Water After a Massage
We have all enjoyed the great benefits to massages, but most of us forget to drink water after being treated. Massages are dehydrating, kneading and working the muscles gets fluid pumping out of the soft tissue and into your circulatory system, where it heads toward your kidneys. That’s why many people have to pee right after a massage. You have to replenish all that lost water, by drinking more.
Then there’s the issue of metabolic waste which is produced by muscles in the course of everyday function. When your muscles are tight or you have a major knot, it constricts circulation in those areas inhibiting the body’s ability to flush out this waste. Since tight muscles are probably what prompted you to make a massage appointment in the first place, chances are you’ve got some compromised circulation happening. Massage relaxes the tension, releasing the circulatory pathways and allowing nitrogenous metabolic waste to dump into the system. Drinking provides your kidneys with the water they need to effectively eliminate the newly liberated waste.
Diabetes and Your Feet
One of the most common complications of diabetes is problems with your feet. In particular, high blood sugars can cause damage to the nerves and the blood vessels in the feet, which can lead to more serious problems such as wounds and amputations. It is important to keep good control of your blood sugars as this can prevent these changes from occurring. If you are diabetic, it is important to have your feet screened yearly to check for any changes.
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Sprain vs Strain: What’s the difference?
The signs of most sprains or strains are very similar: pain and inflammation, and sometimes bruising, at the injured area. The pain level varies depending on how bad the sprain or strain is. The worse the sprain or strain, the harder it is to use the affected area.
The difference is what was stretched or torn to cause the pain.
A sprain is a stretch or tear in a ligament. Ligaments are bands of fibrous tissue that connect bones to bones at joints.
A strain is also a stretch or tear, but it happens in a muscle or a tendon. Tendons link muscles to the bones.
Daily exercise and stretching can prevent sprains and strains. After you get a sprain or strain, it is important to care for the injury by doing proper exercises and stretching as suggested by your health care professional. Please make an appointment with the RMT to discuss what works best for you, your body type, and/or injury.
John Li, RMT
