Blog: inflammation

Chill Cryotherapy uses local and whole body cryotherapy to reduce inflammation and pain related to tennis and golf elbow. Both injuries are inflammation in the tendons at the elbow.

Whole body cryotherapy can be used to suppress the Lyme-related inflammation that causes chronic symptoms. Chronic Lyme clients experience significant reductions in pain, joint stiffness, immobility and brain fog. Cryotherapy has been shown to effectively reduce inflammation at the cellular level, in all organs and body tissues.

Food sensitivities are the result of toxic responses to food and are divided into two categories: allergic responses; and food intolerances. It can be challenging to identify food sensitivities because often there is a delayed reaction to reactive food of up to 2 days. Common food sensitivities include dairy, gluten, soy, sugar, shellfish, peanuts and others.

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder characterized by throbbing, pulling, creeping, or other unpleasant sensations in the legs and an uncontrollable, and sometimes overwhelming, urge to move them. Symptoms occur primarily at night when a person is relaxing or at rest and can increase in severity during the night. Moving the legs relieves the discomfort. The sensations range in severity from uncomfortable to irritating to painful.

Chicken Pox Strikes Again! Shingles is a painful condition caused by the varicella-zoster virus — the same virus that causes chickenpox. The virus can lie dormant in the nervous system for years and reactivate due to stress or other factors. The virus infects nerves and travels through nerve pathways to manifest on the skin as a painful rash.

Saunas and sweat baths have been used by various cultures throughout history to flush out toxins and disease and maintain optimal physical and mental health. Saunas, and particularly infrared saunas, can also play a big role in preventing or reversing cancer.

The ChillRx Clearlight Far Infrared Sauna is completely safe and produces the same far infrared heat produced by the sun—but without harmful ultraviolet waves. Far-infrared heat is required for all living things for optimum health.

As the cold and flu season descend upon us, everyone is worried about sinus infections….Sinus infections, or sinusitis as it is technically called, are caused by a viral or bacterial infection (i.e. a cold, virus or flu).

Acne isn’t fun. The skin condition affects roughly 80 percent of adolescents and can persist well into adulthood. The psychological and social impacts of acne are especially serious because it affects adolescents at a crucial period when they are developing their personalities. Peer acceptance is very important for this age group and research shows that there are strong links between physical appearance and peer status.

Selena Gomez recently made headlines by ending her world tour early due to side effects from Lupus. Lupus is a chronic auto-immune disease which causes the immune system to erroneously attack health connective tissue throughout the body. Lupus causes skin rashes, muscle and bone issues, gastrointestinal problems, depression, heart and lung impairment and issues with reproduction, blood circulation and mental health. Selena Gomez revealed a year ago that she had undergone chemotherapy to treat the chronic autoimmune disease—chemotherapy drugs can reduce immune system activity but do have severe side effects.