Bursitis

Bursitis is an inflammation of a small sac that contains a minute quantity of fluid to cushion or lubricate muscles and tendons. After middle age, tendons are prone to degenerative changes, and these sacs, located around the shoulders, knees, elbows, and other joints, accumulate calcium deposited in the area of the degeneration, causing inflammation.

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Because sloping shoulders increase this pressure, women suffer from bursitis more than men, along with heavy lifters, and sedentary workers. Try these suggestions for relief:

1. Avoid injury to the joints that are especially vulnerable to bursitis. A strain, a direct blow, of overweight, unusual shoulder or knee motions such as from painting, swimming, and lifting heavy objects at arm's length may precipitate bursitis.

2. Allergies and infections may precipitate bursitis, so try to live at a high level of health.

3. Avoid the development of excessive fatigue while doing an unusual motion you are unaccustomed to. When heavy objects must be carried for some distance, the best position is to hold it in front of you using both hands, holding the object somewhat like a tray.

4. Don't allow chilling of the extremities at night -particularly the shoulders, which are especially vulnerable at night. Wear warm sleepwear.

5. Never begin heavy work until you've “warmed up” by doing some light work.

TREATMENT

1. Ice compresses can be applied to the affected area, especially in the acute phase. Keep the ice on for about 5-7 minutes. Remove for one minute, and repeat three times.

2. Hot and cold compresses are sometimes helpful in relieving inflammation. Three minutes of hot compresses (as hot as can be tolerated) should be followed immediately by a 20-second ice water compress. Repeat four times. Give the treatment three or four times daily.

3. Do not use deep massage, as it may increase inflammation.

4. A short period of complete rest for the part may decrease the inflammation. But do not prolong a period of inactivity, as a stiff joint may result.

EXERCISES

TRY THESE EXERCISES AFTER ANY HOT OR COLD TREATMENT:

Wall Walking: Place your hands on the wall at arm's length and lean into it. Starting slightly above the level of the waist, walk hand over hand as high as you can reach without pain. As you make progress, reach higher each time before pain or tightness stops you. Repeat the exercise four times daily.

Stooping Arm Swing: Bend forward at the waist until your chest is parallel to the floor. Let your affected arm and hand relax and swing from the, shoulder. Using your shoulder as a pivot, make a motion with your trunk that causes your arm and hand to swing in a circle. The more you improve, the larger the circle you can make without discomfort.

Standing Arm Swing: Slowly extend the affected arm back and up. Raise it outward and up. Repeat this exercise for 10 minutes, using the opposite hand and arm as a symmetrical balance.

Pulley: Rig up an overhead pulley with a five-pound weight on a rope. Pull down on the rope and then allow it to pull the arm up as far as it will go. Start out with five pulls, three times a day; gradually work up to 50, three times a day.

Continue the usual, accustomed activities, as permitted by the pain or stiffness.

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Got info from: 3ABN World- September 2014- Dr. Agatha Thrash

What To Tell All Sick People Per The Spirit of Prophecy

“I said, you are now a sick man, and you feel your need of a physician…now you must be made to feel that you have not treated yourself as you should, but HAVE DISREGARDED THE LAWS OF HEALTH by your terrible neglect of yourself. Something must be done…”  {Lt115-1898.4}

“Keep regular hours. You will need to guard yourself strictly. Do not worry about any one or anything. Look to Jesus. Confess your transgression of nature’s laws, and…do not suppose that you must consider your digestive organs incurable. Tell the Lord all about it. You need not consult any physician. Arouse yourself, and act on the light you have. Study to understand yourself, and be determined to obey the laws the Lord has made to govern your being. Do all you can to break up the disorderly habits you have felt you could not prevent.”  {Lt115-1898.5}

“… From house to house, when you are presented with unhealthful food to eat, tell the people you are seeking to turn back the mighty current of physical evil, and that you dare not sacrifice your life through indulgence to please any mortal. Guard the citadel of the body. Improve in a knowledge of how to take care of the house you live in. Nature, if you give her a chance, will seek to counteract the evils placed upon her, and will take up her work and do it wisely and well.”  {Lt115-1898.6}

“…Faculties of mind and body will be renewed. But in order for this to be, they must practice self-denial, and be temperate in all things. Thus only can they be saved from physical and spiritual death and restored to health.”  {MM 262.3} 

 “We find in every such instance a good reason why they cannot live out the health reform. They do not live it out, and have never followed it strictly, therefore they cannot be benefited by it…” (CD 399.1)

AND FOR THOSE WHO DO FIND HEALING, BUT GO BACK TO THEIR OLD WAYS:

“A man may spend all that he has in this world at a health institute, and find great relief, and may then return to his family and to his old habits of life, and in a few weeks or months be in a worse condition of health than ever before…the object of the health reform and the health institute is not, like a dose of "painkiller" or “instant relief,” to quiet the pains of today. NO, INDEED! Its great object is to teach the people how to live so as to give nature a chance to remove and resist disease.”  {1T 643.1}  

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Health News ~ October

Happy Fall Everybody! For those of you who live in areas where the colors change -- aren't they lovely? I love this time of year where it is warm during the day and cool at night. It is my favorite time of year!

Here is a GREAT RECIPE to try and it is very simple and quick. Carob is very tasty and is good for you as well.

Fudge

½ c. honey

½ c. chopped walnuts

¼ c. carob powder

1 T. Roma

½ t. real salt

½ c. almond butter

¼ c. soy supreme soy milk powder (this can be left out but the consistency is better with it) DO NOT use any milk powder with sugar in it has to be one that is plain.)

Mix all together with hands and kneed. (Wearing a disposable glove works well) Add soymilk powder to form stiff dough, form into balls. Chill.

Carob is not an empty calorie food. It has 8 % protein, some B vitamins, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, manganese, chromium, copper, and nickel.

Carob comes from the carob tree which is grown mostly in the Middle East. It belongs to the legume family and produces long pods which are dried and ground finely to produce carob powder.

Referred to in the Bible, the carob pods helped sustain John the Baptist during his wilderness sojourn and are often called St. John’s Bread.

In order to achieve a fine chocolaty flavor with excellent nutritional value and the absence of harmful stimulation, use carob powder in any recipe calling for cocoa, cacao, or chocolate.

CAFFEINE IS A DRUG  and this information is VERY IMPORTANT.  Here are some facts about it…When we drink caffeine it pulls water out of the system.  We need to drink enough water (½ of your body weight in ounces, plus 16 ounces during your first hour of waking up) every day and cut out ALL caffeinated drinks.  Our body is made up of mostly water, (70-80%) so we need to drink more water.

One of the organs most rapidly affected by caffeine is the brain. Almost 99% of the caffeine that is filtered by the kidneys is reabsorbed. Caffeine must be metabolized to be eliminated from the body.

Caffeine affects many of the body’s organs. It constricts the blood vessels, speeds up the heart, and stimulates the brain, stomach, kidneys, ovaries, and testes.

Symptoms of excessive caffeine include sleep disturbances, headache, tremulousness, jitteriness, anxiety, light-headedness, irritability, depression, rapid heartbeat, skipped heartbeats, rapid breathing, diarrhea, stomach pains, heartburn, frequent urination and muscular tension.

Persons, who drink 1-5 cups of coffee per day, have a 50% greater chance of heart attacks than do non coffee drinkers. It is 110% greater for those who drink 6 or more cups per day.

Withdrawal symptoms are common among those who try to quit caffeine. The first to occur is usually a headache, which may develop as soon as 18 hours after the last dose of caffeine. Other symptoms include drowsiness, inability to concentrate, lethargy, yawning, depression, nervousness, and nausea. These can last for 2 weeks or more.

Pregnant females and newborn babies metabolize caffeine very slowly. High doses of caffeine have been associated with an increase in cleft palate and malformations of extremities in experimental animals. So caffeine should definitely be avoided during both pregnancy and nursing.

NOW LET’S EVALUATE CHOCOLATE with a judgment as to its suitability as a food. Chocolate has caffeine in it and more. LISTEN TO THIS…

Chocolate requires additives to mask bitterness, so a large amount of sugar is necessary to make chocolate palatable. Then they add milk, cream, or oil to eliminate the unpleasant grainy consistency in chocolate. This makes an unhealthy food and WILL obstruct digestion, and cause fermentation.

There are natural contaminants in chocolate. Most cocoa beans are produced in countries where sanitation levels are FAR below those generally practiced in the USA.

The pods are cut from the tree, piled up in the yard of the farmer and fermented, a process which takes from 3-8 days. During this process, people walk over the piles, insects, rodents, small animals and other living things make their nests in piles and many types of contamination may occur during this primary part of the manufacture of chocolate. At the peak of fermentation, the temperature builds up which promotes the growth of bacteria and molds. It has been shown that large quantities of aflatoxin, the cancer producing agent from the molds, can be produced in cocoa beans. This fermentation process is ESSENTIAL for the development of the chocolate flavor. After the fermentation the seeds are sun dried or kiln dried and then ready to be shipped to the chocolate manufacturers where they are roasted and ground to make a chocolate liquor somewhat like soft peanut butter. In this stage, bacterial contaminants multiply. 

The FDA ALLOWS in chocolate and chocolate liquor up to 120 insect fragments per cup or 2 rodent hairs per cup. Four percent of cocoa beans may be infested with insects and still carry the blessing of the FDA. Visible or solid animal excreta must not exceed 10 milligrams per pound. For chocolate powder or pressed cakes there must not be more than 75 insect fragments in 3 T. of the powder! Most individuals who believe to be allergic to chocolate themselves are in fact allergic to the animal parts that are in it. 

As for me, because of those 2 things alone, I have banished chocolate from my diet forever! Fortunately for us chocolate lovers, a good substitute is available that has a much more favorable manufacture and is processed under greater sanitary conditions...and that is carob. 

Carob is naturally sweet. It does not require fermentation to develop its flavor. It is a rich source of pectin, which aids in digestion and elimination. Pectin is in the group of indigestible complex carbohydrates commonly called fiber. The pectin in carob is useful for arresting simple diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. It settles the stomach and like all fiber, helps take up poisons and toxins in the intestine and eliminate them from the body.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says…“What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”

“He (Satan) well knows that is it is impossible for man to discharge his obligations to God and to his fellow-men, while he impairs the faculties God has given him. The brain is the capital of the body. If the perceptive faculties become benumbed through intemperance of any kind, eternal things are not discerned.” Review and Herald, Sept. 8, 1874

Let’s obey God’s divine plan to eat healthy. You wouldn’t put sugar in your gas tank or soda pop in your transmission. Then let’s not put caffeine in our bodies when God has told us not to. 

May God bless you as you strive to feed your body healthy according to His manual. God made our bodies and He knows best what to put in it.  

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