Using Your Traction Pillow...

I made a video that showed me using the traction pillow in my office. I hope this helps if you have any questions; you can always call arc4life with any questions you might have. I put a dust cover on this pillow. They are real nice to have and you can put them on other pillows too.

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The Towel Roll For The Neck...

We want to use this towel roll to help get us used to using a neck pillow. This will help prevent soreness from using the neck pillow. The reason you will have soreness is that your neck just isn't used to it. Putting a curve into a neck that may have no curve is a adjustment for the body especially. Someone with some curvature may have a little soreness, whereas someone with a flat neck or a reverse curve may be especially sore.

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My Neck Was Sore After A Night Of Sleep On The Traction Pillow

Soreness after the first night on a new neck pillow is normal. That's why we recommend using the pillow gradually. It's even recommend to use the gravity sided gradually first. Now, don't take me the wrong way, you can be sore from using the gravity side also. We have found that this side is slightly easier to get used to than the "V" side. Soreness can actually be a good thing; then we know we're making change. I have a family member who feels like she's getting a neck hump or hunch-back. I told her along with the pillow, to start doing some head retraction exercises. I explained the to her - I don't know if she got it though? At least she's got the traction pillow...

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Turmeric - A Big-Time Healer!

The fact that it reduces inflation helps to reduce pain also. Inflammation is one of those things that contribute to many disease processes. So reducing inflammation not only may reduce pain but can help one to stay healthy.

Biomechanically speaking inflammation typically puts pressure on nerves or a particular nerve and causes pain.

Pain is your body telling you there's a problem. One tricky thing however is that we can have pressure on a nerve or nerves in a particular spot that doesn't detect pain. Hence you can have a disease process building and not even know it's there...

As another note, they have found that taking the turmeric with black pepper helps to activate it. Curcumin is the active component in turmeric.

Are Carbonated Beverages Bad For You?...

The reason I thought of this is because I hear there may be some competition between the 'Sodastream' company and 'Green Mountain'.  'Sodastream' is the company who has been doing it and the Keurig machines may soon do it to.

The answer to: "Are Carbonated Beverages Bad For You?" is NO.  You may have heard that they contribute to leaching of calcium and other minerals from the bones; but that's not really true.  Now we know soda definitely isn't good for you.  It's carbonated, but that's not the problem.  It's the very high sugar content.

Now is it good to drink carbonated drinks all the time - I would't... It's like any thing else - drink in moderation.  I would drink flat water most of the time, when you are given the opportunity.

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How Much Sleep Do You Need?

So what is the answer? I think everyone is a little different but I would usually be around the 7-hour mark for sleep...

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Essential Fatty Acids

Essential Fatty acids are just that "essential". Our bodies don't make them which means we must get them from diet. The two biggies are omega 6 and omega 3. Linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid.

Some functions are:
-brain development
-cell wall or membrane formation
-hormone production
-thyroid and adrenal function

If someone is not getting much fat in their diet, like a vegetarian for example, they need to supplement this. Research has shown us that proper EFA'sin the diet are linked to a lower incidence of cardiovascular disease. It is also linked to a lower incidence of Alzheimer's disease.

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