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MHL StaffSummer is here

and tricky as the weather has been so have been my exercise habits. A

few days hot and few days cold...I wanna run, rollerblade and bike my way into good health but not in 60 degrees. Are you ready to get your summer fitness routines started? I put in a special article on common workout excuses to help motivate you to stick with a rockin routine this summer.

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Life is hectic. Nothing seems to work. Gym member-ships are expensive. There is an endless list of reasons to skip a workout or never begin exercising in the first place. With excuses blurring the benefits, getting fit can be an even bigger challenge. TOPS Club, Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), the nonprofit weight loss support or-ganization, provides tips to overcome justifications for avoiding physical activity.

Im too busy.Make working out a priority and it will become routine.

The best way to fit physical activity into your day is by set-ting a schedule and writing it on the calendar. If you dont have time for an hour of cardio or weight training, take steps to ensure you move during the week take the stairs, park at the back of the parking lot, do an abdominal workout during commercials. Ten-minute mini exercises, such as a brisk walk during the lunch hour, are also useful.

I feel self-conscious.Exercise at home with fitness DVDs and resistance cables.

Once you have gained confidence, go outside, join a gym, or take an exercise class. If you want to beat the crowds at the fitness cen-ter, go mid-morning or late in the evening, when less people are around.

I dont like working out.Perhaps running or weight lifting is too monotonous for you.

Working out doesnt have to be something thats painful or boring. Todays workout world offers a variety of options to stay fit yoga, hik-ing, swimming, dancing, Pilates, recreational sports, and more. Grab a friend and participate in a workout that you enjoy.

I dont know how.Personal trainers help people tailor their exercises to their ability

and the proper intensity level. Whether you want to learn how to cycle indoors, dance, or play a sport, fitness classes with instructors can teach new movements and correct form. The staff at most gyms should be well-versed in their facilitys equipment; dont be afraid to ask for help.

I cant afford a gym membership.Although fitness centers have a lot to offer, gym fees can be expensive. Per-

haps your communitys local recreation department offers low-cost classes you can participate in. Walking or running outdoors are free, effective activities. You may even want to consider roller-blading. Fancy equipment isnt necessary to get in shape its more important to stay active on a regular basis.

I cant get motivated.Make a list of reasons to workout to get healthy, boost energy, look better in

your clothes, etc. Post the list in a place you look at everyday to remind yourself of your workout ambitions. Friends are also a great place to seek motivation. At TOPS, weekly chapter meetings give members the opportunity to cheer for and encourage one another in their weight-loss efforts.

I dont see any results.Its important to understand that exercise may not produce immediate physi-

cal changes. Remember your long-term goals and think about how working out makes you feel. Writing down the little improvements you see on a daily basis can be helpful.

TOPS Club Inc. (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), the original, nonprofit weight-loss support and wellness education organization, was established more than 63 years ago to champion weight-loss support and success. Founded and head-quartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, TOPS promotes successful, affordable weight management with a philosophy that combines healthy eating, regular ex-ercise, wellness information, and support from others at weekly chapter meet-ings. TOPS has about 170,000 members in nearly 10,000 chapters throughout the United States and Canada.

Visitors are welcome to attend their first TOPS meeting free of charge. To find a local chapter, view www.tops.org or call (800) 932-8677.

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Often this is true if you have to put aside an hour or so to do, what you feel, is a real workout, and even to try for a half hour of exercise can be a problem for many. After all, we have our jobs, whether they be at an off site office, or even a home of-fice. Even if we are stay at home moms or dads, we have responsibilities that take up hours of our daily lives. However we all know exercise is of paramount importance to us. It mitigates many diseases, including, of course, heart disease. We do want to work out, but how can we spare the time.

Most recently an almost miracle workout has come to the Milwaukee area. Its called Tabata, named after the Japanese man who formulated it. Its the type of work-out program that provides similar health benefits to that of cardio workouts, however instead of hours upon hours or exercise, Tabata can be completed in four minutes! Yes, four minutes!

Japanese physiologist, Izumi Tabata did a study comparing moderate intensity training with high intensity training. He and his research team conducted the tests on two groups of athletes; one of the groups used the moderate intensity interval train-ing, and the other, used high intensity interval training. The results were phenomenal. In group one the athletes trained in moderate intensity workouts (70% intensity) for five days a week for a total of six weeks with each training session lasting an hour. Group two trained in the high intensity workouts for four days a week for a total of six weeks with each session lasting four minutes, at twenty second intervals of in-tense training (170% intensity), then ten seconds of rest.

The first group had a significant increase in the aerobic system (cardiovascular system). However, the anaerobic system (muscles) gained little or no results at all. Group two showed higher improvements in both areas. Their aerobic systems in-creased much more than the first groups did, and their anaerobic systems increased by 28%.

Tabata and his colleagues concluded that not only did high intensity interval train-ing have more of an impact on the aerobic systems, it had an impact on the anaerobic systems as well. An added bonus of Tabata Training is that any exercise can be incor-porated into the Tabata training.

Many athletes, and especially those who are long distance runners and sprinters, have been using the Tabata method for years to train for their particular sports. Now Tabata training has become available to any of us who want to keep our bodies as well tuned as possible.

Tabata teacher and trainer, Susan Montross, who has a masters in curriculum and instruction from Portland State University, has been a life long runner, said that doing Tabata has improved her speed significantly. Montross, who teaches classes and pri-vate sessions in Tabata at the Elite Sports Club in Brookfield, explained how Tabata is taught. For my Tabata classes I set up four stations, each set up for a particular exercise. The first station might be pushups or squat jumps, another mountain climb-ing. Others use a bosu ball and gliding discs. We also have a high knee run in place. Using a timer I give the signal to start the particular exercise. Everyone starts at the same time on an individual exercise. Each participant does it for twenty seconds, then rests for ten seconds . The entire cycle is repeated for the twenty second active phase, and then the ten second rest rotations, Everyone rotates to finish eight such cycles, and then everyone rests for a minute and half. Everyone goes through the same timed rotations, with a slightly different exercise, then rests again for a minute and a half, for a total of eight sessions or rounds.

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interval training, is that youre pushing yourself hard towards 95% of your maximum heart rate. When you do high inten-sity workouts you should be breathing heavily. Thats a good sign, that means youre doing it right.

Montross also suggests that Tabata can be combined with en-durance training such as biking, elliptical workouts, or running.

A great thing Ive found about Tabata is that many people who may not have ever pushed themselves hard, have found that with this short and quick method of exercise they can reach new levels of intensity.

She elaborated, I feel that there is no age limitation with Tabata, just a body and will limi-tation. However if someone has not exercised at all, or has been an infrequent exerciser or a low-er level exerciser, I usually try to ease them into it by bumping up their endurance and then slow-ing entering the Tabata program. Again, I feel that anyone of any age can utilize Tabata. For ex-ample, Ive trained my mom in Tabata, and shes seventy three.

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This distinctive cheese is known for its savory, caramel notes and light citrusy flavor and was handcrafted to be highly approachable while maintaining an authentically goat balanced flavor profile. After its re-lease in 2012, the cheese went on to win Gold at the European hosted Global Cheese Awards and Bronze at the prestigious American Cheese Society Competition.

When the season is right, Extra Aged Goat Cheese is produced in Antigo, Wisconsin by a team of artisans led by Sartori Master Cheese-maker, Pam Hodgson. This cheese took a number of years to perfect and making it today is really enjoyable and rewarding, says Hodgson. Granted, our make window is small fresh goats milk is generally only available from late spring into early fall. But this bittersweet tie to natural seasonality is part of what makes Extra Aged Goat Cheese so special and exciting when its in season.

Sartoris Limited Edition Extra-Aged Goat cheese will be available at select specialty cheese shops throughout the United States in June and July. Additionally, a limited supply of 4 oz. wedges will be available for sale at the Sartori online store, www.sartoricheese.com.

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Trauma, either direct or indirect, in turn, can be classified as either minor (bruises, muscle pulls, etc) or major (fractures, concussion, spinal injuries, etc).

How can HBOT help with recovery from sports injury:Reduces inflammation, swelling and pain. Decrease in swelling and inflamma-

tion allows more oxygen rich blood to reach the injured area, increasing the speed of healing.

Prevents Hypoxia of the traumatized tissues tissues with reduced blood flow suffers a reduction in oxygen also. Hyperbaric oxygen increases the level of oxygen in injured tissue, preventing hypoxia.

Speeds up the healing of tissues, ligaments and fractured bones. After just 2 hours of treatment the number of CD34+ stem cells doubles. After 20 hours, stem cells in-crease 8 fold. Stem cells are the cells that grow into new tissue replacing the injured tissue. Growth hormones are also modulated positively by HBOT decreasing total time to heal.

Scar tissue formation and damage is reduced. With less cellular damage, les scar tissue is formed allowing better movement and reducing pain.

Helps return players to the game sooner

Ischemia (reduced blood flow) and edema (swelling) are parts of a vicious circle where Hypoxia (low oxygenation at the cellular level) is the major component in the changes that affect the injured tissues. Edema (swelling) of the tissues will com-pound the problem created by hypoxia as it acts like a barrier to blood and oxygen reaching the cell.

This also affects the micro-circulation or clumping of erythrocytes that in turn impede circulation in already compromised tissue. Although plasma still may go through the capillaries, it may not carry enough oxygen to sustain the life of cells. Here is where the oxygen under pressure proves its benefits (Henrys Law). As the partial pressure of inspired oxygen increases, the plasma dissolved in oxygen in-creases proportionately. For each one millimeter of increased pressure of Oxygen, 0.003 millimetres of Oxygen is dissolved in plasma. This amount dissolved in plas-ma, is sufficient to oxygenate tissues without hemoglobin borne oxygen. The usual treatment protocols are between 2- 3 ATA and at these pressures there is enough oxy-gen dissolved in plasma. At 3 ATA there is sufficient amounts of dissolved oxygen in the plasma to sustain life without blood. (Boerema et al.1960)

Traumatized tissues auto regulatory mechanism increases blood flow to compen-sate for hypoxia. In a damaged microcirculation this mechanism causes undesirable swelling. The increases in the oxygen carrying-capacity of the plasma appears to have 2 important effects.

Firstly, in-spite of the collapse of the microcirculation (Hargens&Akeson 1981) the plasma carry sufficient amounts of oxygen to avoid problems associated with hypoxia. Hyperbaric oxygen, with the treatment pressure (2 ATA) increases the dif-fusion distance by a factor of three (Pierce 1969).

Second effect; reduction of edema through vasoconstriction. Oxygen under pres-sure causes 20% reduction in blood flow (Bird&Telfer 1965, Nylander, Nordstrom and Erickson 1984; Sukoff&Ragatz 1982). Edema is reduced at the same time mi-crocirculation improves and this enhances re-absorption of fluid and a further reduc-tion of swelling. In addition HBOT appears to protect microcirculation by reducing venular leukocyte adherence and inhibiting progressive adjacent arteriolar vasocon-striction.

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The important part of treatment and rehabilitation of any injury is physical therapy with the associated application of HBOT, using various protocols according to the type and origin of the injury. In conclusion, data from many studies suggest that treatment should be instituted with in first 24-48 hours. Some studies indicate the first 12 hours is very important and the injury should be treated aggressively from 2.2 ATA to 2.8 ATA between 60-90 min.

Two new studies releasedUndersea Hyperb Med. 2013 Mar-Apr;40(2):201-4. PMID: 23682550 [PubMed

- in process]Efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen in patients with Crohns disease: two case reports.Green MS, Purohi M, Sadacharam K, Mychaskiw G.Drexel University College of Medicine, Hahnemann University Hospital, Phila-

delphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Michael.Green@Drexelmed.eduAbstractCrohns disease is an inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract, usually

involving the ileum, that can lead to debilitating symptoms of abdominal pain, di-arrhea and malabsorption during acute exacerbations. Because there is no known cause of the illness, treatment is based upon symptomatology and may ultimately require bowel resection if response to medical therapy is inadequate. Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen has shown promise in the reduction of inflammation associated with acute exacerbations of Crohns disease, with alleviation of symptoms and an improvement in quality of life. We present two cases of pediatric patients with ex-acerbations of Crohns disease who underwent cycles of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Each patient was symptomatic and had no improvement despite prolonged medical therapy. Following treatment with hyperbaric oxygen, both patients showed resolu-tion of the inflammatory lesions and improvement in conditions, allowing them to reduce drug therapy. Although the mechanisms by which hyperbaric oxygen reduce inflammation in Crohns disease is poorly defined, this therapy seems to have offer a safe adjunct in the treatment of refractory exacerbations.

The efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of chronic fatigue syndrome.

PMID: 23682549 [PubMed - in process]Akarsu S, Tekin L, Ay H, Carli AB, Tok F, Simek K, Kiralp MZ.Glhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Department of

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Istanbul, Turkey. selimakarsu@yahoo.com.trOBJECTIVE:Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a chronic disease with social components that

ensue secondary to the incapacity of the person to fulfill work, social and family responsibilities. Currently, there is no consensus regarding its treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy in CFS.

DESIGN:Sixteen patients included in the study were diagnosed with CFS according to the

Fukuda criteria. Patients received 15 treatment sessions of HBO2 therapy over a pe-riod of three consecutive weeks (five days per week). The outcome measures (visual analog fatigue scale (VAFS). Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) and Fatigue Quality of Life Score (FQLS) were assessed before the treatment and after completion of the 15 sessions.

RESULTS:HBO2 therapy was well tolerated, with no complications. After treatment, pa-

tients scores were found to have improved with respect to VAFS, FSS and FQLS (all p

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By Cheryl L. DejewskiHow sun exposure can damage your eyesnow and in the futureWe all love sunny days, especially those of us Wisconsinites who cherish any

break from the cold and clouds. We also know that while some sunlight is enjoyable, too much can lead to sunburns, blisters and, worse yet, skin cancer. But, have you ever thought about the short- and long-term consequences of ultraviolet (UV) light exposure for your eyes?

Studies have shown that long-term exposure to the suns UV rays without protection may contribute to the development of various eye disorders, including macular degeneration (AMD) and cataracts, notes Dr. Mark Freedman, a leading eye surgeon at Eye Care Specialists ophthalmology practice in Milwaukee. The more exposure to bright light, the greater the chances of developing these two leading causes of visual impairment and blindness.

UV-A rays have been shown to penetrate deep into the eye and may injure the macula, the part of the retina responsible for sight in the center of the field of vision. UV-B rays are mainly absorbed by the cornea and lens of the eye and can damage these tissues. For example, cataracts are a clouding of the lens of the eye, which may be increased by exposure to sunlight. Photokeratitis, or corneal sunburn, is a result of intense exposure to UV-B and can cause extreme pain and vision loss for several days. Pterygium is tissue growth on the white of the eye that can be caused by UV-light exposure and may spread to the cornea without treatment and may eventually require surgery.

In addition to long-term UV-light exposure, you also need to protect your eyes from severe damage caused by single outings on very bright days, reports Dr. Brett Rhode, Head of Ophthalmology at Aurora Sinai Medical Center. Excessive exposure to ultraviolet light reflected off sand, snow or pavement can damage the eyes surface. These surface burns are similar to sunburns in that they usually disappear within a couple of days, however, they may lead to further complications later in life.

Eye care specialist and continuing education lecturer Dr. Daniel Ferguson, explains, Its most important to stay out of the sun or to protect your eyes between 10 and 2, when the suns ultraviolet rays are the strongest. But, you really should just make it a habit to wear both sunglasses and a hat or visor whenever youre outside for a prolonged period, even if its gray and overcast. Ferguson adds, No matter what your age, you should take precautions. If you instill these habits in children early on, it will be easier to enforce, and youll be protecting their sight for the future.

But what type of sunglasses should you wear? You need to buy sunglasses that block 99 to 100 percent of the same UV-A and UV-B rays that can damage your skin, advises Daniel Paskowitz, MD, PhD, a highly credentialed ophthalmologist with special training in corneal procedures. And, dont be misled by the color of the lens or the price tag dangling from the frame. The ability to block UV light is not dependent on the darkness of the lens. UV protection comes from a chemical coating applied to the lens surface. As for cost, many $10 sunglasses provide equal

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With pleasant spring temperatures comes the urge to become more active. Before summer heat takes over, encourage your senior to en-gage in light physical activity, such as walking.

Regular walking, a favorite exercise for seniors, is one of the most effective forms of activity that delivers substantial health benefits and improves heart health, according to the American Heart Association.

Walking is easy to start and continue, and it has the lowest dropout rate of any physical activity. The American Heart Association even offers Walking Clubs, which allow participants to connect with others who share similar goals, lifestyles, schedules and hobbies and do it

for free. The recommended level of moderate aerobic exercise is 150 minutes per week; according to an AHA survey, only

15 percent of American adults reach that goal. Walking for as little as 30 minutes a day will help your senior loved one improve circulation, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, and promote weight loss.

To make walking even more enjoyable for your senior loved one, try this light exercise today. The Leg Curl is de-signed to help make walking and climbing stairs easier for a senior. Heres what to do:

01 Stand behind a sturdy chair, holding on for balance. Lift one leg straight back without bending the knee or pointing the toes. Breathe in slowly.02 Breathe out, slowly bringing the heel up toward the buttocks as far as possible.03 Bend only from the knee, keeping hips still. The leg you are standing on should be slightly bent.04 Hold position for 1 second.05 Breathe in, slowly lowering the foot to the floor.06. Repeat 10 15 times.07 Repeat 10 15 times with the other leg.08 Repeat 10 15 more times with each leg.National Institute on AgingConsider getting a pedometer for your senior. Encourage them to clip it to their belt in the morning and wear it all

day long. Wearing a pedometer is a simple way to keep track of daily steps. They may be surprised at how many steps they take each day while walking, running an errand, and even doing chores around the house. Have your loved one keep a daily log of their steps and motivate them to set small fitness goals each week.

At Home Instead Senior Care serving the North Milwaukee County area, we know that simple activities like walk-ing can stave off or reverse frailty in seniors, prevent against balance disorders and falls, and generally improve physi-cal and emotional well-being.

To incorporate light physical activity such as walking into your senior loved ones lifestyle, consider enlisting a Home Instead CAREGiver, who can serve as a walking companion or transport your senior loved one to the mall, local museum or a community garden for some scenic exercise.

For more information about helping seniors lead more active and healthy lives, please call Home Instead Senior Care of Milwaukee at (414) 882-5464, or Like us on Facebook. You can also find more information about physical

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I am very pleased that youve decided to join us this month. This is our BIGHealth Awareness issue. We have packed so much up-to-date information intothese pages that this issue is just bursting with health! We have something formen and women of all ages. We contact local health professionals every monthand are thankful that many have contributed to this issue. They are keenlyaware of health concerns for this region (very important). We stay in touchwith them so they can stay in touch with you. I think youll nd somethinghere that can help you lead a healthier life. We hope that you share this specialissue with friends and family, too.

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Dr. Michele Nickels, ND, LAcTo live in the 21st Century means to live in a toxic world. We are exposed daily

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While our livers, kidneys, skin and lymphatic systems work round the clock to eliminate these dangerous toxins from our body, they very often just cannot keep up, and the result is a buildup of poisons in the system which destroy body tissue, damage organs, depress the immune system and leave the door open to a number of serious illnesses.

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What is most appealing from a pregnancy and breastfeeding standpoint is that not only does chlorella pull toxins from the mothers blood; it does so without interfering with nutrient support or uptake of baby. Studies in rats have confirmed that chlorella aids in protection from, and detoxification of, certain toxic chemicals. A study look-ing at mothers breastfeeding found that those taking chlorella had increased levels of IgA, the bodys natural defense antibodies that can help protect baby. Chlorella also helped clear dioxin, a toxin, from the breast milk. Chlorella also restores the vitality of nursing women who often become fatigued from the drain of vitamins and minerals as the result of short or long-term nursing.

Chlorella contains large quantities of organic folate, vitamin B-12 and iron. Fo-late is necessary in early pregnancy to prevent birth defects. Every pregnant woman is encouraged to increase her intake of iron, and most doctors prescribe iron pills, but chlorella improves hemoglobin levels more quickly and efficiently than iron pills. Studies have shown that women taking chlorella demonstrated improvements in ane-mia in their second and third trimesters.

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One of the major determinants of our heath is our nutritional status. When we give our cells the nutrients that they need we have good energy and we maintain a healthy immune system. When we develop nutritional deficiencies or excesses we cause more oxidative stress and prevent our cells from functioning properly leading to the slow development of chronic diseases, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, cancer, and autoimmune diseases.

Most people grew up believing that eating a well-balanced diet would keep them healthy. In fact we were told that if we ate a well-balanced diet we didnt even need extra vitamins. Today we are now being told that there are epidemic increases in the rates of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, obesity, and many other chronic inflammatory diseases. So what happened?

In the last 50 years there have been significant changes to how our foods are grown and produced. Our meats are primarily raised in feedlots. Many of our staple foods now come from genetically modified organisms (GMO). A significant part of our diet comes from processed and fast foods.

Feedlot raised animals have up to 10 times more omega-6 fats than do pasture raised animals. Too many Omega-6 fats cause inflammation. GMO crops play a sig-nificant role in the increase in food allergies and there are unknown long-term risks of possible genetic transfer to our own intestinal bacteria. Processed foods are devoid of many of their original nutrients and many are high in omega-6 fats and simple sugars. In addition, we were given a food pyramid in the early 90s that was heavily weighted towards carbohydrates, more than 50% coming from, breads rice, pasta and cereal.

This large percentage of carbohydrates is a major problem made worse by how we actually implemented the pyramid. The original recommendations stated that more than 50% of the grains should be from whole grains. We didnt do this. Almost all of our breads and cereals are from processed grains, which have lost up to 90% of their nutrients, including vitamins: B1, B2 B3, B5, B6, B9, E and minerals: calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, copper, manganese and selenium. These nutrients are needed for energy production, optimum hormone balance and proper immune sys-tem function.

In the 30 years from 1980 to 2010 we have increased our intake of these nutrition-ally deficient carbohydrates from grains by 34%. During this same time period we increased our added fat intake by 44%, our added sweeteners by 10% and our total calorie intake by 19%.We are now facing the consequences of a diet that is slowly killing us.

So what can we do about it? The simple solution is: 01 Eat healthy( Organic, Non-GMO) 02 Eat less(Decrease carbohydrates and increase vegetables.) 0 Move more( exercise 5 times a week for at least 30 minutes). If this were easy to do we would not have the problems that we are currently fac-

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needs to do is to start with an analysis of our current nutritional status and integrate that with appropriate lifestyle modifications. These are some things that most of us can or should do:

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grains.Decrease saturated fats, trans fats and cis fats.Decrease fatty meatsIncrease Omega-3 fatsIncrease vegetables (5 servings per day)Eat whole fruits (3-4 servings of whole fruits per day) - Avoid fruit juicesEliminate soda both regular and dietExercise: You dont have to be an Olympic athlete to be healthy but you do need

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Anthony S Blair and Kimberly StueberMy body was slightly tense, waiting on the needles to prick my skin. Id heard

of acupuncture and the benefits of acupuncture treatment. This was my first try and didnt know what to expect. His method is diversion. As I lay on the table, Dr. Zhou talks to me and touches different areas of my leg. Where I expected to feel the prick of the needles and where the needles actually went in were different which mini-mized the pain. Dr. Zhou is skillful in his insertion of the needles. I believe most peo-ples aversion to needles makes acupuncture seem more painful than it is. Injuring my Achilles tendon playing basketball I sought to heal myself. Traditional doctors told me I needed surgery. I never had surgery and was resistant to being cut, scarring, anesthesia, and the cost. A friend recommended acupuncture and after doing some research, settled on Dr. Zhou. 30 minutes, 15 needles, 3 glass suction cups, and a heat lamp later I had noticeably greater mobility & flexibility I came in on crutches and left walking in a brace. After further treatments my injury healed in the same amount of time it would have taken with invasive surgery. And I dont have the scar or the $5,000 bill, amazing.

Stories like these are very common after people visit Dr. XiPing Zhou. Zhou, a doctor of oriental medicine, licensed acupuncturist, and the founder and president of Dr. Zhous Acupuncture and Pain Management Clinic in Madison, WI, says Acu-puncture is perfect for naturally treating pain and many other conditions.

The name given to one of the points in acupuncture work - Gushing Spring is symbolic of the roots of this ancient Chinese folk medicine that aims to balance the

energy system of qi (pronounced chee) and treat common disorders and pain all at the same time. Acu comes from the Latin word Acus meaning needle and puncture comes from Late Latin word punctura meaning a pricking. Thus the technique consists of pricking an acupuncture point with a needle. Acupuncture developed out of the need to apply pressure to the body, treat wounds, and lance infectious lesions. The earliest evidence of practices similar to acupuncture date back to the New Stone Age (8,000-2,000 B.C, the first acupuncture needles were crudely shaped & made from stones known as Bian Stones. Crude Bian Stones gave way to more skillfully shaped needles made of pottery. With the development of metallurgical techniques, the metal needle superceded the pottery needles and Bian Stones. The term acupunc-ture didnt surface until shortly after the Ming Dynasty in 1684.

According to Zhou, acupuncture is an element of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Beyond the benefits of pain relief and treatment of common disorders, acu-puncture is holistic - keeping the mind, body and spirit balanced and in harmony. It is a complete approach, Zhou says. By working treats the source of the disorder not just the symptoms.

It would be accurate to say that acupuncture treats disorders of QI, Blood and disturbances of the Organ Networks but this doesnt correspond to the Western vocabulary of named diseases and conditions. Acupuncture can be helpful for: pain management, withdrawal from addictions, post-surgical recovery, chronic fatigue and signs of aging and decreased immunity. Some of the many conditions for which

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For 13 years Lisa suffered from hormonal migraines and chronic daily head-aches. In 2007 she celebrated a pain free Christmas holiday the first in 12 years. After 8 months of acupuncture, the frequency of Lisas hormonal headaches have decreased by about 70%. But what makes Lisas success so powerful is the quality of life she shares with her family now. She is enjoying her life again and her family is delighted to have their wife and mother fully engaged in their lives and home.

A new study of acupuncture the most rigorous and detailed analysis of the treatment to date found that it can ease migraines and arthritis and other forms of chronic pain.

The findings provide strong scientific support for an age-old therapy used by an estimated three million Americans each year. Though acupuncture has been studied for decades, the body of medical research on it has been mixed and mired to some extent by small and poor-quality studies. Financed by the National Institutes of Health and carried out over about half a decade, the new research was a detailed analysis of earlier research that involved data on nearly 18,000 patients. Acupunc-ture, which involves inserting needles at various places on the body to stimulate so-called acupoints, is among the most widely practiced forms of alternative medicine in the country and is offered by many hospitals. Most commonly the treatment is sought by adults looking for relief from chronic pain, though it is also used with growing frequency in children. According to government estimates, about 150,000 children in the United States underwent acupuncture in 2007. (http://well.blogs.ny-times.com/2012/09/11/acupuncture-provides-true-pain-relief-in-study/, OConnor, Anahad)

Additionally Time magazine stated that more than a quarter of all Americans suffer from pain daily. This costs the U.S. about $60 billion in lost productivity annually. Additionally, Americans spent $2.6 billion on over-the-counter pain medi-cations and another nearly $14 billion on out patient analgesics. Recent findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that spending on spine treat-ments totaled nearly $86 billion in 2005 which is a 65% increase from 1997. How-ever the proportion of people with impaired function because of spine problems increased during the same period even after controlling for an aging population. All of these facts point to the reality that modern pain treatments arent working. On the other hand people are finding great success with Acupuncture, a treatment that is over 5,000 years old.

But Dr. Zhou says acupuncture and Chinese medicine is really beyond needles and beyond pain. He uses acupuncture to treat a wide range of conditions, in-cluding type 2 diabetes, thyroid imbalances, hormonal problems, irritable bowel syndrome, depression and more.

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Aches and pains have long plagued people of all ages and walks of life. But exciting new technological advances are helping doctors of chiropractic get to the root causes of pain more rapidly than ever before. Statewide professionals, are using lasers to treat arthritis pain and dysfunction more efficiently by reducing the swelling and improving circulation to the affected tissues.

Dr. Evans, owner of Evans Chiropractic & Pain Laser Clinic in New Berlin, began using the noninvasive therapy system known as the MLS Class 4 Laser at her clinic in January of 2011. The response from patients has been phenomenal. I have patients travelling from as far away as Sheboygan

This is definitely the wave of the future, said Dr. Evans, who has been a practicing chiropractor for 22 years. With the financial constraints of the current economy and rising

health insurance costs, people need to get better faster.While traditional chiropractic treatments typically would take three to four months to achieve a positive outcome,

now with adding laser treatments the healing process is accelerated and patients are recovering in half the time. MLS Class 4 Lasers, approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration five years ago, work in what is

called a dual wave pattern, meaning the device performs two functions at once on the patients body. One wave form relieves pain while the other accelerates the healing process.

This new technology gets patients better faster, this past year has been very exciting as I have been able to witness patients recover in ways I hadnt seen before implementing this type of Laser therapy, Evans said.

The biggest problem any clinician faces when treating patients who are in pain is how to safely and effectively ad-dress inflammation.

All too often, physicians want to block the inflammatory process with medications both prescribed and over the counter, but you need to work with it instead, she said. This is where laser treatments make all the difference. The laser accelerates the inflammatory process (ie healing process) and this is why the patient recovers more quickly.

As advances have been made with technology, Class 4 lasers have enabled chiropractic professionals to venture into previously unheard of territory. Treatments were almost always ineffective for people where scar tissue had formed. Modern laser treatments have given professionals an opportunity to work through scar tissue a scenario that has proven especially beneficial for the elderly and people who have had surgery.

One of the laser wave forms actually can break up old scar tissue when paired with the correct machine parameters thus allowing for greater joint motion and flexibility, Evans said. I like to think of it as WD-40 for the joints.

Walking has long been recommended as a key exercise in addressing weight gainparticularly for the aging popula-tion. But when a person has joint problems and pain, when walking could be a beneficial exercise is not an option.

Our bodies are meant to move but when movement causes pain it is almost impossible to remain healthy and vital thru the aging process, Evans said.

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The leading causes of death in our time are diseases of stress related and chronic stress makes us vulnerable to developing them over time.

We hear so much about stress being the underlying factor in most of our illnesses of mind, body and emotions in todays world. The physiological link between stress and disease has been extensively studied and understood. It is important to gain an understanding of this so that one can mitigate its effects on ones health.

When we think of stress, we think of an event or a stimulus out there or extrinsic that causes our stress. Most of the stress we feel is not extrinsic. Extrinsic stress oc-curs at certain stages of our life and includes lifes unavoidable surprises. Divorce, death of a close family member or a friend and loss of a job, and accidents are some examples of extrinsic stressors. The most frequent stressors are the daily stressors that occur a hundred or a thousand times per day. Deadlines, dysfunctional relation-ship dynamics, lack of boundaries and limits, imbalance with our self care and poor time management are stressors that are mostly intrinsic; these can be regulated and modulated by our perceptions and awareness and be modified by our choices over them. Most of the intrinsic stressors are due to a perception that filters the event in our mind as a threat to our system. Our own negative self talk that regulates our self esteem and perceptions of ourselves in relationship to reality is the biggest stressor there is. Most of us are unaware of the self talk. It contaminates all aspects of our life.

When the brain perceives an event as a threat, the limbic system gets activated. This is part of the midbrain and is wired for survival. It is responsible for our fight or flight response. Our endocrine system through our adrenals and our immune system are directly affected by our limbic system. The reaction time by the limbic system to enable our survival is in nanoseconds. We literally do not have time to think about our response to a perceived threat. We move into survival and react as if our life depended on it. In todays world, we do this thousands of times per day. When we overuse our survival mechanism, we create burnout and illness in our body. Our system becomes hyper-aroused and the adrenalin and cortisol (stress hormones) do not shut down. The result of this is heart disease, immune dysfunction leading to autoimmune diseases and cancer, depression, anxiety, insomnia and chronic fatigue. The emotional consequence of chronic stress is a feeling of hopelessness and a life lacking in meaning.

Over the years my patients have talked with me about their stress and have hun-gered for a way to mitigate it in order to come to balance and well being. I recog-nized that the perceptual filter that interprets life from a place of stress is important to identify in order to respond differently to our circumstances. Once we can develop an awareness of this perceptual pattern, we can change our responses to life and re-claim ourselves from automatic reactive patterns of behavior.

This has a powerful affect on our ability to lead and to be present in our jobs, par-ticularly if they are stress provoking positions that require leadership.

I have found in the Executive Program that I have developed through measured assessment scales that this type of process has a significant positive impact on in-creasing meaning, reducing stress related symptoms and with an 85% predictive value reducing the outcomes of behavioral, physical and emotional illness. It also

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NEUROPATHY By Boris Matthews, PhD, LCSW Did you know that many psychotherapists have never been clients in psycho-therapy? Did you know this matters?

Recently I was in a conversation with a public member of the American Board for Accreditation in Psychoanalysis ( www.abapinc.org/ ), of which I am a professional member. This is a very accomplished person who was surprised when he found out that psychotherapists have classroom training and supervision for doing psychother-apy, but many have never experienced psychotherapy or psychoanalysis as clients or patients. How could that be, he wondered. The answer is that not all psychotherapists have equally rigorous training.

To put it simply: in all forms of psychology, the personality of any therapist is the therapeutic instrument. This is why psychotherapists of all stripes should undergo a rigorous course of psychotherapy just as board certified psychoanalysts do. This says something about the training and aims of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

First: a clarification between the training of psychotherapists and psychoanalysts. All board certified psychoanalysts are required to undergo in-depth psychoanalysis as part of their formal training. (Board certification in psychoanalysis comes from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, www.naap.org .) Psychotherapists who are not psychoanalysts may or may not have been clients in psychotherapy.

There is another major difference between psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Psychotherapy often focuses primarily on conscious techniques, tools and treatment goals to help you achieve a better adaptation to your life circumstances. (This is often necessary and useful.) Psychoanalysis often includes these therapeutic elements, but also pays close attention to identifying and exploring what lies outside your daytime consciousness, but nevertheless has an influence on your waking life. What you are not conscious of can be gold or garbage. If its goldfor example, possibilities and talents you havent discovered in yourself and developedyou should have access to them and be able to cultivate them. If garbage, its getting in your way and needs to be dug up, processed and detoxified. You cant dig it up and process it if you are unaware that it is there, which means self-knowledge in depth. And you cant dig it up and process it if your therapist hasnt been through that experience as a client.

Its easy for a therapist or anyone else to say, I know myself. I know who I am. However, this usually means something like This is who and what I think I am. This is my opinion of myself. Have you ever heard someone say or do something really gross and then, when it is pointed out, that person says, I never say things like that! Oh, I never do anything like that. Or if they do admit to having said or done some-thing out of character, they will perhaps say, Something must have got into me.

Well, something did get into them, but it was something from outside their con-sciousness, something of which they were not aware, maybe some of their garbage or hidden gold; their shadow. Even if they dont want to acknowledge that shadowy something, it took over for the moment.

We learn about those shadowy parts of our personality in various ways, but most explicitlyand sometimes painfullyas we interact with other people. You have probably observed what I am talking about, and maybe even tried to point out to someone an aspect of their shadow. Did you notice your tone of voice when you spoke to so-and-so? There was nothing wrong with my tone of voice. And the person spoken to feels crushed or insulted. The speaker was not aware of (or would not admit) that something insensitive, hurtful, cynical, or harsh had spoken, some-thing that perhaps the speaker truly did not recognize in his or herself that rose up and colored the tone of voice.

In everybody there are shadow elements: sensitivities, wounded places, suppressed impulses and reactions (garbage), but also unlived and/or repressed potentials (hid-den gold). Since psychotherapists are human, they, too, harbor shadow elements. When you go to a psychotherapist for help, you wantand have the right to expect

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and demandthat the therapist has not only fulfilled academic requirements for the job, but has done the personal work of getting in-depth self-knowledge. This means getting to know their less-than-sterling (i.e., shadowy) personality elements, as well as the unlived potentials that they may (unconsciously) want you to live since they cannot, will not, or are unaware of them. (This is called projection.) This sort of depth exploration on the part of the therapist is equivalent to the doctor washing his or her hands before your medical examination. You dont need to be contaminated when you are going for healing.

Through good psychotherapy, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts find out more about themselves, especially those parts of themselves that they prefer not to own or dont even know about, but that nevertheless make themselves heard and seen from time to time. In good psychotherapy, therapists calibrate themselves. One defini-tion of calibrate reads: to standardize (as a measuring instrument) by determining the deviation from a standard so as to ascertain the proper correction factors. Psychother-apists have to know how they deviate from a standard so as to ascertain the proper correction factors. For psychotherapists and psychoanalysts this means knowing where they are wounded and, consequently, where they over or under-react, as well as recognizing life possibilities they havent lived and perhaps have no chance of living. This means recognizing their biasestheir gold and garbage--and hence where their perception and judgment may be skewed. Good psychotherapists have devoted serious work as clients in psychotherapy or psychoanalysis getting to know themselves in depth. Thats why not only the psychotherapists formal training, but also their work on themselves matters to you as a client receiving their services.

I have a sincere recommendation: if you are thinking about entering psycho-therapy, do more than Google psychotherapists online or look for someone in the Yellow Pages. Interview the prospective therapist. They may be surprised by your questions, but psychotherapists and psychoanalysts need not be defensive about their training and their personal work (which does not mean they tell you their life story!). If they are defensive, thats probably not the right one for you. It does make a differ-ence and it matters.

Boris Matthews, PhD, LCSW is a nationally certified psychoanalyst (a.k.a. Jung-ian Analyst) at the Ommani Center for Integrative Medicine. He also serves on the faculty of the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago, Illinois. He has been in practice for over twenty years and has been offering his services at Ommani since 2005. Con-tact him through the Ommani Center website: www.ommanicenter.com or at phone 608.217.5184.

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Only 13.5 percent of girls and 36.3 percent of boys age 12 to 19 in the United States get the recommended daily amount (RDA) of calcium, placing them at serious risk for osteoporosis and other bone diseases, according to statistics from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Because nearly 90 percent of adult bone mass is established by the end of this age range, the nations youth stand in the midst of a calcium crisis.

Osteoporosis is a pediatric disease with geriatric consequences, said Duane Alexander, M.D., director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), sponsor of the Milk Matters calcium education campaign. Preventing this and other bone diseases begins in childhood. With low calcium intake levels during these important bone growth periods, todays children and teens are certain to face a serious public health problem in the future.

The health risks related to low calcium intake are not just years away, explained Dr. Alexander. Children are drinking more soft drinks and more non-citrus drinks than they used to; meanwhile, milk consumption has dropped. The number of fractures among children and young adults has increased, probably due to lower intakes of calcium. Pediatricians are also seeing the re-emergence of rickets, a bone disease that results from low levels of vitamin D. Rickets became almost nonexistent after vitamin D was added to milk in the 1950s, but is now appearing at greater rates around the country.

But the major effects of this crisis are yet to come.As these children get older, this calcium crisis will become more serious as

the population starts to show its highest rate of osteoporosis and other bone health problems in our nations history, Dr. Alexander said. But we need to remember that this is a preventable and correctable public health problem.

Getting children to pay attention to their calcium needs is a challenge for scientists and educators, he adds. For this reason, the NICHD has expanded its Milk Matters campaign and Web site to speak directly to children and their parents about calcium.

Previously, the NICHD developed educational materials that are used primarily by educators, nurses, and physicians to convey the importance of adequate calcium consumption among children and teens. Now, NICHD has expanded its Web site to give children and their parents more direct access to the information and will be adding games and other interactive content specifically for kids.

The Institutes Milk Matters campaign stresses low-fat or fat-free milk as the preferred source of dietary calcium because:

Milk has a high calcium content. Calcium in milk is easily absorbed by the body. Milk contains other nutrients, including vitamin D, vitamin A, B12, potassium,

magnesium, and protein, that are essential to healthy bone and tooth development.The NICHD bases its recommendations on the 1994 National Institutes of Health

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If you dont drink milk, its important to get calcium from other sources, like other dairy products, green leafy vegetables, and foods with added calcium, explained Dr. Alexander.

The Milk Matters campaign offers a variety of free materials on the importance of calcium in the diets of children and teens. Brochures, booklets, fact sheets, coloring books, stickers, and posters are among those items available on its recently revamped Web site, most in both English and Spanish. The Milk Matters Web site, www.nichd.nih.gov/milkmatters, is also an excellent source for information on calcium for health care professionals.

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Yet another benefit is that camp can stem summer learning loss, or the big eras-er, as some educators call it. Its a serious issue, according to the National Summer Learning Association, which found that all young people experience learning losses when they are not engaged in educational activities in the summer months.

Children with special needs are no exception. They, too, can reap the benefits of a summer camp experience and learn important decision-making, social and emotional skills while having fun and making friends.

There are many camps for children with special needs, and choosing one depends on the unique needs of your child. Some camps are inclusionary, meaning that kids with and without special needs participate together. Some camps cater to children with specific problems, such as hearing impairments or cystic fibrosis.

In choosing a camp for your special needs child, there are many factors to con-sider:

What is the cost? Are scholarships available? Whats the age range of campers? Is the camp co-ed? Is it a day or resident camp? Can the camp staff administer medication?

How does the camp staff handle behavioral problems? If your child needs a special diet, can accommodations be made?Another concern you may have is the qualifications of the camp staff. Does the

camp employ occupational, speech and music therapists? Or are college students, home for the summer and without any special needs training, the camp counselors?

For children with special needs, smaller group sizes often mean greater engage-ment, achievement and the individual attention they often need to succeed. Finding out the staff-to-camper ratio is important.

Are the crafts and activities planned suitable to the age and abilities of your special needs child? Camp should expand your childs horizons and sense of community but not be so challenging as to intimidate.

One more thing: Is learning going on? As noted, all children experience a learning loss in summer. But, according to the Pennsylvania-based Valley Forge Educational Services, the setback can be more drastic for children with special needs, who may also lose social and behavioral gains made during the school year. Finding a camp that emphasizes learning in a more low-key way will maximize your childs ability to succeed.

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