Friday 23 October 2015

Health routine

Essential oils
Defusing lavender at night helps me to calm the mind and to get a more restful sleep. Peppermint helps with nausea. Pan away  helps relive some of the muscle pain. I am just starting to understand the potential for essential oils in my life.
Acupressure
I have an acupressure mat that I lay on for about 5 min a day. I find it helps real ease some of the tension in my muscles. 
Stretching
My specialists gave me a routine of stretches to do multiple times as day. I try and do stretches at least every morning and night. And sometimes a few times throughout the day. 
Tea
I generally find tea calming. Depending what you need there is tea for everything. Digestion, sleep, calm your nerves and boost your metabolism.  
Pacing
This is key. I need to pace my self. I need to take breaks often during and after every task. If I don't I end up in bed for days. 
Diet
Because of my celiac I eat gluten free. A lot of other conditions can be helped by eating gluten free. So being gluten free although it's to treat my celiac is a good option. I am also dairy and egg free which are show when eaten in excess to cause lots of chronic illnesses. So it helps that I am diary and eggs free from allergies. Because they can cause more health problems. 
Crystals
I don't know if these help but they are pretty and calming. Anything calming is good to help keep my anxiety down. 
Reflexology
Has been helping lessen my symptoms.  And work through some of the issues like digestion a issues that go along with my celiac, ibs and fibro. It helped loosen my neck. 
Massage
Massage is key in relaxing the muscles so that I can do my stretches.
Cupping
Brings oxygen to the muscles to help them heal. It helps relive the pain and keep it manageable. 
Sleep
Sleep is super important. Your body needs sleep so it can heal and rejuvenate. With having chronic fatigue syndrome I always feel tired. So getting a good night rest can help me to feel  ok enough to last all day. 
Meds
Sometimes meds are needed to work through the pain so you can do stretching and exercising etc. 
Supplements
Probiotics are a must with my gut issues. They have made such a difference since I started taking them. 
Laughter
Having a sense of humour is so important. If you can't laugh at the situation then what can you laugh at. Laughter can help lift your spirit and change the tone of a day or even week. 
Mindfulness
Is a form of meditation 
Meditation
Helps with anxiety and keeping me relaxed. Being relaxed helps lessen my symptoms. Stress makes them spike so meditating every day helps to  keep me more level

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