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Did you know that your toes are meant to move independently of each other in the same way you move your fingers? That’s right! According to Katy Bowman, author of Whole Body Barefoot and Every Woman’s Guide to Foot Pain Relief, we have the same potential in our feet as we do our hands – such as playing the piano, typing, and other unique motions — but we have neglected these muscle groups for our entire lives. So, instead of being able to move our toes independently, most of us have a hard time even lifting all of our toes together while keeping the rest of our foot on the ground. (Go ahead, stand up and try it right now.)
Even if you are among the few who can do this with ease, it is still likely that you have had or will have some foot ailment, whether it be from constrictive shoes (yes, I mean the pretty ones), lack of foot tone and flexibility, or years of walking and standing improperly. What you are left with are stiff tissues, weak muscles, and degenerating joints in your feet. And, you wonder why they hurt! But here’s the real issue: If you can’t walk comfortably, you’re more likely to stop being physically active, which can reduce your quality of life.
Many of you probably remember the folk song, Dem Bones. The lyrics go through the connections of the toe to the foot, to the heel, and ultimately all the way to the head bone. Well, those connections are more important than you might think! According to the Foot Health Network, there are over 25 foot conditions and symptoms — including arthritis, bunions, athlete’s foot, overlapping toes, corns, ingrown toenails and heel spurs — any one of which can interfere with your body’s ability to function properly. If you think about it, you already know this is true. When your feet hurt, your entire body hurts.
This has been known in many cultures for centuries. For example, Reflexology, an ancient form of Chinese massage, is based on the belief that the feet mirror the body and that foot health is the foundation upon which whole body wellness rests. The foot is divided into 10 vital-energy sections or zones (all of the energy meridians of the body either begin or end on the feet.)
Misalignment of the bones in your feet can cause trigger points. When trigger points are massaged with enough pressure, blockages are removed and the result is therapeutic. In this way, Reflexology has been used to stimulate body functions, eliminate toxins, improve circulation and soothe nerves.
The good news is, when the bones in your feet are in proper alignment, your entire body feels good. And, there are many simple ways you can improve your foot health right now.
Your feet were designed to carry you over all types of terrain from soft sand to rocky ground. As such, they are meant to move in a great variety of angles to provide stability and dexterity. Together, your two feet contain more than 50 bones, 60 joints and 200 muscles, tendons, and ligaments. So, it makes sense that, like the rest of your body, they need exercise to keep them healthy.
Here are some exercises you can do at home to increase the strength and flexibility of your feet and improve the overall function of your entire body:
Don’t be surprised if these exercises are difficult at first. You may need to undo many years of physical and psychological tension that has built up in your feet. The patterns that lead to instability in our feet often start when we are very young. For instance, if you felt at a young age that your environment did not support you fully, your feet may literally give in and collapse. Or, if you resisted your early environment, feeling driven to run and escape, your feet (and legs) may be constantly full of tension. So, it may take time to retrain your body and build new strength.
(Note: For further information and a 10 part foot exercise series created by my Pilates teacher, Hope Matthews, please go to her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Sparhawk-Pilates-and-Center-for-Intuitive-Movement-Healing-222369404459371/)
Today urban walking on hard, unvaried surfaces along with poor shoe choices contribute to the limited range of motion most of us have in the small bones and ligaments in our feet. Stiff, weak tissues in your feet can create a clumping effect where your feet, ankles, and lower back become fixed. This can lead to pain in your feet, pelvis, and lower back.
Here’s how to walk properly and start getting your feet healthy again:
Step 1. Align Your Feet. Start by setting your feet straight ahead. When you stand properly, your alignment extends from your feet up through your calves, hamstrings, glutes, and up your spine all the way to the base of your skull. Be sure that you are rooting down through the center of your heel. Lift and spread your toes wide then root down with your big toe and little toe. This creates a triad as the base of your stance. Pay attention to your alignment from your toes, to your knees and upper thighs.
Step 2. Center Your Weight. Your pelvis is the center of your body mass. When your feet are set correctly, your ankle joints should feel centered and your pelvis should be directly over your heels. If your ankles are rotating inward (common), try lifting your inner arches. To do this, lift the muscles of your lower leg that attach to your arch. You should feel this lift travel from your inner arch to your outer shin up to your knee and the inner thigh and all the way up to your pelvic floor. You will also feel a release of the tailbone to a more neutral position. Engage your core to keep your pelvic tilt.
Step 3. Keep Your Shoulders Relaxed. Your upper body posture is important as well. Keep your shoulders in a relaxed position — slightly pulled back and down. Don’t pull them too far back that you puff your chest and arch your back. They should remain directly over your hips. Stretch up through the crown of your head keeping your neck neutral to create vertical support while you walk. This will minimize the strain on your back. You can do this while sitting at your desk as well to prevent slouching and save you from shoulder pain.
Step 4. Start with Baby Steps. Walking properly can be like learning to walk for the first time. Start slowly and deliberately. As you move your foot allow your heel to strike first and then roll your foot forward heel to toe. Then, push off with your toes and imagine being able to see the sole of your foot as you do this. This may feel like a big stretch in your toes. This motion also brings your calf muscles into play. A proper walking motion uses nearly all of the muscles in your leg including your calves, hamstrings, and quadriceps. As you walk, visualize your hamstrings and quadriceps propelling you forward onto the heel of your other foot. Keep both feet facing forward at all times. Your stride should be almost silent. You should not hear a slap or stomp.
Step 5. Swing Your Arms. Let your arms hang naturally at your side. As you begin walking, your arms will naturally start to move in opposition to your legs so that your right arm swings forward with your left leg and vice versa. If it is cold out, wear gloves and keep your hands out of your pockets. If you carry a purse, be sure that is not too heavy, too short, or too long. This can interfere with your ability to swing your arms naturally. In fact, a heavy bag can can create tightness, stress, and injury because you’re not able to move your arms or legs through their full range of motion. If you must carry a bag, try to lighten your load or wear a cross-body or messenger-style bag to disperse the weight more evenly.
Step 6. Lengthen Your Stride. Allow the leg that’s behind you to linger slightly before stepping it forward. This helps to stretch your hip flexor muscles. Tight hip flexors can cause you to shorten your gait, setting you up for imbalance throughout your entire body.
In addition to exercise, there are many other ways you can care for your feet to ensure they stay healthy.
Do you have any foot ailments? How have you been able to heal them? Please leave me your comments.
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By Tirza at Better Breast Health – for Life!™
– with Riun Ashlie, EMRS (Electromagnetic Radiation Assessment Specialist)
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A growing form of environmental pollution is engulfing us: electromagnetic radiation from evolving technologies. In this, part one of a two-part article, we explore the relationship between you, technologies in your home, and your health. In Part two, we provide mitigation techniques to reduce radiation so that where you live and sleep add to your health, rather than compromise it.
The article, Electromagnetic Frequencies (EMF), explains that while all electricity creates radiation, all wireless technologies create particularly unhealthy levels of radiation. As we increase wireless technologies into our environment, the radiation effects are additive with ever increasing “layers” of electromagnetic radiation, EMR.
Because EMR induces a stress response in the body, it affects immune function, gene and protein expression and has genotoxic effects. Our body’s ability to resist this “intrusion” depends upon the duration of exposure, the strength and layering effect of EMR, and our body’s “resiliency,” which can be affected by many things, including age, stress, diet, immune system, etc. While radiation exposure can drain our energy levels and vitality, the health effects and associated symptoms can be diverse and much worse.
In addition to the article on EMF, the articles on Smart Meters, Cell Phones and Cars link EMR to adverse health effects on adults, the elderly and children including:
Brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children (males and females) under age 20 (leukemia is the first). [2] Children’s brains absorb twice as much cell phone radiation as those of adults. [3] And while the brain is not fully developed until about 20 years of age, the younger an individual adopts cell phone use, the more potential lifetime exposure and risk they incur.[4]
Riun Ashlie, Electromagnetic Radiation Assessment Specialist, says that beyond the many wireless devices and appliances in the typical home, by far, the most critical area in the home where electromagnetic sources can influence health is in the bedroom. He goes on to say that our place of rest and sleep is where the body ideally lapses into deep resonant connection with the earth, where the brain and energy levels dramatically slow down, and where recuperative healing processes take place throughout the body.
However, the environment in most typical bedrooms does not support this state. Instead of the nervous system resting (in the parasympathetic state), the nervous system remains stimulated and engaged (in the sympathetic state). This is how EMR can disrupt sleep cycles, weaken immunity, increase stress levels, affect DNA and lead to devastating illnesses like cancer.
Do we have your attention? As you begin to think about the sources of EMR in your home, think broadly:
Next week Riun and I will publish an article on how to manage and mitigate the risk of EMR associated with these household devices, paying particular attention to the bedroom. Our goal is to address some of the factors which may be affecting your ability to feel your best and have optimal vitality.
[1] SafeSpace
[2] American Brain Tumor Association
[3] Environmental Working Group
[4] Medscape
To prepare yourself for next week’s article, consider educating yourself first with the following articles:
Electromagnetic Frequencies (EMF)
Smart Meters
Cell Phones
Cars
by Tirza Derflinger – with Riun Ashlie, Electromagnetic Radiation Assessment Specialist, 720-557-3369, riun@neuralvitalnetworks.com
Manage the Risk: Managing EMF in Our Homes
This information is for educational purposes only and does not diagnose, treat or cure health conditions. It is not intended in any way to be a substitute for professional medical advice. Please consult with a qualified healthcare practitioner when seeking medical advice. Copyright © 2015 Breast Health Education Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Dirt is not just good for children. We all need a little need dirt in our lives! — Christiane Northrup, M.D.
When was the last time you had dirt embedded under your fingernails or mud oozing between your toes? If it was recently, then good for you! Research over the last decade or so has shown that the microbes and bacteria in dirt can help boost your immune system and make you healthier and even happier.
Unfortunately, most people today have become germaphobic, using germ-killing wipes, hand sanitizers, and even strong chemicals to clean their homes. But, it turns out that dirt has an important immune strengthening purpose.
A study published in the June 2012 issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology shows that Amish children who live on farms have about a 50% reduction in asthma, allergies, and gut-related disorders compared to children who grow up in more sterile environments.
This is known as “the Farm-Effect.” What’s interesting to note is that seasonal hay fever was first described in the United States in the 1890’s, and by 1920 it was quite common. However, hay fever was rarely diagnosed in the working class population, particularly those living on farms.
The Farm Effect is the corollary — or positive proof — of the “Hygiene Hypothesis,” which states that a lack of early childhood exposure to infectious agents, microorganisms and parasites increases our susceptibility to allergic diseases by suppressing the natural development of our immune systems. (The Hygiene Hypothesis has also been called the “Biome Depletion Theory” and the “Lost Friends Theory.”)
This makes perfect sense. As humans we have co-evolved for millions of years with microbes and parasites, both around and within our bodies. From the time a child is able to crawl, she intuitively knows to get dirty and to put dirty objects in her mouth — it’s a natural way of allowing her immune system to explore her environment.
This routine exposure to harmless microorganisms in the environment, such as soil bacteria, trains her immune system to ignore benign molecules, such as pollen. (By the way, the Farm Effect works the same way for children who grow up with a dog or other pets in the house.)
But, dirt is not just good for children. We all need a little need dirt in our lives!
In fact, doctors are now handing out “park prescriptions” for a range of conditions including heart disease, obesity and ADD.
Soil microbes called Mycobacterium vaccae are proven to have a natural antidepressant effect on the brain.
Lack of serotonin has been linked to disorders such as depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), bipolar and more. Studies show that Mycobacterium vaccae actually mirror the effect that drugs, such as Prozac, have on the brain without the side effects or chemical dependency.
In one study, lung cancer patients injected with Mycobacterium vaccae reported a better quality of life and less stress. This may mean that Mycobacterium vaccae works by stimulating serotonin production, which makes you feel relaxed and happy.
Another interesting bit of research suggests that the brain actually releases dopamine when we harvest food from the garden! This is known as “Harvest High.” Harvest High most likely evolved over 200,000 years ago when hunting and gathering was a means of survival.
When our ancestors found food, a flush of dopamine would release in the reward center of their brains. This means our primitive brains were originally wired to crave healthy foods from the soil. By the way, that same dopamine high – which is similar to the high some people get from drugs or shopping (“retail therapy,”) but is actually healthy for you and your wallet — can be triggered simply by seeing or smelling fresh produce!
If getting dirty makes you happy, what else might it do? Well, it turns out dirt is good for you in more ways than one. Here are some reasons to get dirty:
While many of us don’t live on farms or large plots of land these days, there are ways you can create a modified Farm Effect in your body and in your home, no matter where you live.
How has getting dirty improved your health? Please share your comments with me in the comments section below!
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