Chronic Pain Information 

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a Registered Nurse and a Patient Advocate shared information about Chronic pain, defined as persistent pain that lasts at least three months — affects one in five U.S. adults.

In her article, 32 Chronic Pain Statistics to Help You Understand Your Health, she writes that it’s the number one cause of disability globally.

If you’re coping with chronic pain, you’re no stranger to the everyday challenges that come along with it. Chronic pain is typically caused by an underlying condition. The four most common sources of pain are:

  • Back pain: 80% of U.S. adults will experience back pain at some point in their life.

  • Neuropathic pain: Chronic neuropathic pain affects 3–17% of adults.

  • Headaches and migraines: More than 5 million people have daily chronic migraines.

  • Joint pain and arthritis: About 15 million adults report severe joint pain due to arthritis.

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Coronavirus Care 

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Dr. Sylvia, from Natural Paths for Lymphatic Wellness, in Aurora, IL  shared in their newsletter that they know things haven’t been same lately. With the change and disruptions to our normal lives and daily routines, it is important to focus on self-care and love ourselves.

Here are some top healthy daily habits that can keep you staying sane, fit, and healthy in these times:
Are you partaking in daily health habits to keep you illness-free? Diet and exercise are part of that, but habits extend beyond this that can result in feeling great inside and out. Here are a few of our suggestions to help you apply to your own life.
Meditation – You might think this is an odd habit to reduce illness. However, it can be connected to your emotional and overall health, as it assists in slowing your body down. You can focus on root issues and garner yourself more emotional control. You can calm down from life’s daily issues or problems with work, children, or anything upsetting.
When you don’t deal with issues, your body can become tensed and stressed. This, in turn, increases blood pressure, causes headaches, and leads to a lowered immune system. Simple daily meditation habits can help keep you illness-free.

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Healthy Kids Running Series 

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To combat increasing rates of childhood obesity in America, Healthy Lombard is sponsoring a running program called, Healthy Kids Running Series,  that provides a fun environment for kids that also builds self-esteem.

HKRS is a national, community-based non-profit that provides a fun, inclusive five-week running series for ages 2-14, designed for kids to get active, feel accomplished and lay the foundation for a healthy lifestyle.

Because of Cvid29, this year’s series will be conducted as virtual runs. The advantage, in addition to the obvious one of staying safe distances from others, is that YOU can schedule your run at a time that is most convenient for your family! So, we encourage you to take this opportunity to run with your kids and have some good, healthy, family fun.  Read more 

Happy New Year 202 from Healthy Lombard! 

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Some New Year thoughts from Healthy Lombard:

  • This year if you want a different result, make a different choice and do things in a different
  • New Year is like a restart button. Use it to start things over.
  • This year try and make small efforts to see big changes in your life.
  • Every year life gives us 365 days to find meaning in our life.
  • Celebrate your life as each day comes. Happy New Year.
  • If you already tried things, this year focuses on doing it.
  • Don’t wait for the luck to come to you, work hard and grab it with both hands.

So …   have a fabulous 2020 with full of great achievements and experiences.

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The Benefits of Ginger for Osteoarthritis 

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   asked on his site that if ginger is so effective against migraines and also helps with the pain of menstrual cramps, what about osteoarthritis? I explore this in my video Ginger for Osteoarthritis.

An all too common disorder, osteoarthritis produces chronic pain and disability. The first major study, published in 2000, showed no benefit of ginger extract over placebo, but that study only lasted three weeks. The next study, in 2001, lasted six weeks and, by the end, was able to show significantly better results compared to placebo. However, because the placebo did so well, reducing pain from the 60s down to the 40s on a scale of 1 to 100, ginger reducing pain further down into the 30s was not especially clinically significant, so an editorial in the official journal of the American College of Rheumatology concluded that “ginger should not be recommended at present for treatment of arthritis because of the limited efficacy.”

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Is Fasting Bebneficial for Weight Loss? 

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15 Best Free Apps For Healthy Eating On A Budget 

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We have all been warned at the dinner table to eat our greens and vegetables, or else. Even though you might not have been the biggest fan of finishing your salad or green peas, your parents wanted to provide you with the most nutritious meal possible so you can grow to be big and strong. 

 

We all know that you’d prefer to fill your belly with meatloaf, steak, chicken strips or any other processed foods, but our parents knew that those foods weren’t going to promote a healthy life. Our parents knew what was best, even though eating all your greens and veggies seemed like torture, they kept your best interest at heart. If they had access to the resources that we have today, they probably would’ve used various healthy food apps to get inspiration to create healthier and more balanced meals.  

 

In retrospect, we should give our parents credit for not only feeding us balanced meals but also finding innovative ways to mix up what they were making for dinner. They didn’t have an infinite number of resources to pull recipes from. They only had a few cookbooks, family recipes, and their creativity to keep us wanting more. It’s 2019, we have the ability to access an infinite amount of resources to utilize to not only make flamboyant dishes but also to ensure that we don’t have to eat the same thing twice. 

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Car Seat Safety 

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Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit organization working to help families and communities keep kids safe from injuries shared with Rise and Shine some car seat safety tips.  For example:

What are the rules for car seats? At what age can my toddler be forward-facing?

All infants and toddlers should ride in a rear-facing car seat as long as possible until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their car seat manufacturer.

Use a rear-facing seat until age 2 or more

Most convertible seats have limits that permit children to ride rear-facing for 2 or more years. As your child grows, you might have to switch from using a smaller rear-facing-only car seat to using a bigger rear-facing convertible car seat that can hold a larger child, first rear-facing than forward-facing. After you turn the seat forward, adjust the harness, make it more upright, and attach the top tether.

Why keep your child in a rear-facing seat for as long as possible? If you are in a front-end crash (the most common type of crash) a rear-facing car seat allows your child’s head, neck, and spine to move evenly into the seat, not away from it. It’s the best!

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THANK YOU APPLE CRUNCHERS! 

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Dr. Cerone and Associates                         St. John’s First Graders.                                             St. John’s Cuties!

 

More from St. John’s

 

                                   

North Elementary school/tri-town YMCA kids                  SJ 3rd grade students enjoying some apples at snack break

 

 

 

 

Check out more photos on our addition blog for today.

TY Village of Lombard for supporting AC Day!

 

 

Acid Reflux / GERD – The Ultimate Guide 

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David Gray had big problems with LPR(Laryngopharyngeal Reflux) sometimes known as silent reflux and pretty much all the symptoms in the book.

The problem for him and many others was getting healthcare assistance that actually helped my problem – so he spent over a month creating a resource that goes in massive depth about everything acid reflux because believe it or not, 15-30% of Americans suffer from some form of acid reflux.

For some, it will be minor only affecting them on rare occasions, whereas for others it could be much more troublesome. Acid reflux is due to acid refluxing up out of the stomach and into the esophagus and even the throat where it shouldn’t be.

If you didn’t already know GERD stands for gastroesophageal reflux disease which is basically the bad form of acid reflux. Typically speaking someone who has more severe acid reflux may be deemed to have GERD.

One of the more common symptoms that affect people with acid reflux is things like heartburn and chest pain but you can also be affected with things like hoarse voice or sore throat which is usually more related to another form of acid reflux called silent reflux which in fact should be treated differently than regular acid reflux and GERD.

I will be covering everything about acid reflux and GERD below – including what causes acid reflux, the symptoms you may have, how to diagnose it and how it can be treated both naturally, medically and even surgically in more extreme cases. Read more