Question: “Healthy Body, Healthy Business: I find that I am increasingly tired in the afternoon. What can I do to boost my energy naturally?”
Suggestions:
Chiropractic
Fatigue is a really interesting topic as is it so multifactorial. My ears will certainly perk up, as a Chiropractor, when I hear fatigue added to a list with other symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, immune system problems, metabolism imbalance, periods of dizziness and moods swings.
What these body responses all have in common is that they are all symptoms of too much stress on your central neural processor, otherwise known as yours nervous system. Much like your computer’s hard drive, your Central Nervous System controls, regulates and stores all the body’s information. When your hard drive becomes too full of information (physical, chemical or emotional stresses), it slows down (fatigue). Eventually, if the hard drive continues on at this same pace without being cleaned up, it crashes.
Simple tests at your Chiropractors office can determine whether your hard drive is over loaded.
Dr. Jason Penaluna (Chiropractor)
Owner of Penaluna Chiropractic Studio, PS
Release-Rebuild-Revitalize
www.penalunachiropractic.com
Massage Therapy
First things first, check in with your body and your overall level of health, specifically nutrition. If you are lacking in a healthful diet, not consuming ideal amounts of water or consistently drink caffeine in the mornings, then that is a good place to start making changes. It is from food and water that we draw our sustainable energy, and a morning cup of coffee is known to create a “crash” effect in the afternoon.
Secondly, massage is a great way to increase circulation and improve body awareness, both assisting in improving overall well-being. Other ways to increase energy are to take deep, full breaths, move and stretch throughout the day and avoid heavy “comfort foods.”
Guinevere Amadeo, LMP.
Integrative Bodywork Professional
Seattle Holistic Health Examiner
Medical Intuitive
Each hour of the day is ruled by a specific organ and afternoon fatigue may be about how much water you drink today and yesterday.
The hours of 3-7p are ruled by the Element of Water. The Bladder and the Kidney Meridians.
If you have been not drinking enough water, dehydrated, or just partied too much last night your Kidney Meridian will measure very high and your Bladder Meridian will be very low. With two meridians that are next to each other in the middle of the day and the energy level must go from very low to very high…you might as well go and run 5 miles because you are almost exuding the same amount of energy to maintain such an imbalance.
Coffee and sugar and usually “helpers” here however, they may help you for the next hour but since they are even more dehydrating your evening will become even more exhausting.
Jacob Caldwell, LMP
Medical Intuitive
www.StepsToEnlightenment.com
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Aromatherapy
Afternoon fatigue can be caused by many things as mentioned by the previous practitioners. Many essential oils can be very helpful in supporting your afternoon fatigue very quickly and effectively.
The mint oils create immediate awakening and freshness such as Peppermint and Spearmint. Essential Oils such as Ginger, Clove and Lemon create an energetic awakening and Eucalyptus helps aid in opening the memory cells to create a better overall work performance.
There's absolutely no reason why you cannot combine all of the above mentioned Essential Oils into a synergy that resembles the following:
Sweet Almond Oil
2 Drops Peppermint
1 Drop Ginger
1 Drop Clove or Cinnamon
1 Drop Lemon
2 Drops Eucalyptus
Add to .3 oz. roller ball bottle found at Zenith Supplies in Ravenna in Seattle, WA. Or add to blue or amber apothecary bottle with reducer cap.
Carol Walter
Owner, Solace Essentials (http://www.solaceessentials.com)
"Inspirational Organic Bodycare"
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