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The Five Essentials Components to Your Knee Pain Recovery Program - Part 1 (Water) by Bill Parravano

None of what I am going to share with you today is to be taken as medical

advice. This approach is what I used to get myself out of knee pain that I

learned over the past 10 years or so. These are truths as I know them. Use

what you like and disregard the rest. If you have any concerns as to what you

are to do, please consult your licensed health care professional.

But first, I would like to tell you a story, and it focuses around cars...

You might be asking yourself now?

What do cars have to do with knee pain?

Just bear with me a moment and you will see how this all ties together.

I am going to guess that you probably have a car, and if you don't then I

will assume that you know pretty much how a car works.

Basically, everything in your car is dependent on everything else in your car

in order for it to operate properly.

The engine needs to be in good working order.

Gas needs to be in the tank.

Tires need to be inflated.

You get the picture.

When something goes wrong in your car, it is important to take it to a

mechanic who will diagnose what is going on with your car to be able to fix

it.

Usually there is an indication of something on your dashboard that will be

triggered to let you know that your car needs to be fixed.

Take your oil light, for example.

When that goes off it would be important for you or your mechanic to check

underneath the hood to see if you need to put more oil to keep it running

smoothly and avoid burning up your engine.

There may be something even more pressing which might be lurking underneath

your hood as a result of your oil light coming on in your car.

Now, take that same scenario of the oil light coming on, and instead of

looking underneath the hood to find out what is wrong, we go underneath the

dash and pull the fuse for the "check oil light" and continue to drive your

car like you always have.

What do you think would happen then?

That's right, your car's performance would probably decrease significantly to

a point of breaking down where it might not even run.

That doesn't make a whole lot of sense now, does it?

Like the old saying goes: "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."

However, that is exactly what you do when you ignore what is going on in your

knees, and when you experience knee pain, and decide to take pain killers to

keep pushing yourself on.

This is exactly what I would like to talk to you about today with regards to

your knees.

How can you look at your knee pain differently and begin to address what is

going on "underneath the hood"?
Your body is the dashboard.

Like the dashboard on a car, your body's nervous system lets you know when

something is going on that needs to be paid attention to.

There are lots of indicators that many times are glazed over in an attempt to

keep up with the busy schedules you maintain on a daily, weekly, monthly and

even yearly basis.

Indicators like fatigue, tension, stiff necks, stiff backs, sore shoulders,

tight jaws, headaches and countless others, including pain in your knees.

You can probably think of a few I haven't covered you are feeling right now.

The list goes on and on.

The thing is, the one that most people finally pay attention to is pain.

Even then, we are taught to "suck it up," "walk it off," "ignore it," or "

just do it," not to mention a whole host of other lines you have been brought

up with since you were young.

Going back to the car analogy, at the point where you are experiencing pain

you have already crawled underneath the dashboard and pulled the fuse for the

"check oil light."

You really have no idea what is happening to your body, and you are in a

panic to find someone or something that will take away the pain.

Many times you see your only option is painkilling drugs and shots, or

possibly even surgery.

This is the point where you are looking at damage control, choosing the

lesser of two evils instead of making healthy, informed choices that have

your best interests in mind.

I know you would like to make better choices; however, the deck is stacked

against you.

Nowhere out there is anyone trying to help you recognize what your body is

saying, let alone telling you what to do after you find out what it going on.

However, in looking at and understanding your body differently, there are

some basic, fundamental things you can begin to do to get control of the

situation and take back your life so it's not overrun by your knee pain.

Water is key to all life here on this planet.

It flushes out toxins in your body and keeps your organ systems running

smoothly.

If this percentage falls too low, you begin to bring yourself into danger of

dehydration.

Some of the symptoms of dehydration of only up to 2% of your body's water

weight are as follows:

Thirst, loss of appetite, dry skin, skin flushing, dark-colored urine, dry

mouth, fatigue or weakness, chills and head rushes, and that's only 2%.

When that dehydration gets up to 5% you can expect to see increased heart

rate, increased respiration, decreased sweating, decreased urination,

increased body temperature, extreme fatigue, muscle cramps, headaches, nausea

and tingling of the limbs.

Now, I am going to look at a water loss of 2% from a normal person, so let's

look at some real numbers on this. Let's say you have a 200-pound person that,

as we said before, is 80% water, which means you are looking at about 160

pounds worth of water weight.

A 2% loss in water will equal about 3.2 pounds in water weight!

During a normal day in normal humidity, a this 200-pound person will lose

approximately 2.5 quarts of water. This water weight includes water loss from

breathing, sweating and urinating.

Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon, so you are looking to lose about 5 pounds a

day alone just in water weight from a normal person on a normal day.

Why am I telling you this?

Because when you do not drink enough water, the internal state of your body

becomes more acidic, closer to that of battery acid.

It's all tying back into that car story again.

This acidic state sits in different parts of your body depending on your

physical makeup.

If this acidic state is hanging out in your knees, it begins to irritate the

nerve endings in your knees, sending signals to your brain resulting in your

experience of knee pain.

This is actually not a very new concept.

There has been a medical doctor who has been treating his patients and many

of them with knee pain for over 20 years with just plain tap water...

So the solution?......DRINK MORE WATER!

Bill sustained a severe knee injury over ten years ago that required

reconstructive surgery on his left knee. This experience led him on a path to

figure out how to relieve the pain, tension, and discomfort in his knee as

well as the rest of his body resulting from the knee injury and the

subsequent surgery. He now teaches others how to relieve knee pain for

themselves in their own bodies through education about water, nutrition,

exercises, stretching, and breathing.

For more information on the topic of Knee Pain and to receive a FREE Special

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Bill sustained a severe knee injury over ten years ago that required reconstructive surgery on his left knee. This experience led him on a path to figure out how to relieve the pain, tension, and discomfort in his knee and the rest of his body.

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How can get relief from pain and swelling of left knee?

I injured my left knee (sprain) during a sporting event 6 weeks ago. First few days I followed the self-care directions (cold packs, elevated above heart while sleeping, no load on the weak knee etc.). There is no significant pain but when I wake every morning there is stiffness, swelling in the knee area and a dull pain until I warm up with some strech exercises. After a warm shower it is ok. But by evening, the pain is back with a bit of swelling.

What advice you have for me to get back strength in my knees. I am dying to get back to my favorite sport - Tennis.

The first piece of advice is don't overdo it too early on. Jumping right back into Tennis is a sure way to make this a chronic injury.

Second, buy a knee brace that holds the patella (the Knee Cap) in place. You can identify them because they usually have a hole missing in the center to guide the cap of bone and cartiledge that completes the articulation of the joint.

Third, start your conditioning in the water. Start by warming up with a walk around the shallow end of a pool. The extra pull will give you a decent workout without any large range of movement. Move up to squat thrusts under the water--remember to breath above the water, it's something easy to forget.

Add a light jog, of maybe quarter to half a mile in the morning after a good stretch. Wear your knee brace religiously. The added support will help you gain confidence in the knee and protect it less. When you start to feel only a twinge of movement in the bandage you can start adding Tennis back into your day.

You may wear out a couple of bandages before you're fully healed and recovered to where you were 6 months to three years. You may find that having the knee brace helps to give you security in the knee for some time to come.

Good luck

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