Reduce Your Swelling With Lymphedema Therapy
Education in the Kitchen
What Your Child Can Learn From Baking With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, you’re probably wracking your brain for the perfect recipe to bake for your loved one. There’s nothing wrong with store-bought chocolate, but there’s no topping the personal touch of some homemade baked goods. If you have kids, baking alongside them can be just as rewarding as enjoying the fruits of your labor. As an added bonus, baking is a hands-on opportunity where your child can learn all sorts of important concepts. Here is a short list of some of the educational lessons hiding in your kitchen. Math Baking is a numbers game. Just take a look at any recipe, and you’ll recognize the importance of math in building a beautiful cake. Having children measure out ingredients helps them learn about fractions and ratios. You can also test your kids by doubling or halving a recipe for multiplication and division practice. With older kids, practice unit conversions by asking, for example, how many pints are in half a gallon. Following Directions Not unlike computer science, baking requires a strict order of operations. The wet and dry ingredients often need to be mixed separately and then folded together. It only takes one deviation from the instructions for a pastry to go from delicious to disgusting. Spending time in the kitchen, then, is a great way for kids to learn the importance of reading directions carefully and comprehending what they’ve just read. Cultural Understanding Cuisine is a fundamental part of every culture. Introducing your child to dishes from around the world will expand their horizons. Want your child to be a less picky eater? Involving them in the cooking process is the surest way to get them excited about trying new flavors and ingredients. Nutrition Now, you might not think that baking cookies will encourage greater nutritional awareness, but hear us out. Sugar is often buried within packaged foods. When you bake something at home, a child gets to see, firsthand, just how much sugar goes into certain sweets. Meanwhile, cooking savory dishes also allows them to learn what constitutes a balanced, healthy diet.
Don’t Let Pain Dictate Your Life
There are many causes of swelling. Often, swelling in simple, nonthreatening injuries comes and goes without causing any complications. In other cases, swelling is chronic and can cause major problems. In these situations, people can struggle with major aches, heaviness, pain, and soreness, which is what happens to people who suffer from lymphedema and venous insufficiency. Lymphedema Lymphedema is a specific type of swelling that occurs when lymph vessels are damaged. Fluid collects beneath the skin and is usually accompanied by a great deal of swelling. This is especially evident in patients who have had their lymph nodes damaged or removed due to cancer treatments. This leaves the body susceptible to inflammation, most commonly in the arms and legs, but also in other areas of the body. Venous Insufficiency Venous insufficiency is characterized by the pooling of blood in the limbs. In this condition, blood doesn’t flow properly back to the heart, causing the veins to remain full of blood which, in turn, causes swelling in the legs. This can happen if you stand or sit for long periods of time, struggle with obesity, are above average height, or are pregnant. Symptoms include aching, skin color changes on the legs, varicose veins, and fibrosis. Our team of therapists are trained to treat many of the symptoms caused by lymphedema and venous insufficiency. With proper treatment and early detection, we can greatly reduce the swelling caused by these conditions and get you back on your feet in no time. If you have lymphedema that has been caused by cancer treatments, we want you to know we are here. We offer free consultations to women who have had lymph glands removed due to cancer. Contact us today and let us help you lead an active and pain-free life.
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