The other day I was talking about how important exercise is for pain control but I neglected to mention why you need to exercise for your detox lifestyle. Your lymph system is a major component of the body's immune system. This network of organs, lymph nodes, lymph ducts, and lymph vessels produces and transports lymph from tissues to the bloodstream. Lymph is a clear-to-white fluid made of fluid from the intestines, red blood cells, and white blood cells, especially lymphocytes (cells that attack bacteria in the blood).
The lymph system brings fluid filled with nutrients into cells and then carries the trash out. But unlike blood that’s pumped by the heart, the lymph fluid is entirely dependent on physical exercise to move. So unless your muscles are massaging that system helping to move the fluid your cells are not only starving for nutrients (painful and toxic) but they also can’t remove waste products (also painful and toxic). No wonder the bigger people get, the less they move, the worse they feel and the more health problems they get.
Some people are too sick to exercise but most people can sit and rock in a rocking chair. Rebounding exercise like rocking works to move the lymph. Deep breathing is another thing that almost anyone can do. Deep breathing consists of a series of deep slow breaths, by first breathing in slowly through the nose, hold the breath, and exhaling through the mouth. Practice deep breathing several times a day and at night when you’re laying down for sleep.
“More than half of our patients with FMS or CFS develop a disordered pattern of breathing. They take very small rapid breaths using the small muscles of their chest instead of slow, deep breathing with the large muscles of the abdomen. These changes are subtle and most people who ‘hyperventilate’ in this manner don't realize that their breathing pattern is out-of-synch.
Shallow chest breathing makes people feel tense. Slow, deep abdominal breathing creates feelings of calmness. Disordered breathing can also cause a broad array of frightening symptoms including mental fog, dizziness, irritability, chest pain, feeling numb and more. Worsening symptoms then disrupt breathing further.”---Richard Podell, M.D., Clinical professor Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey. CFS and FMS specialist.
Ask your doctor if you can exercise then start slowly. Walking is the easiest and cheapest way to exercise. It's great to get together with friends to walk too. Why not start a walking group or walk with a friend? Trust me it's fun and when you start seeing results you'll be motivated to do more.
The other day I was talking about how important exercise is for pain control but I neglected to mention why you need to exercise for your detox lifestyle. Your lymph system is a major component of the body's immune system. This network of organs, lymph nodes, lymph ducts, and lymph vessels produces and transports lymph from tissues to the bloodstream. Lymph is a clear-to-white fluid made of fluid from the intestines, red blood cells, and white blood cells, especially lymphocytes (cells that attack bacteria in the blood).
The lymph system brings fluid filled with nutrients into cells and then carries the trash out. But unlike blood that’s pumped by the heart, the lymph fluid is entirely dependent on physical exercise to move. So unless your muscles are massaging that system helping to move the fluid your cells are not only starving for nutrients (painful and toxic) but they also can’t remove waste products (also painful and toxic). No wonder the bigger people get, the less they move, the worse they feel and the more health problems they get.
Some people are too sick to exercise but most people can sit and rock in a rocking chair. Rebounding exercise like rocking works to move the lymph. Deep breathing is another thing that almost anyone can do. Deep breathing consists of a series of deep slow breaths, by first breathing in slowly through the nose, hold the breath, and exhaling through the mouth. Practice deep breathing several times a day and at night when you’re laying down for sleep.
“More than half of our patients with FMS or CFS develop a disordered pattern of breathing. They take very small rapid breaths using the small muscles of their chest instead of slow, deep breathing with the large muscles of the abdomen. These changes are subtle and most people who ‘hyperventilate’ in this manner don't realize that their breathing pattern is out-of-synch.
Shallow chest breathing makes people feel tense. Slow, deep abdominal breathing creates feelings of calmness. Disordered breathing can also cause a broad array of frightening symptoms including mental fog, dizziness, irritability, chest pain, feeling numb and more. Worsening symptoms then disrupt breathing further.”---Richard Podell, M.D., Clinical professor Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey. CFS and FMS specialist.
Ask your doctor if you can exercise then start slowly. Walking is the easiest and cheapest way to exercise. It's great to get together with friends to walk too. Why not start a walking group or walk with a friend? Trust me it's fun and when you start seeing results you'll be motivated to do more.