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Travel Health | 6 Great Tips To Protect Your Travel Health
Travel Health | 6 Great Tips to Protect Your Travel HealthAuthor: Ray Attebery
Want a vacation from travel-related health troubles?
Try these tips:
Travel Health Tip #1:
Take regular breaks Stroll the airplane aisle or highway rest stop periodically to prevent the blood in your legs from pooling. Another good reason to get moving: Sitting in a car or plane all day can make you constipated, says Rick Kellerman, M.D., president of the American Academy of Family Physicians and chairman of family medicine at the University of Kansas at Wichita, but you can prevent that with exercise. Even moving around for just a few minutes helps.
Travel Health Tip #2:
Natural Remedies For Your Eczema Itch
No one understands an itch like a person who suffers from eczema. There are many products available from a grocery store or pharmacy that you can purchase to help relieve the stinging itch of eczema. As well there are stronger products that will fight the eczema itch but these cannot be obtained without a doctor’s prescription. The good news in all of this is that there are many natural remedies that can be made right at home or purchased from an alternative health store that can bring you some relief. Let’s take a closer look at some of these natural alternatives for that awful (ouch!) itch.
First of all remember that eczema is less likely to flare up and be intolerably itchy if you keep it well hydrated. This means moisturize your skin faithfully twice a day, morning and night, and more often if you feel the need is there. The best type of moisturizer for an eczema sufferer is an emollient. An emollient is simply a moisturizer that is oilier in its consistency than a regular moisturizing cream or lotion. Emollient can also come in the form of emollient oils that can be added to a bath or applied to the body while you are in the shower. In the summertime store your emollient in the refrigerator so it is extremely cooling to the skin when you put it on.
Music Therapy Is Likely Already In Your Life
Music Therapy is Likely Already in Your LifeAuthor: Cindy Browne
Music therapy just doesn’t get the recognition that it deserves. Many people think it is nothing more than just a crock. Yet it can be a very effective form of therapy for people of all ages. Think about the music you listen to and you will find you give yourself a type of therapy with it. Do you listen to certain music when you are mad or sad to help you feel better? Do you have a favorite CD you pop in after work on the ride home to reduce stress from a hard a day at the office?
Think about the types of music you hear when you go to certain locations. What do you hear at the doctor and dentist office? Likely it is soft flowing music that could put you to sleep if you relax too long in the waiting room. There is a reason for such music to be offered there though. It is to help you relax as they know many individuals become quite anxious before their appointments.