Managing The Disease Management - 1697 Words

Managing the Disease Management From experience with watching my uncle, I know that managing this chronic illness can be difficult. However, creating a brand new healthy life can benefit the disease in many ways. Massage creates a healthy alternative for pain management and stress reduction. Most people, like my uncle, hate taking their medicine because it doesn’t solve anything. One day I worked on my uncle’s back because he was complaining about it. I gave him a 30 minute chair massage and only focused on his back. A week later I followed up with him and he said that his back is totally relieved and that he has no more back pain. I believe that massage can correct a lot of symptoms to diseases rather than just being on drugs for the rest†¦show more content†¦Nutrition has a big role in how often someone has an â€Å"attack.† Massage and eating clean goes hand in hand because massage helps remove the toxins from our bodies and eating clean promotes the toxins to come out of our body. Eating healthy enables the body to stay clean (on the inside) and not â€Å"irritate† the disease. Eating fast food, junk food and unhealthy things are not good for the disease. â€Å"Coffee, tobacco, alcohol, artificial sweeteners, fake foods, artificial or fake anything can send MS into a tizzy† (Craven, 2012). There are foods that benefit MS such as â€Å"cooling mung beans and detoxing apples† (Craven, 2012). There are some anti-inflammatory foods to help with MS. In the article â€Å"8 anti-inflammatory Foods for Multiple Sclerosis,† they list some foods that can help with the disease. The first food is fatty fish like salmon. â€Å"Omega-3s help block the body s inflammatory response† (Mikel Theobald, 2016). Omega-6 can possibly cause inflammation, which is why consuming omega-3s are healthier. Ginger is another great food to incorporate into the diet. Ginger promotes anti-neuroinflammatory, some people place ginger in their salads or tea. O ther foods like avocado, fruits, veggies, and flax seeds are a great anti-inflammatory foods to introduce to your diet to have better management of MS. Although foods are an important role in having a healthier life, living a better lifestyle contributes to MS. Practicing things like meditation,