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Besides suffering from the disease itself, we know that cancer patients have it twice as hard. Facing cancer is not just face the fact of having a potentially terminal illness, but also a lot of symptoms that it makes us suffer in our bodies, which may constitute a considerable obstacle to recover from the disease.

The more we can reduce the symptoms of cancer, the more we overcome the disease, and improve our quality of life. But how to get rid of them? Apparently, the massage is the answer to this question.

According to a study presented at the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting in Melbourne, which was carried out by Dr David Joske, which evaluated the quality of life of 1,244 cancer patients, who carried out massages to reduce the symptoms of the disease.

Joske noted that a 14% reduction in symptoms was experienced by cancer patients in the study, including some such as fatigue, pain, breathing difficulties, lack of appetite, nausea and insomnia.

Although researchers are not entirely clear whether this was due to a placebo effect, the fact is that actually happened in this way, recognizing that massage may play an important role in order to develop natural cancer treatments .

In fact, after receiving massage therapy patients also experienced a reduction of symptoms using conventional therapies as massage may work both ways.

Self-massage is a technique that can be applied at any time of day, to improve some symptomatology, which can be annoying. In the specific case of insomnia, which is often difficult to treat, we can resort to self-massage, without having to consume drugs and get excellent results.

This face-up, you should take your wrist between the thumb and forefinger and gently massage the area with the tip to support the wrist on the fingers of the hand holding, and then continue with all the palm in a circular deep .

Next step will turn the hand and make small moves in a circle on the entire back of it with the thumb between the bones and keep both shoulders and arms without stress, then continue massaging the tip of each of your fingers gently performing the same movement and exerting some pressure. Read the rest of this entry »

Sleep disorders is much more common than we imagine, some people suffer from insomnia from time to time to the chronic ailments such discomfort as you spend the whole night without rest or sleep, and this can to produce various alterations in the body.

In these cases, the food we make some reforms and add more carbohydrates, which produces tryptophan which the brain then transforms it into serotonin, and we can get it from potatoes, rice, whole grains fruits and vegetables, we also use foods rich in vitamin B, which strengthen the nervous system, such as milk and its derivatives, or nuts.

Foods rich in zinc such as pumpkin and sunflower seeds are excellent to combat cholesterol, legumes and brewer’s yeast. Read the rest of this entry »

Insomnia usually has one of two patterns: trouble falling asleep or trouble staying asleep. If you have difficulty falling asleep, try our sequence of deep relaxation and meditation (fully explained in many of our instructional books or tapes) in a lying-down position 30 minutes before bed to encourage a pleasant and restful sleep. This procedure works by relaxing each part of your body and then stopping mental conversation for a few minutes, giving your mind a rest from the constant barrage of thoughts, memories, anxieties, and reactions that keep you awake. Most anxious thoughts have to do with either the past or the future; meditation teaches you how to be more aware in the present moment, which gives you a deep rest.

Daily practice of Yoga meditation will help train your mind and body to stop thinking and stop action. It trains you to turn inward to a peaceful silence which encourages sleep. Practice must be done every day for 15 to 30 minutes for best results.These simple practices and easy-to-learn Yoga techniques can help you sleep better and awaken refreshed and energized. Read the rest of this entry »