The effectiveness of massage

Of course, it is nice when your favorite (or favorite) kindly and gently stroking your back, but it has nothing to do with a professional massage. The strong hands of a good massage therapist you literally be born again into the light and feel like a different person. In the latest study, massage helps cure insomnia, enhance immunity, prevent premenstrual syndrome, and so on and so forth. Perhaps that is why many clinics already included in the list of standard massage therapies.

Council:   No one can force you to abandon the so-called massage, which makes you a favorite (favorite), but it is worth finding the time for this, a professional massage. Here are just a few reasons why this should be done.

Farewell to the pain

No matter how trite it sounds, but massage is particularly effective in the treatment of back pain and lower back. Massage efficiency superior to other treatment, such as manual therapy and acupuncture. The reason for this phenomenon remains unknown, but several studies have shown that massage reduces levels of stress hormones in the body How to beat stress? Create an oasis   - Cortisol and increases feel-good hormones - serotonin and dopamine. These favorable changes had a positive effect on the heart rate, lowers blood pressure and block the pain receptors of the nervous system. Massage also improves blood flow to the muscles, which contributes to the restoration and preservation of muscle tone.

Moreover, massage reduces pain in migraine, clan battles, and even cancer, and blunts the body's sensitivity in fibromyalgia. Positive changes after only a few sessions of massage saved almost the whole year.

Hello, good night's sleep

Fluctuations in several types of brain waves cause relaxation or tension of the body. According to the study, massage increases delta waves - waves that are responsible for a deep sound sleep Dreams: how to understand our dreams . Therefore, many fall asleep on the massage table.

Welcome back, intelligence

Fifteen-minute massage helps improve concentration and overall mental activity. According to the patients, after the massage they felt unusual inflow of forces, after the morning run. The analysis also shows that the activity of brain waves that massage stimulates, enhances brain power.

Here you cold!

Massage helps to prevent colds and infections, as it promotes the development of the body's natural "killer cells", the first of a number of defense of the immune system. It is known that cortisol destroys natural "killer cells. Thus, since the massage reduces cortisol, it strengthens the immune system cells. Massage strengthens the immune system, even in people with a weakened immune system, completely, for example, in patients with breast cancer.

Go away, sadness

Lowering cortisol levels and increase levels of serotonin and dopamine mean reducing stress, anxiety Anxiety - how to distinguish normal from disease?   and depression Depression - a little more than a bad mood . It is known that the increased activity of the right frontal lobe of the brain we are depressed and anxious, and at the left side of the activity - feel a sense of causeless joy and happiness, and massage reduces the activity of the right frontal lobe and increases the activity of the left. Feeling good after a massage - one of the reasons that many clinics offer undergo massage patients nervous before an important operation, and cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy.

No, PMS

A small study of 24 women with being the strongest premenstrual syndrome showed that massage reduces PMS symptoms such as pain, swelling, mood swings. Combine massages with reliable means of treatment of PMS, such as fitness (tiles and dark chocolate).

How to avoid heat stroke people from different groups at risk

Infants and young children

The well-being and safety of the newborn is almost completely dependent on his parents and younger children, though, and are able to walk and talk, even do not know that in the heat you need to drink a lot, and that in summer days in the sun can be only for a limited period of time.

In no case do not leave a child in a closed car, even for a moment. The temperature inside the closed car, where air conditioning is not working, can for a few minutes up to 40 degrees and above. You've heard the horror stories of children being forgotten in the car. Do not repeat the mistakes of others.

Make sure that your children drank enough liquids. Offer them a drink whenever themselves are going to drink a glass of water or juice. Do not give them drinks containing caffeine or large amounts of sugar.

In hot weather, do not need to wrap the newborn in a blanket or put on him tightly woven clothing. He, as an adult, you need light clothing, the body can properly regulate their temperature. Try to make the hottest hours of the day the children was carried out in a room with air conditioning, or at least in the shade. If you do not have air conditioning, turn on the fan and the curtain of the window when the sun is shining in them.

Aged people

Older people are more susceptible to pathological reactions to overheat for several reasons:

• Their body is not well adapted to the changes in temperature;
• They are often chronic diseases that disrupt the body's temperature regulation;
• Many of them take drugs that also violate the body's ability to regulate temperature or inhibit perspiration.

In addition, older people living alone may not always ask for help at the stage of heat exhaustion, resulting in the end, developing heat stroke. You can help your older relatives, friends or neighbors.

Visit them at least twice a day, and note any changes in their condition. If you notice signs of heat exhaustion, and even more so - heat stroke, be advised to consult a doctor. If possible, Take a man on reception.

If someone from your elderly relatives no fan, buy it (normal fan is inexpensive), and explain how to use it.

Several times a week drove living in your shopping porch grandmother, she did not have to go shopping in the heat.

People taking drugs

The following drugs increase the risk of heat stroke:

• Medicines for allergies;
• Medicines for cough and cold;
• Several drugs for treating cardiovascular diseases;
• Diet pills;
• Laxatives;
• Some of the drugs used in the treatment of mental illness Mental illness - ashamed to ask for help? ;
• Antiepileptic drugs;
• Medicines for the treatment of thyroid diseases Thyroid disease - women at risk ;
• Diuretics.

If you are taking any medication, ask your doctor, if they increase the risk of heat stroke. You may need to take additional measures to prevent it.

Athletes

All athletes who train in the heat outdoors or in rooms where no air conditioning, are at risk of developing heat stroke. Most at risk are those who have to train very heavy and thick shape - for example, athletes involved in American football. Very high risk of getting heat stroke in young athletes who sweat profusely are not so, as adults, and tend to drink less during training.

To avoid heat stroke, follow these guidelines:

• Immediately report the coach if you feel unwell.
• Correctly pass acclimatization to new weather conditions (it is necessary not only when you start to train in another country, but if you have at home temperature has risen sharply). Gradually increase the intensity and duration of exercise for 10-14 days. During this time, the body will get used to lead the process of thermoregulation in line with exercise.
• Wear light-colored, lightweight fabrics.
• The heaviest exercises are performed early in the morning or late at night. If this is impossible, and I need to train intensively during the hottest hours, to arrange a long rest during training.
• When you exercise outdoors, spend as much time in the shade.
• Drink plenty of water whether you hot or not. In training and the competition you must be available an unlimited amount of drinking water.
• Watch out for the degree of hydration. Ideally you should be weighed before and after exercise to determine how much weight you lose by liquids. Pay attention to the color of urine. If it is a pale yellow, you are drinking enough water. If it is dark, reminiscent of the color of apple juice, your body does not have enough moisture.
• Two hours before exercise, drink a minimum of 450 grams of liquid (preferably water).
• During a workout, drink every half hour at least 200-300 grams of liquid.
• Immediately after training or competition to drink at least a liter of water to replenish lost fluids.

People working on the street

The builders, farmers, street vendors and many others are at increased risk of heat stroke when the mercury column rises to thirty and more divisions above zero. If you're just getting a job, it is important to pass acclimatization - that is, to gradually increase the load on for 5-7 days. You should also drink plenty of water, take breaks regularly, and hold them in a shady, cool place, if possible, use fans and to avoid over-voltage during the hottest hours of the day. It is essential that you and your colleagues were able to recognize the signs of heat stroke, and know what to do if they occur.

In hot weather, one day in the human body engaged in physical labor, may allocate from 7 to 11 liters of sweat, so it is especially important that you have with you always had a bottle of water. Drink even when you do not feel thirsty; in fact, the thirst is a sign that you are not enough liquid, and this should not be allowed. Try to drink at least 300 ml of water per hour; when sweating it will not be too much.