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7 Foods for Natural Healing

Amanda Sullivan Alternative medicine, Educational, Healthy Lifestyle , , , , ,

Foods can heal your body after an accident or injury. Yes, it’s really that easy. Although hunger is not what leaps to mind after an injury, food is essential to help you heal and some foods help more than others. So let’s talk about 7 foods for natural healing.

Healing Foods

Even though you’ve been injured, don’t worry, your body is equipped with superpowers. Maybe not Super Girl powers, but still powerful and worth talking about. So, let’s chat about vitamins C & A, protein, greens, bone broth, zinc, and foods rich in curcumin.

Vitamin C & A

Vitamin C is a powerful antioxidant, giving your body protection from harmful free radicals. C’s job is also to build new protein for skin, scar tissue, tendons, ligaments, and blood vessels. So eat your citrus, broccoli, and peppers. 

Vitamin A helps stimulate the production and activity of white blood cells that are vital to healing and fighting off infection. You can get some good A’s in sweet potatoes, carrots, and sunflower seeds.

Amazing Protein

Our bodies are made from protein, so it makes sense to eat it when you’re injured to rebuild your body. Protein is a key player in a number of important healing processes right after an accident. Foods high in protein include meat, eggs, yogurt, and quinoa. 

Great Greens

It’s true, greens are on every “good for you” list out there. And so healing is no exception. Greens, especially kale, are high in micronutrients and minerals. Choose any that look interesting to you such as spinach, chard, mustard greens, or arugula. 

Bone Broth

Bone broth helps to speed up the healing process. Use chicken bones, with lots of stuff left on them. You’ll end up with a broth that’s very nutrient-rich and precious to healing tissues.  With all the building blocks that ligaments, tendons, muscles, and skin need to heal. Bone broth is one of the best foods for healing, and it’s always comforting.

Super Healer, Zinc

Zinc helps you grow new tissue after an injury. It’s vital in the healing process. It’s an important player in the immune system and is also very important in wound healing. Foods with zinc include oysters, lamb, pumpkin seeds, grass-fed beef, and cashews. 

Yellow = Curcumin

Yellow equals Curcumin. Turmeric is high in curcumin and turns curries that lovely yellow color. Besides the beautiful yellow color, it decreases inflammation which is necessary to heal from an injury. Curcumin is a natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. So it’s important to eat your pineapple, ginger, and turmeric when you need to heal.

Massage can also be a great way to enhance the healing process. Contact us about our Sports Massage Therapy in Salt Lake City.

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Hot Stone Massage in SLC

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Hot Stone Massage

Hot Stone Massage is commonly used for the treatment of anxiety, stress and depression, back pain, and insomnia. 

Hot Stone massage is quite similar to Swedish massage, the flow of hand strokes, kneading and rolling, but in addition to using hands, hot stone massage as the name implies uses smooth heated stones for therapy. The therapist can sometimes hold the stones during therapy.

This massage is very useful in people with tension and pain in the muscles. It is also good for people who want to relax. It also may enhance blood flow and relieve stress.

The most used stones for this therapy are the Basalt river rocks. These stones are very smooth in addition to the ability to retain heat for some time. They are heated using a professional stone heater to a temperature of between 110 to 145 degrees Fahrenheit.

The heated stones are placed in different parts of the body. Qualified massage therapists use the body’s anatomy to place the stones in areas thought to balance the mind and body energy and wellbeing.

The weight and heat from the stones give relaxation and warming to the muscles. The therapist can then give a deep therapy massage to the areas warmed with little or no pain.

The massage is used for the treatment of anxiety, stress and depression, back pain, and insomnia. Research on all the massages has shown that they have benefits in prenatal depression, arthritis, fibromyalgia, hypertension, autoimmune conditions among others.

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What is most important for customers/clients to know during Covid-19

First, you must schedule your appointment online before coming to our location (in other words no walk-ins). Book Online or set an appointment over the phone, call ZEN Massage at 801-467-3529.
Second, bring a mask for yourself. You will need to wear it for your full session. 
Third, Your Zen Massage Therapist will also be wearing a mask during sessions.
Fourth, Zen Massage Therapists will make sure appointments are spaced 30 min between each client and will meticulously clean and sanitize everything in between each of our clients. 
Last, If you feel ill please call and cancel your appointment. Thank you.

Massage Relaxation from Anxiety

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Massage has gained popularity in the recent past in the management of emotional disorders like stress, depression, and anxiety disorders. In addition, it also helps you to have quality sleep.

For anxiety, massage offers relaxation and helps to reduce the fears. It is also great in managing other symptoms of anxiety disorders. It also improves attention.

Common types of massage

Swedish massage

A Swedish massage is one of the most widely used type of massage. It involves gentle full body massage best suited for people who are having a massage for the first time.

It is also good for people who have lots of tension in the muscles and also those who are sensitive to touch.

The massage helps the whole body to relax and can also help to cure muscle tightness, hardness, and tenseness. Therefore, it is one of the best massages for relaxation and relieving minor pain.

The Swedish massage uses a combination of the following:

  • Long strokes for a start which flows in the course of the heart
  • Muscle rolling and kneading (Petrissage)
  • Pressure application on sore points
  • Passive joint movement procedures
  • Vibration, shaking and pattering of the muscles
  • Tapotement (rhythmic tapping)

Aromatherapy massage

This is an excellent massage therapy for anxiety and healing other emotional problems. This therapy uses diluted essential oils to offer soft, tender pressure on your body.

It is great in giving you the following:

  • A boost to your moods
  • Reduce anxiety, depression and stress
  • Cure the tense muscles
  • Offer relief from pain

In this massage, most of the time you are given essential oils to inhale in addition to the application on the skin. This is by using an essential oil diffuser. The diffuser disperses natural oils into the air for you to inhale.

It has been proven by several studies that inhaling lavender and other essential oils are effective in treating neurological disorders. These disorders include anxiety disorders, negative moods, sleeping problems, pains, and convulsions/ seizures

Reflexology

Reflexology is the application of pressure to the feet, ears, and hands so that you can relax and reduce stress. It can also restore the natural energy to the normal levels.

Reflexology focuses on the pressure points for people who do not want a full body massage but still want relief from stress and anxiety. In the procedure, the therapist may require you to wear loose clothing so that he/ she can access the feet.

There is a hypothesis that some parts of the feet relate to different organs in the body. From this theory, a massage in an area of the foot, in which a foot chart is used to guide, can lead to relaxation and therapy to the corresponding body organ or system.

Reflexology according to several studies has been shown to alleviate or reduce pain, anxiety, and stress. It has also been shown to facilitate quality sleep. It is also non-intrusive thus can easily be explored for anxiety therapy.

Book Your Zen Massage

If you’re ready to ease your anxiety and want the best masseurs in Salt Lake City, contact us and set up an appointment with ZEN Massage today!

Book Online or Call (801) 467-3529

Zen Massage

5520 South Van Winkle Expy

Salt Lake City, UT 84117

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What is most important for customers/clients to know during Covid-19

First, you must schedule your appointment online before coming to our location (in other words no walk-ins). Book Online or set an appointment over the phone, call ZEN Massage at 801-467-3529.
Second, bring a mask for yourself. You will need to wear it for your full session. 
Third, Your Zen Massage Therapist will also be wearing a mask during sessions.
Fourth, Zen Massage Therapists will make sure appointments are spaced 30 min between each client and will meticulously clean and sanitize everything in between each of our clients. 
Last, If you feel ill please call and cancel your appointment. Thank you.

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