How to help yourself if you have arthritis.
Balanced diet: Include anti-inflammatory foods like green leafy vegetables, berries, nuts, legumes, ginger, and fibre in your diet,
Nutrient intake: Vitamin D and calcium are important for our joint’s health, make sure of sufficient intakes.
Weight check: Always check your BMI, excess body weight stresses your joints.
Regular physical activity: Low-impact exercises like swimming, walking, and cycling reduces joint stress. You can also go for yoga and meditation to promote muscle relaxation.
Quit smoking: Smoking is not only harmful for your lungs but also for your joints and musculoskeletal health.
Water: Arthritis is an inflammation within the body and by drinking water and moving regularly you reduce the inflammation
Therapy: Lymphatic Drainage, Bowen Therapy, gentle massages, acupuncture have all been shown to reduce arthritic pain.
How does Bowen Therapy help arthritis?
Bowen Therapy promotes healing and reduces inflammation in joints by activating the lymphatic system. The lymphatic system helps in drainage of toxic material and thus Bowen Therapy can help with the reduction of inflammation and swelling.
When we are in pain, we often compensate for example if you have arthritis in your right knee, we will tend to walk more heavily on the left side. This can cause complications on the other side of the body as it is being used in an awkward position. With Bowen therapy I address any alignment issues that arthritis is causing.
How would a Lymphatic Drainage Treatment help arthritis?
Arthritis is an inflammation in the lymphatic system. Stimulating the lymphatic vasculature by using Lymphatic drainage alleviates inflammation, reduces edema , epidermal thickening and inflammatory infiltration. Lymphatic drainage therefore reduces the number of inflammatory cells which reduces pain. If the lymphatic system is not functioning correctly inflammation and pain will increase.
If you are unsure which therapy to choose, please do contact me, I am more than happy to discuss the options and it is possible to offer a combination of the two therapies, should it be of benefit.
