Does pain keep you awake at night? “Sleep, or lack of it, may be a sign that surgery might help.” Dr. Nora listed several indicators including sleep and pain. Sleep difficulty jumped out at me. Several customers have complained about sleep challenges so I thought I’d share some problems associated with pain and lack of …
Author Archives: Betsy Bell
Cortisone for Sciatica
Gentle Reader, Sciatica, sciatica, sciatica. On every hand I hear people complaining about sciatic pain, drop foot, back difficulties and arthritis in general. I have had more acute sciatic pain plus a long stretch of time at home (no travel plans until July) so I decided to try cortisone for sciatica. I first focussed on …
Physical Therapy
This article is part of a series of posts I have written about various therapies that may be helpful to relieve suffering due to arthritis. Physical Therapy has not been high on my list of therapies helpful to relieve sciatica. However, pain up and down my right leg emanating from pinched nerves at L5 and …
Therapeutic Yoga
Therapeutic Yoga This past November I dashed late into a networking event at a new-ish yoga studio in my neighborhood-walking distance from my house. BendnMove owner Tamara Gillest introduced me around. The health care providers offering their services were familiar to me, members of a Business Networking International chapter here in West Seattle. It …
Heal Back Pain
Heal Back Pain I struck gold when mining my magazine and journal basket in the bathroom recently. In a 2011 issue (January) of Seattle Woman Magazine, Nancy Shatz Aton gives us 10 ways to heal back pain. This excellent list comes from her book, The Healthy Back Book: A Guide to Whole Healing for Outdoor …
walking improves brain health
Gentle Reader, To my delight, my signature byline, Be Well, Do Well and Keep moving, points as much to brain health as managing arthritis. Recent studies show that walking improves brain health. In August 2010, Live Science reported on a study involving a group of “Professional Couch-Potatoes.” This is what one researcher called …
Annual Physical
Gentle Reader, My intention is to have my annual physical coincide with my birthday in early August. Travel and the rule that 365 days must pass before the insurance company will pay for another wellness check-up have pushed this forward. We are in early October, and I have been parading to not one primary …
GMO dangers
Take the quiz and then let’s talk about the GMO dangers in foods and how risky they are for our health. I often hear from friends, family and customers that organic foods—fresh and packaged—are too expensive. The hype has overwhelmed and deadened response. Too much fear and awfulness in the world. Too many decisions to …
walking to lose weight
Gentle Reader, My thanks to an article forwarded to me by a friend. My strategy for maintaining my goal weight all these years has been to walk everyday. I am delighted to pass on this analysis of how much walking it takes to lose weight. Takes the guess work out of it. One of the …
Shaklee Life Plan
The best, most comprehensive nutritional system in the world. If you are in the Seattle area, come to my house on Sept 5, Labor Day Weekend, at 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. to learn all about it. Snacks, information, good people and great fun. RSVP 206 933 1889 or text me at 206 409 5940. …