk.
* Snack on whole fruits, nuts, seeds, and fresh vegetables throughout the day instead of cookies and candy. And



Can The Foods You Eat Make a Difference in Chronic Pain? Part II

Dec 9th, 2009 | By Body Pain Admin | Category: Chronic Pain

Choose Anti-inflammatory Foods

Adding foods that reduce inflammation will improve how you feel and help to decrease your risk for chronic diseases. Here are some suggestions.

Fats and Oils

The right types of fats in your diet will impact pain and inflammation in a positive way. Omega-3 essential fatty acids are very powerful anti-inflammatory agents. They are found in cold water oily fish, walnuts, flax seeds, canola oil and pumpkin seeds. Adding omega-3 fatty acid supplements from flax oil or fish oil may also help reduce inflammation, just be sure to speak with a doctor or nutritionist before taking larger, therapeutic doses of any supplement, or follow label instructions.

Olive oil is another type of oil that will reduce inflammation. In fact, olive oil has been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, and will help to reduce pain. Other healthy oils include rice bran oil, grape seed oil, and walnut oil.