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| 5 causes of sciaticaSciatica isn’t actually a health condition; it’s a symptom, and a misnamed one at that. Sciatica refers to the symptoms of buttock, thigh, and leg pain, but it can arise from a variety of causes. Sciatica gets its name from the sciatic nerve, the body’s largest.
There’s one sciatic nerve on either side of the body. Each nerve extends through the buttock and down the leg into the foot and toes. Yet the most common causes of sciatica don’t involve direct injury to a sciatic nerve itself, but rather to the nerves higher in the spine that join to form the sciatic nerve. Get your copy of Sciatica | In this guide, we will explore sciatica—its causes, risk factors, and treatments. We’ll discuss who is at higher risk for sciatica and how it can be mistaken for other types of nerve pain. We’ll explore at-home care that can help people with sciatica find relief and discuss when it’s advisable to see a doctor. We’ll also discuss medical treatments, such as injections and surgery, that help some people. Finally, we’ll explain ways to prevent sciatica or at least lower your chances of experiencing it. |
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The right treatment for sciatica depends on the cause, such as a herniated disc, injury, or a pinched sciatic nerve in the buttocks. Sciatica can also happen in late pregnancy as ligaments get looser and the growing baby puts indirect pressure on the sciatic nerve. For most people, home treatment may be all you need. Even if you don’t know what’s causing your sciatica, you can take steps to relieve your pain at home. For example: - Move. A few days of rest is okay but ideally you want to move as much as you can as soon as you can. If moving seems to make the pain worse, it’s best to see a doctor and talk through what’s going on.
- Ice and heat. Ice is helpful for the first week. After that applying heat can help.
- Over-the-counter pain relievers: Don’t take more than the recommended dose.
Although most sciatica gets better on its own, it’s sometimes prudent to visit the doctor to make sure your pain doesn’t have a more serious cause. An office visit is in order if - you are under age 20 or older than 55 and having sciatica for the first time
- your symptoms are severe
- you have weakness in a leg or foot
- you have a fever in addition to your pain.
- you have a history of cancer
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  |  | Let someone else be “too tired.” You can have energy to burn! Have youthful energy at any age! Learn 17 easy strategies that will power up your pep, stamina, alertness, and drive! | | Inside Boosting Your Energy, you’ll discover: | ✓ | 5 energy-stimulating vitamins and minerals, and how to get them in your diet | | ✓ | How to stretch the one vital sleep stage you need to restore energy | | ✓ | What to look for — and look out for — in power bars and energy drinks | | ✓ | Easy-prep foods that can keep your energy level on a more even keel | | ✓ | The exercise that will do the most for your mental and physical energy | | ✓ | And so much more! |
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Dear Reader, No matter your age, you can possess energy that lasts all day — and into the night. You can have energy you can tap on demand — no matter how demanding your plans may be. Supercharge your energy and staying power in just 28 days! In Boosting Your Energy, the doctors at Harvard Medical School will show you how to attain — and maintain — greater physical and mental energy in as little as four weeks. This power-packed Special Health Report shares 17 key steps, easy strategies, and surprising secrets to eliminate fatigue and gain extra energy. Enjoy new-found energy that others will envy! This report is packed with energy-boosting tips and techniques that will have you outpacing, outlasting, and outperforming friends who are years younger. You’ll find how to rid your life of common energy-sappers...how to maximize your energy efficiency...and how to eat and exercise for a lasting energy supply. Boosting Your Energy highlights how — with just a handful of changes — you can ramp up your physical energy and amp up your mental agility. In just days, you’ll begin to see and feel the difference. With the report’s 17 steps and strategies, you’ll find practical guidance that will banish fatigue... help you quickly replenish your energy...and have get-up-and-go that lasts and lasts. You’ll find out how to counteract and conquer energy-robbing stress. You’ll learn how — and what — to eat for greater drive and stamina. You’ll read how to turn on and turn up your mental energy. And you’ll discover how to get a more energy-restoring good night’s sleep. This constructive Special Health Report will build your energy reserves. You’ll master exercises that increase your capacity for exertion. You’ll be introduced to easy-prep meals that keep your energy levels on an even keel. And you’ll meet the one surefire energy enhancer anyone can call upon at will. So, get set for some stimulating reading! Order your copy of Boosting Your Energy today!
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Advantages of water-based exerciseJust like land-based exercise, water aerobics and swimming can be effective strategies for improving cardio fitness, building strength, boosting your mood, easing joint pain, sleeping better, and reducing your risk for diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and even cancer. Get your copy of Aqua Fitness | Aqua Fitness, a new report from Harvard Medical School, explains how water exercise works your whole body, lessens impact, is an ideal environment for resistance training, elimin-ates the risk of a fall, and helps keep bones strong. Plus, you’ll get six stellar workouts to get the most from your pool time. |
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In addition, water-based exercise offers some advantages you can't get on land: Gentler on your jointsYour body becomes buoyant in water. When in the water, your joints experience less impact, making the pool a welcoming environment for anyone with arthritis or joint injuries. Squats that may aggravate arthritic knees on land are often doable in water.
The resistance of the water also slows down movements that can be quick and jerky on land, creating more smoothly flowing motions that are less likely to aggravate injuries. Combo workout: Cardio plus strengthBecause it is denser than air, water provides 12% to 14% more resistance. Even when you're doing cardio exercises like jogging in water, you're working against more resistance than if you were on land. Because of the resistance factor, water exercise is a double-duty workout — cardio and strength training. This may be why many studies have found increases in lean body mass in people participating in an aqua exercise program. Burns more caloriesThe resistance you encounter in water also means that you burn more calories than you would on land, and helps to work more muscles. When you do strength training on land, you're working against gravity. So, if you're doing a biceps curl — the classic strength exercise — you're contracting your biceps as you bend your arm to lift a dumbbell, and you're continuing to work the muscle as you lower the weight again in a controlled manner, without simply dropping it. During this bicep curl, the opposing muscle in the back of your arm, the triceps muscle, goes along for the ride, lengthening and then shortening. But it's not working against resistance. The work is all being done by the bicep. In the water, however, resistance comes into play, providing more of a challenge to the opposing muscle. Learn more about getting into aquatic exercise and check out Aqua Fitness, a Special Health Report from Harvard Medical School. Image: wundervisuals/Getty Images |
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| What is cognitive reserve?You can think of cognitive reserve as your brain's ability to improvise and find alternate ways of getting a job done. It reflects how agile your brain is in pulling in skills and capacities to solve problems and cope with challenges. Cognitive reserve is developed by a lifetime of education and curiosity. Take Harvard's Cognitive Fitness Online Course | In this Online Course, Harvard experts bring you all the information you need for understanding how you can stay mentally sharp as you age. In this fascinating course, you'll learn about cognitive reserve — the brain's ability to find alternate ways of doing something — and how it can help fight the brain changes associated with dementia and other brain diseases. Plus, you'll find out how you can boost your own cognitive reserve and buffer memory loss by challenging your brain. |
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The concept of cognitive reserve originated in the late 1980s, when researchers described individuals with no apparent symptoms of dementia who were nonetheless found at autopsy to have brain changes consistent with advanced Alzheimer's disease. These individuals did not show symptoms of the disease while they were alive because they had a large enough cognitive reserve to offset the damage and continue to function as usual. Since then, research has shown that people with greater cognitive reserve are better able to stave off symptoms of degenerative brain changes associated with dementia or other brain diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, or a stroke. A more robust cognitive reserve can also help you function better for longer if you're exposed to unexpected life events, such as stress, surgery, or toxins in the environment. Such circumstances demand extra effort from your brain—similar to requiring a car to engage another gear. The heart of our brain health and cognitive fitness program, however, involves lifestyle changes. Researchers at Harvard Medical School have identified six cornerstones to any effective brain health and cognitive fitness program. Step 1: Eat a plant-based diet Step 2: Exercise regularly Step 3: Get enough sleep Step 4: Manage your stress Step 5: Nurture social contacts Step 6: Continue to challenge your brain These factors are equal parts of a cohesive plan—they don't work in isolation. Simply eating more fiber or adding a morning walk to your routine isn't enough to forestall mental decline. Instead, exercise, diet, sleep, stress management, social interaction, and mental stimulation work in concert to yield results.
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1. Cognitive Fitness: Your Number 1 Goal
2. The Brain's Abilities and Functions
3. Anatomy of the Brain
4. How the Nervous System Works
5. How to Test Your Cognitive Function
6. A Multiplicity of Internal and External Factors
7. Understanding Your Brain's Need to Learn
8. Stress and Brain Health
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|  | | New research is finding meditation useful for a variety of health problems — including easing chronic pain... reducing gastrointestinal symptoms... and lowering blood pressure and stress to protect the heart!Dear Reader, With regular practice, meditation can also help you gain a deeper awareness of your inner self. There is even some evidence that meditation changes your brain — enlarging areas of brain tissue that help us think and learn... while decreasing areas that cause us stress and anxiety. Have you meditated today? It’s super simple with the right guidance... With Harvard Medical School’s new special report — Meditation For Your Health — you’ll get all the facts... the latest findings... and the science-backed meditation techniques to apply the healing powers of this ancient practice in your life! |
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Breathe in and out... | Can it really be that simple? YES! When Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Herbert Benson, first discovered that centering the mind induced a unique state of calm, called the “relaxation response”... no one could have predicted just how powerful entering this state of relaxation could be. In fact, studies showed that both heart rate and blood pressure were reduced in people who meditated! In the field of neuroscience — researchers Antoine Lutz and Richard Davidson found patterns of electrical activity in the brains of longtime meditators differed significantly from those of other study participants... which means, meditation could induce real, measurable changes in the brain! Order Harvard Medical School’s easy-to-read guide: Meditation For Your Health — where you’ll get everything you need to start reaping the rewards of this ancient healing practice! |
| Send for this special health guide now and discover: The four types of meditation backed by science Exactly how meditation activates various parts of the brain Which medical conditions meditation can help A STEP-BY-STEP breakdown of how to calm your mind and breath... so that you can start incorporating meditation into your daily life! And so much more!
There is no better time to start your practice! Especially now as new research findings continue to highlight the health benefits of regular meditation, including improvements in cardiovascular health, anxiety, depression, gastrointestinal conditions, and insomnia. Pretty cool, right? That’s why meditation should be at the top of your list alongside exercising, eating well, and sleeping... if you want to stay in tip top shape as you age! Order this Online Guide today and discover everything you need to know to reap the health benefits of meditation. Timothy Cole
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