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Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy is the use of water by its chemical properties but rather by their physical properties. Hydrotherapy in the patient benefits from the application of different water pressure and water baths that can be cold or hot.
HidroterapiaLa immersion in hot water baths increases body temperature and promote the dilation of blood vessels which increases the risk of blood in the skin and muscles.
Cold water baths lead to constriction of blood vessels reducing the risk peripheral blood, both in the skin and muscles, promoting and increasing circulation to internal organs.
There are several ways to use the spa water:
- The bathrooms where hot water may be used in which case the body can remain immersed for half an hour with cold water duration is limited to five minutes, and if we combine hot and cold water can be applied respectively for 5 and 10 minutes. The baths are recommended for arthritis problems, skin diseases and circulatory disorders, however not recommend this type of therapeutic baths in the heart or in cases of hypertension.
- The washes consist of applying water with a cloth body areas of interest.
- The puffs are mostly used in treatments for respiratory diseases in the hot water is often added some kind of extract or herbs that help clear the respiratory system. The fumes are also used in beauty treatments.
- The jets are usually applied in many spas and consist of water jets at different pressure and temperature are applied to the patient.
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Maintain weight loss? IS POSSIBLE!
Choose healthy eating habits for life is the basis for maintaining weight loss once it has undergone a nutritional regimen supervised by experts according to their lifestyle, age and height.
If you took the first step is to decide to lose weight through proper diet, congratulations! Now the big challenge will be to keep those kilos stable and, above all, try to be extra careful with the food you eat.
While most diets promise miracle results and even spectacular for the time they propose, be careful as it could be surprises to quickly recover all the lost weight.
To avoid famous yo-yo effect or rebound, try to always include in any scheme, more protein, vegetables, fruit and less fat or carbohydrates, and then some tips to help keep the weight off:
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
The body has a specific number of cells that store fat, they increase or decrease in size according to the needs of the body, so take a low-fat diet reduces fat deposits present in your body.
To reach his ideal weight, eliminate all fats avoid suddenly, instead of this, do it gradually to the lowest level possible.
Check that your diet includes grains, fruits and vegetables, in terms of fats, fish and olive oil should make up most of them.
Animal fat, ie meat and dairy products are less healthy and should be taken in moderation.
Adopt strategies such as avoiding restaurants that lack of healthy options on the menu, and when you have no other alternative, ask for separate salad dressings.
If you eat any food in exaggerated form, this becomes stored fat, remember that the needs of protein and fat people are fixed.
Diets very low in calories with lack of exercise help burn both muscle mass and body fat but soon takes the rebound effect, so it should be increased gradually as the exercise is decreased caloric intake.
A BODY GOOD army is trained to efficiently use fat from the diet and reserves as energy sources.
The tendency to store fat is reduced with athletic training, if exercise intensity is high enough, the body will burn energy for hours after exercise and increase metabolism.
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