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07/27/05
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Muscle Tension: Take a shower in the morning or before you
go to work:
“Studies
on rats suggested a ten minute shower every day could cause brain and spinal
cord damage, behavioural changes and a tremor
condition similar to Parkinson's disease.”
Taking a shower could give you brain damage, new research
suggests.
“A spokesman said: ‘The
levels [safe levels in water for manganese] set by the EU [European
Union] are safe for individuals who choose to shower.' The Drinking Water
Inspectorate would consider the study and all the evidence, he added.”
Taking a shower could give you brain damage, new
research suggests.
“However, while safe levels [of manganese] in the US are considered to be 0.5mg,
a 1998 EU directive reduced acceptable levels in Europe to 0.05mg.”
Taking a shower could give you brain damage, new
research suggests.
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Nutrition:
Water: Types of Water: Filtered Water: Shower Filters
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Posture: Driving Posture
If you sit close to the steering wheel your legs may
become cramped, leg tension
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Neuro-Linguistic Prorgramming
*a form of psychotherapy
*used to treat addiction? Internet addiction?
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Other Suggestions: Dehydration
Things to Consider
*Other causes of digestive problems
*Other causes of heartburn
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Nutrition: Salt
Sore Throat
“If your mother or grandmother fixed you a saltwater gargle
whenever you had a sore throat as a kid, she was on the right track. Dr. Shar says that gargling often with warm saltwater can
ease the pain and restore moisture to irritated throat tissues. Mix a pinch
of salt with a quarter-cup of warm water. Repeat four or fives times a
day.”
http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/19/211.cfm
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Posture: Weak Glutes
Stretching the Hamstrings:
Seated Hamstring Stretch
“Spine may be kept straight. Keep knees straight by
tensing Quadriceps. Knees may inadvertently bend
if feet are extended off of thick mat.”
http://www.exrx.net/Stretches/Hamstrings/Seated.html
(also stretches erector spinae {lower back})
“Hamstring inflexibility is common in
modern society. This may be explained by the principles of detraining (aka ‘use it or lose it’). Except in some cultures, we
rarely keep the hamstring limber by sitting on the ground, bending over
regularly, etc. as our ancestors had. It is only relatively recently, as
far as evolutionary time is concerned, we stopped performing manual labor
and began regularly sitting in chairs for prolonged periods of time.”
http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/Hamstrings.html
http://www.exrx.net/Lists/ExList/ThighWt.html#anchor1942303
(contains additional hamstring stretches)
Some exercises for the glutes also
exercise the hamstrings, and may lead to tight hamstrings unless doing
additional stretches
Muscular imbalance between quads and hamstings:
may need to also exercise the quadriceps. Quads may also need to be
stretched, as they also shorted from prolonged sitting:
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“As the psoas [hip flexors] and rectus
femoris [quads] neurologically shorten
from prolonged sitting,
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the ilia
[hip bones] are pulled in an anterior/inferior direction,
which results in excessive lumbar lordosis when standing.
Compensations from this swayback condition often lead to
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Thoracic hyperkyphosis,
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Forward head postures
and typical upper crossed asymmetries.
Researchers estimate that up to 75 percent of chronic neck/back
pain clients will present with one or both of these crossed patterns.”
Erik Dalton: Articles: Simplifying the Pain Puzzle
Stretching the Hip Flexors:
http://www.exrx.net/ExInfo/Inflexibilities.html#anchor30863
(Hip Flexor Inflexibility)
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Nutrition: Oral Infectious Diseases: Gingivitis
How Much Toothpaste Should I Use ?
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For children: A pea-sized
amount of toothpaste to avoid fluorosis.
· For adults: Enough toothpaste to cover the
whole length of the toothbrush bristles.
*Dr. Barry Kaufman for the ADA’s Dental Newsline.
"Toothpastes (Dentifrices)"
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SMR
Increasing SMR brainwaves
by allowing food to slowly dissolve in your mouth:
"The effect of consuming a soft drink under different
situations demonstrates how food intake can impact dental health. Soft
drinks have a high content of fermentable carbohydrates but can be less
detrimental when consumed rapidly than sucking a hard candy for an
extended time."
The Sugar Association: Nutrition Can Impact Impact Dental Health
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Vision and Gaze
Looking upward
Reading posture: If book is not too large, try holding the
book up with one hand, or maybe use a stand. Holding book up with one hand
may cause winged scapula condition if the elbow isn’t properly supported
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Other Suggestions: Keeping
a Checklist
Backsliding: Gingivitis
Nutrition:
Oral Infectious Diseases: Suggestions
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07/18/05
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Vision and
Gaze
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Research
Topic: Neuro-Linguistic Programming
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07/13/05
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Research Topics: Color
Temperature
“Home entertainment retailers are trained to deliberately
misadjust display models to make them much brighter (and bluer)
than standard [very high color temperature]. Received wisdom in that
trade is that customers will prefer the brightest display and couldn't care
less about accurate color rendition.”
Topic in rec.arts.sf.written
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Vision and Gaze
Self-stimulatory behavior
(ADD) can be caused by looking downward for long periods of time? Looking
downward for long periods of time can also lead to Internet addiction?
”looking downward is associated with kinesthetic or
emotional memories”
http://itotd.com/index.alt?ArticleID=211
"Another self-stimulating behavior common in people
with ADD is worrying or focusing on problems. The emotional
turmoil generated by worrying or being upset produces stress chemicals
that keep the brain active."
BrainPlace.com: The Frontal Lobes
I’m not sure if the
following excerpt is relevant here:
“If
a Frontal Right child is forced to sit still, the need for lots of data may
be satisfied by the child moving his or her head rapidly from side to side,
paging rapidly through a book filled mostly with pictures, or going inside
their own head to generate imaginary, moving pictures. It has been
said that a picture is a richer source of data because it is ‘worth a
thousand words’. For the young Frontal Right this is true for two
reasons. He or she may well not read easily or rapidly, and he or she
sees in the picture a wealth of patterns and spatial information which
stimulate more fully his/her imagination.”
http://www.benziger.org/content/view/36/37/
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Nutrition: Food: Meals:
Breakfast
“Keep the work energy flowing by
having a mid-morning [complex] carbohydrate snack such as an apple
or banana. This type of healthy carbohydrate will help you
fulfill your carb needs in the best manner
possible. For convenience, you could have a low-fat energy bar
instead, if you wish.”
http://www.fitnessandfreebies.com/fitness/print/fit23.html
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Heartburn
*Can be a sign of
dehydration
*”Heartburn and other symptoms of GERD can be prevented and
treated by various lifestyle changes.
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Foods such as
- coffee, chocolate [because of caffeine? (a
diuretic)],
- spicy [because of adrenaline?],
- fatty, or fried
foods,
- carbonated
[acidic; caffeine, aspartame, etc.] and alcoholic beverages
[diuretics],
- peppermint,
spearmint,
- citrus fruits
[acidic], tomatoes, garlic, onions, [diuretics] and
- very hot or very
cold foods
should be avoided.
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Not wearing tight
fitting garments and keeping weight under control decrease pressure on
the abdomen.
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Elevating the head
of the bed at least six inches at night will help keep acid in the stomach.
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Do not lie down after
eating, and don't eat for two to four hours before going to sleep.
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Eating more
frequent, smaller meals every day will also help.”
http://www.jolietmedicalgroup.com/internal.htm#Heartburn
*”Ice cold water
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shocks the system,
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impairs digestion and
the
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body has to expand energy to warm the
liquid.
Try to drink at room temperature as often as possible.
If you crave ice cold drinks, try sipping it slowly, as opposed to
gulping it down immediately.”
http://www3.sympatico.ca/devan.nambiar/simple.htm
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Sleep
Avoid eating 2 to 4 hours before
going to sleep
*Nightmares (only when
eating meat before bed?)
*Insomnia
*Dehydration, heartburn
*Increased risk of heart
attack if going to sleep less than one hour after eating?
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Vision: Bates Method
*The Problem with
Corrective Lenses
**Psychological effects of
glasses (Neuropsychology of Myopia)
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Arousal: Allergies
More info about
detoxification:
http://www.alkalizeforhealth.net/Ldetoxification.htm
*skin brushing technique
for detoxification vs. skin brushing therapy (suggested in sensory book)
*“We have major lymph
nodes, behind the knees, in the groin, under the arms (the sweat glands),
behind the ears.”
**Important to wash behind
the ears?
*lymph nodes (e.g. underarms):
affected by sensory overload, involved in detoxification
*blue light, dark eye
circles
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Vision: 3D Stereo Images
*Tips
**Use a book light when
viewing stereo image books at different angles
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Muscle Tension: Leg
Tension
*Leg cramps can be caused
by dehydration
*Leg tension should be
recognized as a signal to drink more fluids?
*Leg tension vs. problems
with differentiation (e.g. overflow movements, sensory overload)
"When you are not drinking enough fluids, your
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Muscles begin to get
tired and
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You may have leg
cramps or
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Feel faint."
WebMD: Dehydration: Topic Overview
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Vision and Gaze
Light sensitivity
*Bates’ treatment of a
light-sensitive patient (patient was told to look upward while Bates shined
a small light on the white part of the patients eyes; article from on www.iblindness.org)
*One of the goals of the
‘sunning’ exercise is to distribute light evenly across the retina? Looking
down for long periods of time exacerbates light sensitivity?
Looking downward
*Some people may tend to
look downward because of light sensitivity, fatigue, eyestrain, glasses (glasses
can restrict peripheral vision)
Looking upward
*imagination, alpha-theta
(eyes tend to diverge)
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Vision: Computer Monitor
Viewing Distance and Angle
Looking downward at a 30
degree angle
*Benefits of a closer ‘resting
point of vergence’ when looking downward vs. the
effects of looking downward for a long period of time (e.g. eyestrain as
the eyes tend to convergence; problems with proprioception, sense of space;
problems with hemispheric integration, EMDR)
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Laterality: Preserving
Hand Dominance
*exercises
**brushing teeth with a
non-electric toothbrush
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07/04/05 (2nd post)
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Vision and Gaze
*’Relaxercise’
exercises (developed from Feldenkrais’ work)
An Excerpt from 'Relaxercise:
The Easy New Way to Health & Fitness'
*Hypothesis: Upward Gaze
and Relaxation of Accommodation (Divergence)
Med Hypotheses: A presumed reflex by which upward
gaze induces relaxation of accommodation, a way to overcome instrument
myopia.
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07/04/05 (1st post)
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Organized Religion
Benefits:
*High ceilings of religious buildings causes people to look upward more often, and helps to
relieve eyestrain by causing the eyes to diverge?
*Communion: Drinking a small amount of wine and/or
allowing the host to slowly dissolve in your mouth increases SMR?
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Nutrition: Oral Infectious Diseases: Gingivitis
Toothpaste:
*mint-free toothpaste (mint increases beta waves; too
much beta; peppermint may cause insomnia)
*dry-mouth toothpaste: xylitol
soothes dry mouth
*mint
*stimulates* appetite over time
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Nutrition: Food: Meals: Breakfast
Calories:
Most people seem to agree that an ideal breakfast
should consist of around 500 calories.
“…A classic fiber-rich breakfast -- say a cup of raisin bran with blueberries
and skim milk--provides less than 300 calories and only about 10 grams of
protein. An ideal breakfast needs to be much larger -- between
500 and 600 calories. And it needs to be packed with vitamins,
minerals, and nutrients, including at least 20 grams of protein and
at least 5 grams of fiber. That will give your body a high-quality,
long-lasting, steady supply of energy to help you through the morning.
Here’s how to hit those numbers. Each of the following meals tastes great
and can be made in minutes…”
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/79/96256.htm
“If
you want to lose weight, you should start your diet at dinner, not at
breakfast! For example, do not eat a meager bowl of Special K for your
‘diet breakfast.’ You'll get too hungry later in the day and crave sweets.
A bigger breakfast (cereal+toast+peanut butter)
can prevent afternoon or evening cookie-binges. An adequate (500-700
calorie) breakfast provides enough energy for you to enjoy
your exercise, as opposed to drag yourself through an afternoon workout
that feels like punishment.
If you are trying to lose weight, you should target at least 500
to 700 calories for breakfast; this should leave you feeling adequately
fed. To prove the benefits of eating such a big breakfast, try this
experiment…”
http://www.naturalstrength.com/nutrition/detail.asp?ArticleID=778
“The
best range of calories for breakfast is between 350
- 500. Below 350, your body will not fulfill the requirements
for morning energy usage; above 500, your body may store unneeded
calories as fat.”
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/3643.html
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Brainwaves: SMR
activities that may increase SMR:
*leaving your home, going for a walk or a drive,
going
‘walkabout’
*high frequency noise (stimulating; Mozart effect)
can increase SMR? low frequency noise can
decreases SMR?
low SMR:
*fatigue, hypoglycemia, arousal
*low SMR and low blood sugar levels
*hypoglycemia: snacking to increase blood sugar
levels, and SMR
Lack of tolerance for ‘activities which require SMR’
such as waiting vs. Problems with Proprioception:
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Sensory Processing: Neurodevelopmental
Delays: Problems with Proprioception
Topics:
SMR and sensory deprivation, sensory overload,
sensory modulation
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Vision and Gaze
*looking upward and EMDR
*myopes tend to look down
more often, hyperopes tend not to look downward
unless required
*looking downward or
upward and self-esteem
*convergence and diveregence and alpha-theta brainwaves
*looking downward for long
periods of time->muscular imbalance in the eyes?
*”looking downward is
associated with kinesthetic or emotional memories”: what impact does this
have on depression, self-esteem, stress, endorphin levels?
*signs of eyestrain: if
you start tilting your head forward while using a computer (which would move
the direction of your gaze upward as you look at the screen) take a break
and look upward in the distance for a while to allow your eyes to diverge
and relax
*vision improvement
exercises: look upward to improve exercises that are intended to cause your
eyes to diverge? look downward to improve
exercises that are intended to cause your eyes to converge?
*not looking upward for
long periods of time causes problems with proprioception, sense of space
“…Recent brain research that tells
us that we can cause our right brain to become more responsive by looking up [should probably say looking up and to the right] with our eyes. In other words,
we use our eyes to help us think, as
well as to see. When the student is looking up, he is ‘seeing’ the
word in his head.”
http://www.diannecraft.com/r-brain.html
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