Have you ever seen a person with a drooping corner of their mouth? Or one that cannot close one eye, because the eyelids refuse to obey? Or maybe you have even experienced it on your own skin after a flu or bacterial infection? Probably it was facial nerve paralysis! What is it and where does it come from?
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Turmeric, a spice from the ginger family, owes its pro-health properties especially to curcumin, its main ingredient, which gives it a characteristic yellow colour. Used in Indian regions, where it originated, as a therapeutic agent without side effects (!), used for many purposes, including various liver diseases, digestive system, to relieve menstrual pain, and even as an anti-depressant.
Have you ever had a car accident and your neck hurts as a result? Maybe a theme park roller coaster, which braked too much, caused a feeling of stiffness in your neck? Or maybe you accidentally skipped a step by running up the stairs and ended up with unplesant discomfort in the cervical spine? If the answer to any of these question is positive, you have probably experienced a ‘whiplash’. What is that? Read on to find out!
“Put on your slippers!” Hear most children in Polish homes. Maybe it is worth letting them walk barefoot though? Maybe it is not without reason that they want to walk without shoes and take them off at the earliest opportunity? You can walk barefoot on the floor, on the carpet, on the sand and on the grass, on puddles on a summer day, on stones, and also on a special “obstacle course”. In that case, is it worth to walk barefoot or is it just a children’s play?
Today we would like to bring you a little closer and tell you about the massage with a Chinese bubble. It has been believed that Chinese cupping massage is only used in the fight against cellulite – but nothing is more wrong!
Yes, it is an excellent solution to get rid of unwanted “orange peel”, but also works in the elimination of back pain or muscle pain. What exactly is a Chinese bubble?
The Halloween time is approaching, and pumpkin is inextricably linked with this holiday. Pumpkin should serve us not only as an ornament, but also as a mandatory part of our diet. Pumpkin provides us with a very large amount of carotenes, and therefore precursors of vitamin A and strong antioxidants. Munching on pumpkin seeds is also an excellent snack providing us with lots of very healthy fatty acids. However, these are just some of the properties of the pumpkin. Read this article and find out how much health Halloween pumpkin can bring you!
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Today, the treasury of kinesiotaping knowledge! You’ve definitely seen on television or at some match players covered with colorful patches. What exactly is it and what purpose is it used for…? Check!
The holiday season ended and the sports one started. Many of you certainly have new resolutions that from autumn you will start fresh, because as we all know the holidays are the time to enjoy yourself and do little…On the other hand, it’s time when children come back to school, it’s associated with going back to the period of work and duties, and thus self-discipline. It is well known that sport is associated with various types of injuries and unfortunately they are often unavoidable. How to prevent them? And what is the “jumper’s knee syndrome”?
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You surely heard that massage does not give anything, and anyone can be a masseur. Or that massage is just “stroking”, so how can it cure anything? And besides, only the rich can benefit from it. Or maybe you were told that when the masseur was causing pain, it means they did something wrong? Nothing more wrong! We overthrow these and other myths!
What is isometric massage? In what situations do you use it and what exactly is it? What effects does it cause? Come and see!
