Get Well Stay Well Be Well and Enjoy Your Pain-Free Life

Your body can heal. In fact, it is healing right now. You CAN feel better. Bodies change all the time. That includes yours! By taking steps now you can function and feel well into a vibrant and healthy older age.

Preventative medicine is often thought to mean vaccines, medicines and treatments. It's actually much more than that.

I love this quote about prevention:

"Prevention is the highest form of healing and surgery should always be considered the last resort." That's on the back cover of a comprehensive book about eye care called "The Eye Care Sourcebook" by Jay B. Lavine, M.D.

And it's true!

What does prevention mean? It means taking care of yourself. It means getting rid of "junk foods" in your house and body. (There is a reason they are called "junk" food, right? Oh, come on. You know in your heart that's true.) ;-)

Prevention is using ALL of your muscles instead of just a few. It's getting fresh air and sunshine. It's breathing in and out fully using ALL of your lung capacity instead of breathing shallowly. By making small changes and letting them grow, you can feel better in short order.

You used to play in the sunshine and run and jump and swing and have fun in the great outdoors. Did you jump in puddles, climb trees and play on monkey bars?

Healing your aches and pains and preventing illness can be done by paying attention to your body. You also need to educate your self and use your own good sense to figure out what is true and best for you. There is a ton of incorrect information out there, even by experts and other people who mean well.

So what is good for you?

Let's play a game. Imagine you were living on a farm 100 years ago.

How would you spend your days?

1. What would you eat?
2. Where would your food come from?
3. How would you get your food?
4. How would you prepare it?
5. Would you be indoors sitting at a desk all day?
6. How would you spend your day?
7. Would you work with your muscles all day, outside or inside?
8. Would you buy your food from a vending machine or prepare it yourself...from scratch?
9. How much sleep would you get?
10. What time would you go to bed and get up?
11. Would you use all of your muscles?
12. How about your toilet habits? Do modern foods and medicines constipate you? Would your old-fashioned all-natural diet do the same?

I'm trying to make you think.

No one cares as much about your body as you must.

1. Educate yourself. Become an expert on the causes of your aches and pains. Bodies are logical--pain happens for reasons. And bodies heal all the time. You just have to get rid of the reasons.

2. Change your habits. If something isn't creating health for you, why continue with it? Some folks say you're going to die anyway so why bother. Well, the reason is so that you can live until you die instead of dying while you're still alive.

3. Do things to take care of yourself. Stretch and walk. Start moving. Make yourself feel good. Help other people feel better. Feed your mind with wholesome thoughts and entertainment. Skip the news. Watching and reading the news depresses your immune system so be selective: just read the "feel good" news.

When you make these changes in your life your body will have less pain and fewer aches. You will feel happier and healthier and be more able to have fun.

I believe in you. You CAN help yourself feel better!