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Contractures due to persistent involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles of the body. They can occur in any muscle in the body but most commonly in the neck, back and shoulders.

The causes of a contracture can be by fatigue after excessive muscle strain, or due to other factors such as stress, distress or anxiety that can lead to an emotional state of tension which allows the muscles to relax . It is also common due to poor posture coupled with the lack of physical exercise.

The best treatment for contractures is that we can give a professional massage therapist, an osteopath, physiotherapist, or through chiropractic, acupuncture or yoga. But this is not always possible in which case we can make use of certain treatments for contractures that we can do at home at any time and easily. Read the rest of this entry »

Acupuncture is one of the main forms of healing in medicine, traditional Chinese. It is performed using needles that are placed on specific body points. The process should regulate and adjust the flow of energy to return to as it should be and is used to treat many conditions and pain.

The basis of acupuncture is that when the body has health problems your energy flow is blocked, usually happens by 14 points throughout the body, which are called meridians. With this practice, the needles are inserted into the meridians and thus change the electrical impulses, which causes energy to flow again as it should and you feel better. It is used to provide relief for chronic conditions such as arthritis , rheumatism, and some types of addiction. Read the rest of this entry »

What is the first thing you look at someone? Undoubtedly, the most heard response will be the face. Our face is the first letter and why we all want to look your best.

Perhaps we have some more rolls, but not too traumatized us because we can hide. However, if we note that those extra pounds and mark presence in our face the situation is different. Would you like your face to lose weight ? Here are some tips: Read the rest of this entry »

There is an indicator that their presence might be for a possible diabetes. This is an abnormal level of blood sugar but not enough to diagnose diabetes in the patient, is a harbinger of it. Just medical tests indicate that it is necessary to take the initiative and prevent diabetes.

For this there are several paths to take, and if you prefer to move in the field of natural medicine the results of new research with animals will interest you.

We refer to the aronia, a genus of plants that give a fruit of exquisite taste and high antioxidant content, which was used in laboratory rats to test their preventive effects of diabetes. Read the rest of this entry »

“Another interesting fact that we obtained during our work is about a marker that is used to assess cardiovascular damage and is known as C-reactive protein. In this regard, we identified that the consumption of beans significantly reduces the substance, which in turn means that consumption could be lower cardiovascular risk, “she said. Read the rest of this entry »

The researcher explained that to study the beneficial properties of beans and corn have made use of an animal model.

“We apply a model in which rats were induced diabetes and incorporated into your diet and whether cooked beans corn tortilla, which is how humans consume regularly. It is important to note that the diet has been calculated that the animals consumed similar percentages to the intake of the Mexican population. “ Read the rest of this entry »

“The fact that Mexicans have genetic predisposition for diabetes does not necessarily mean we have to develop it,” Rosalia Reynoso Camacho said.

Important measures is the control of certain habits among them the exercise, maintain proper body weight, which goes hand in hand with a balanced diet and supplemented with food components that will provide health benefits, in addition to their properties feeder. In response, he explained, is required to identify and rejoin food diet to improve diabetes control when we suffer, but also to avoid it. Read the rest of this entry »

Diabetes is a multifactorial disease that currently afflicts much of the Mexican population, it is estimated that every year 250 000 new people registered with diabetes in the country.

Concerned by this situation, scholars from the Autonomous University of Querétaro (UAQ) have been given the task of studying the condition with the aim of finding appropriate strategies for its prevention and control to prevent complications. Read the rest of this entry »

Osteoporosis in male has a different origin of the female. Researchers at the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona and Genetics Research Group Osteoporosis Center Research Institute (IMIM) have found that osteoporosis in men has a different cause than the female, publishes the journal International Tissue calcification. “

“Until now it was supposed to be produced by the same mechanism in women, but we have seen that it is not,” explained the consultant rheumatologist Bone Metabolism Section of Rheumatology Service, Hospital del Mar and study coordinator, Josep Blanch. Read the rest of this entry »

Exercise reduced by 25% the risk of falls in patients with osteoporosis. Experts recommend physical activity in childhood and adolescence to reduce the problems associated with osteoporosis and is estimated to decrease by 25% the risk of falls in patients with osteoporosis, according explained Dr. Andrés Peña Arrebola, rehabilitation physician Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal in Madrid. Read the rest of this entry »